Viva La Vida, June 25, 2009
I have talked about this before. I will talk about it for more years to come. Death.
Today we were all left taken aback, if not in shock of the passing of the great musician, Michael Jackson. Not only did we lose, the king of pop, we lost another icon, Farrah Fawcett. It seems like this week as been flooded with bad news. I have a family member living his last days, now today.
Death will always be there my friends. No one, not the wealthiest or the happiest, can avoid the ultimate cause of humanity. I mention cause, because it is the existence of death that makes us all live. We must realize that death revolves around life and life revolves around death. “We must live as if there is no tomorrow”, no that old axiom must never be spoken hence forth! We must live because there IS a tomorrow. We have to have that hope; hope that there is a meaning to all of this, that there is better. And that we have a purpose for doing what we do, because as humans we need an explanation for everything, even life. It is not good enough for us to think that we are just here out of a whim in the complexity that is cosmic nature.
Do we just ask ourselves, “does it get any better than this?” a loaded question if there ever was one. But we are here, and there is better, I have hope that there is better. Call it greed if you want, but life is incredible, and I want more of it. But we are here. We are here to live. That is what life is my friends. Human beings, being human beings; living every day, just to get by. Doing what we do to live they way we live. Life is full of wonders that need assimilation, inclusion into our souls. For if we do not take what this life has to offer, we cannot take those memories and feelings of joy with us to where ever death may take us.
I know, you know, everybody knows that death is a part of life. It’s the big elephant in the room that nobody talks about. You know it’s there, it can show up at any time or place, but you refuse to acknowledge it. Death is…. Well death for me is the reason for living. I must live my life till I can live no more, than and only then will I die. It is not something to be feared, but welcomed as, yes bumper sticker as it sounds, welcomed as life’s next marvelous journey.
So as we say good bye to Michael Jackson, Ms. Fawcett, we must remember the reason why, they left us, because they had too. The same reason my uncle will leave me soon. The reason we all must say good bye to the sights, smells and music behind. Because we have to.
Twit, June 19, 2009
What is it? How is it? What do you eat it with? I have no clue. All I know is that I can’t read the newspaper or read news briefs without seeing that little blue bird.
This is getting out of hand folks. I have stated my points on social networking, but I don’t even know if this twitter tatter falls under that category. The faith of the Iranian government basically relies on this Twitter thing working. Today the US State Department asked the big shots at Twitter to hold an upcoming site update, so they can stay updated on what is happening with this fraud of an election.
I knew this day would come folks. Hide in the bomb shelter and clear out your bank accounts, because a social network holds the faith of the world.
I tried to learn about this Twitter for a while, and I don’t get it. Isn’t it just an email? Or a text message? I asked a friend that uses Twitter to explain to me the difference and she couldn’t do it. I asked how it is different from an instant message, and she was left speechless.
I just hope this all ends in good things. What those good things are, I could only imagine.
Naaarrf!, June 18, 2009
So….. Let’s see, what should the Prisoner talk about today? So many issues, so little time.
So, have you ever been so bored that you find yourself walking to the kitchen and opening the refrigerator door to see what is inside, only to find the same stuff that was there 5 minutes ago, the last time you looked? It’s been my kind of week actually; I know exactly what is in my fridge. I have a half a bottle of ketchup, full gallon of milk, week old salad, and three day old leftovers. Lovely.
I still have that need to change something. I still want to conquer all that is unconquerable. Everest, a meager bump in the road to me. The Sahara, a stroll in the garden. Yes the ever lingering sense of invincibility has filled me this week. Yet I still find myself sitting at home picking my nose and flipping thru the same boring TV channels and watching my usual videos on YouTube.
Ah what to do, what to do. I know… the same thing I do every night Pinky… TRY AND TAKE OVER THE WORLD!!!
May I just indulge in sharing with you all the wonders of music, in video form. I have always preached the complete awesome creation that is music. So I just thought I would share some of my favorites. Enjoy and be open minded.
Religion: Part Deux, June 7, 2009
So after pondering about my question for about a week, what have you all come up with? What is your need for a God or religion in your life? Let me know, I’m dying to know.
Regardless of whether there is an actual God or not, people around the world find it necessary to search for one. Whatever God you believe in, it has instilled something in you that pushes you towards something. This whole bit about religion is just one big mystery to me.
Now, like I said in the last post, I ‘am not here to bash other religions or to prove that God does not exist, I still respect all cultures and people of all faiths. What I am here to do is question the methods of some of these religions. We have raised are children to think like we do, to pray like we did and worship like we have. Now wait you say, Mr. Prisoner, didn’t you say before that you love nostalgia and tradition. Ah yes you are right Mr. and Mrs. Reader, I do still have that thinking, all but about this topic.
Children grow up not knowing any religion other than that of their parents. Children’s minds are diminished to such a small reality, and closed to the great abundance culture that embraces the world. This is why the great bigots of the world, continue to exist.
I obviously have more to get off my chest about this, but I plan on writing about this for years to come.
So just let me end with this. No matter what you believe or God you follow, please know and understand, that a lot of others do not think like you do. They respect your believes and you should respect what they believe.
So basically what I am asking the world to do is shake hands and forget about all the stupid differences. Is that so hard? Oh and stop coming to my door at 7 in the morning on Sunday trying to make me buy some pamphlet. (Yes this whole rant was created by that!)
O.M.G, June 1, 2009
Ok, I give in. The gloves are now off. Let the holy war now begin. The one topic that I have always been tentative to speak about, knowing full well what the fallout will be, Religion. Let the games begin. My email box is preparing for the overhaul that will come.
Lets me first make this clear, I have no religion. Well, to be completely honest when I was a little prisoner, some guy in a white robe poured some water on my head and mumbled some gibberish, but that is neither here nor there and I don’t practice any religion. I don’t go to church every Sunday, or read any sort of bible or praise any religious relic. Now for those that know me or are frequent readers here, know that I ‘am not that closed minded of a person. In fact religion fascinates me. I love reading of all the amazing stories that all religions have to offer. I respect all religions of the world; I want to make that perfectly clear. I RESPECT ALL RELIGIONS AND FAITHS.
Here is my problem with what some religions, I can’t stand they’re reasoning that their own religion is better than others. My main evidence is this war that has been going on for hundreds if not thousands of years, Jews versus Muslims. Arguing over what? Nothing. Fighting and killing only because one side reads from a different book than the other. Pointless, senseless murder of human life. Almost as useless as Political Parties. But I want get into the war, not yet anyways.
Now, problem two. This one applies to the religion that I’m most familiar with, Catholicism. I grew up around Catholics, being that most of my family claim to be Catholics. Anyway, my problem with this religion is it’s over obsessive greed and self indulgence. It is the richest religion in the world, yet when many of its followers die from hunger every day, where are its leaders to “lead their flock?” do these “men of God” live to serve the righteous and be a voice of God, or do they live to satisfy their own pleasure?
You know what? Looking over my notes here, this is just way too much to cover in one post. I have to come back and make this a tow part post.
But I would like to close with this question for you to think about;
Do we keep religion just because it is tradition, or do we really need religion in our lives?
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