I also wanted to share this snippet from an essay I wrote a few years ago now...I'm just getting back into writing again after a long break, stage plays this time, working on some old ones and using that wonderful spark of creation to ignite some new ones.So many people these days seem to be stuck on autopilot, that most dangerous of human conditions. Always do what is expected of you. Always trust the Government. Keep your head down, your eyes closed and your mouth shut! Never ask questions. Believe in God, or be labelled as Evil! Be heterosexual, and if you should happen to be female, be prepared to see a pregnancy through to a birth, no matter what! Be what we tell you to be. Do what we tell you to do. Work and pay your taxes. Consume, Spend, Procreate, Die!!!......Next!.....
What has happened to us? What has happened to the simple joy of living in this amazing world with its vast and wonderfully varied mixing pot of cultures and lifestyles? What has happened to empathy? Where is compassion and understanding? Why do we force ourselves to change so much as we grow older?
As young people, we naturally have the capacity to accept others without judgement. We can be excited and joyful at the simplest of things. We can simply form true friendships that really mean something. What exactly happens to all this capacity? Are the attributes of human youth willingly discarded from our capacity, our 'inner storage space', or are they forced out? Do they actually leave, or are they simply covered over by the multitude of attributes required for autopilot?
I don't believe that we ever lose the positive attributes of youth. They may get hidden away or distorted, but they never really leave. I believe that they are forced into obscurity by the negative attributes of human youth. Bullying, Competition, One Upmanship, Gang Membership, Lies, Racism, and many more. These are harnessed by some ruthless individuals and used in exactly the same way as they were and are in the playground. Only this time they are executed with an adult theme using adult language and under the guise of necessity. Personally, like too few millions of others, I see right through it, even way beyond it. It is what I see, or should I say what I don't see on the other side that drives me to write all of this down.
The acceptance without question of simple contradictions is where the road to complete acceptance without question, begins. Complete acceptance is a symptom of autopilot, or in some cases, a first step towards its inner activation. Religion, a personal choice of each individual, surely shouldn't be integrated with country or state? Yet both the US and the UK have God mentioned in our respective national anthems. Religion should not be a part of education. Yet in the UK it is part of almost every school: and almost every compulsory school assembly is ended with a prayer. The only way to be excused from these assemblies is to be a practising Muslim or a parentally approved atheist. We start teaching our children from a very early age what society expects of them. I'm sure things aren't much different in the US. Dictatorship comes in many forms!
"When you grow up, your heart dies!"
From 'The Breakfast Club'
I believe in following your heart over anything written in allegedly religious doctrines and supposed holy relics. I respect the planet we live on and the air we breathe much more than I could ever respect any being, human or otherwise, regardless of how high the pedestal they are placed on. Yet to some I would most probably be seen as an atheist, even as a practitioner of the black arts. All because I respect the earth and choose not to hold fast to any religion. I used to be religious. When I was younger. I was even a member of my church choir. I loved being a part of that joyous group singing more than anything. I realize now that the singing was the reason I stayed for as many years as I did. It's a real shame that there aren't any, 'non-religious' meeting places where people who love to sing together can meet and do just that. Sing!
I lost faith in religion when I realized, at last, that if all the worlds 'one true god' and 'creation and flood stories', were to come together in one place, there would be one hell of a paradox. After one day facing myself with the question: Who actually wrote 'The Bible'? I researched long and hard looking for an answer. For months and months I searched. I found too many contradictions. Too many unanswered questions. Too many scholar assumptions. Too much that must be accepted on faith. I found myself no longer able to do that. My research into many different subjects still continues. This world is full of lies and contradictions because we, the people, allow it to continue. Complete acceptance without question of the things we have learned about our planet, its history and its endangered future! Autobelief! Sometimes, official truths are hidden away from public view. They can always be found though. If you look hard enough!
I'm also focusing on my Youtube 'Rants'..
http://www.youtube.com/user/pjbuk
