It’s that time again! Time to Interpret This!
…However there’s a catch…I am changing up the format, I’m no longer going to reinterpret the quotes…I will leave that entirely up to you.
But, what I am going to do is comment on the quotes…(pretty much what I was already doing). My goal is to get people to think more deeply about life by introducing them to quotes that they normally would not be exposed to…fair enough, right?
Word!
(Cue creepy organ music!)
Me Ego
If you’ve been visiting my BLoG, and have scanned through my past posts, you’ve probably noticed that I like to write about controversial subjects. I think it is very important to get these topics out in the open, so that we may desensitize each other from getting so upset about the simple facts of life.
Everyone is born with the ability to learn and think for themselves, but during the formative years(childhood), many halfass backwards ideas are introduced by what may be under-educated adults(A.k.a. the blissfully ignorant.)
At this point, religious dogma usually comes into play and heavily skews the child’s perception of the world and it’s diverse cultures. When I say ’skew’ I mean, the dogma leads the child’s thoughts in a direction that is favored by that particular religion. (Ex. In this tribe we do things ‘this’ way)…
The child is no longer able to think for his/herself, in a matter of speaking…
I guess you can say it’s a kind of sheltered life, and sets the child up for an EPIC failure later on in life…
In my opinion, I view religion as a crutch for those who don’t like to investigate life for themselves…or for those that are too afraid to ponder the thought that we might be ‘alone’ in this universe.
Welcoteme to the 2nd installment of the Interpret This! series, brought to you by your ’single-serving’ narrator, Ego, from HalfassBackwards.com
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1). “There is no end to education. It is not that you read a book, pass an examination, and finish with education. The whole of life, from the moment you are born to the moment you die, is a process of learning.” -Jiddu Krishnamurti
Learning doesn’t stop when formal education ends, life is a constant learning process. Take every situation you encounter as a learning experience. Tell yourself “I can’t fail, I can only learn and grow!” Learn from other people’s mistakes!
2). “A myth is an image in terms of which we try to make sense of the world.” -Allan Watts
Just think about the time the first ‘humans’ began to question their existence, and all of the weird explanations/rationalizations that were made, and then finally settled upon. The more popular ones were taught and passed down from generation to generation. Consider what I just typed when pondering the subject of religion and spirituality.
3). “A question that sometimes drives me hazy: am I or are the others crazy?” -Albert Einstein
I ask myself this one all the time, but I keep deciding that neither seems to be true, we’re all crazy to a certain extent. Humans controlling humans, creating fear, starting wars, and enabling ignorance to persist. Trying to answer such a question clouds the mind.
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Now wasn’t that fun?
Care to make your own interpretation?
-Ego
Today I recieved an awesome response on one of my past posts entitled, “Thought Exercise [Eliminating 'is'].”
(check out the comments)
…and It was such a good response, it got me thinking about what ‘GOD’ really is, and I would like to share with you my response, which can be read, out of context, and still hold ‘water.’
Me…er…Ego…
I am constantly changing, both in my physical and mental ‘world,’ and the more I read into spiritual and religious subjects, I find that it’s becoming increasingly difficult for me to pin-point what ‘proof/evidence’ of “GOD” really is.
A lot of what I’ve been reading talks in depth about how we each ‘create’ our own unique perception of the world. Mind over matter.
All of this leaves me thirsty for more, and on as I go, I find I know very little. So in a sense it confuses me as to why so many people are firm in their own beliefs, yet without hard-evidence(and many cease to question & refine).
But I guess evidence could mean ’something in a physical sense’ but it also can differ depending on that individual’s own unique definition of what ‘GOD’ is or is not.Question:
Was ‘GOD’ found when Albert Hofmann discovered LSD-25? Many people have had a religious/spiritual journey while on LSD, and most come out with an overall feeling of interconnectivity with mankind as a whole.I guess what I am getting at now, is that “GOD” seems to be unique to the thinker, just as a fingerprint is.
-Ego
Today I will share with you a little something written by R.A.W., this piece talks about how we’ve all come to form our own unique view of the world, a.k.a. reality tunnels, coined by Timothy Leary and made famous by Robert Anton Wilson.
It also hints at how the educational system is flawed and produces what I like to call “half-thinkers.”
Read on and Enjoy…
Listen up Ego-maniacs! This one’s a no-brainer, quite literally!
Rev. Ivan Stang from the Church of the Subgenius is instructing an 6-week course(April 6th – May 31st) over at MaybeLogic.org
If you’re a fan of the Subgenius podcasts, then surely you’ll get one hell of a kick out of his Running Your Own Cult: Do’s & Don’ts.
This will be my first time attending the Maybe Logic Academy, and I am pysched! I will be posting updates on my ‘progress,’ just to make use of all this damn web space I’ve got.
I encourage everyone to register for this ‘class’ and take the next step to turning your brain back into silly-putty!
