Everything you needed to know about us....Part 1

Thought it'd be a great day to impart the wisdom of the late Bill Hicks.  Presenting, the human being in a few words.  I paraphrase here his "It's just a ride.":

The world is like a ride at an amusement park, and when you choose to go on it, you think it's real, because that's how powerful our minds are. And the ride goes up and down and round and round and it has thrills and chills and it's very brightly colored and it's very loud. And it's fun, for a while.

Some people have been on the ride for a long time, and they begin to question: 'Is this real? Or is this just a ride?' And other people have remembered, and they come back to us and they say 'Hey! Don't worry, don't be afraid -- ever -- because... this is just a ride.' 

And we kill those people.

We tell others:  'Shut him up! We have a lot invested in this ride! Shut him up! Look at my furrows of worry; look at my big bank account, and my family. This has to be real.' 

But, we forget that it's just a ride. 

But we always kill those good guys who try and tell us that -- ever notice that? -- and we let the demons run amok. 

But it doesn't matter, because... it's just a ride, and we can change it any time we want. It's only a choice. No effort. No worry. No job. No savings and money. Just a choice, right now, between fear and love. The eyes of fear want you to put bigger locks on your door, buy bigger guns, close yourself off. The eyes of love, instead, see all of us as one.

Here's what we can do to change the world, right now, into a better ride. Take all that money we spend on weapons and defense each year and, instead, spend it feeding, clothing and educating the poor of the world, which it would do many times over -- not one human being excluded -- and we can explore space together, both inner and outer, forever. In peace.

Bill Hicks hadn't been a religious person and, in fact, had been known to ridicule that from time to time, but, I think one can see a spiritual slant in that above piece.  

I suppose I'd been inspired to share this piece after a week that saw Carlo share a great speech, I'd understood the human being a little bit more and other things.  

We may have doubts with the things we do - especially if others don't see the wisdom in what we do, but, I suppose you can rest easy knowing that you're doing them because you've a sense of purpose.  Hopefully, it's one that's out of love.  

If you want to watch the piece, check it here.  

Written April 6, 2014