Someone pointed out this to me:
Yes, television can do a lot of fake things. It can play with our emotions and make us feel good with nothing more than eye- or heartcandy. The TV-industry may even be part of a conspiracy to keep us asleep, to keep us consuming, keep us quiet... by trying to keep us superficially happy.
Frankly, I was very moved by seeing this video. To see an audience united by their admiration of someone, to see them appreciate something beautiful together, to see someone having some success and being happy... it gave me a very warm feeling. And you know, even if the TV concocted this whole thing with the most evil intentions, that feeling I get... is real.
Saturday, June 16, 2007
Friday, June 15, 2007
what do you want to see?
We humans are, beyond doubt, the species that is capable of the biggest atrocities on the planet. Our ignorance, stupidity and blindness must be legendary in the cosmos, and if there is an intergalactic encyclopaedia, I have no doubt that under ‘callousness' you will find ‘see: humans'. We have waged horrendous wars for thousands of years. The most powerful man on Earth thinks he can solve things by retaliating violence with more violence, fear with more fear. We are spoiling our own habitat, cutting forests and soiling rivers. Most of us will sell out for little money. We kill animals by the billions every year. And worst of all, we never seem to learn.
All this is what the blind man sees. But for those who want to look beyond the cruelty, the short-sightedness, the fear, the terror: aaaaah, what a world! What an era! And what an incredible species we are. We are doing things today that no other species, nor our own, ever did in the history of our planet (as far as we know). Think about it! Millions of people helping, teaching, healing, nursing other people. Millions of people searching their soul to become better, kinder, more compassionate through all kinds of courses, meditation, learning, truth seeking. People making the most beautiful music, writing the most beautiful stories. People being heroes. People loving, people caring. People even practising random acts of kindness.
There never was a species that killed so many of his own. But there never was one randomly being kind to others either. It all depends: where do you want to look? What do you want to see?
All this is what the blind man sees. But for those who want to look beyond the cruelty, the short-sightedness, the fear, the terror: aaaaah, what a world! What an era! And what an incredible species we are. We are doing things today that no other species, nor our own, ever did in the history of our planet (as far as we know). Think about it! Millions of people helping, teaching, healing, nursing other people. Millions of people searching their soul to become better, kinder, more compassionate through all kinds of courses, meditation, learning, truth seeking. People making the most beautiful music, writing the most beautiful stories. People being heroes. People loving, people caring. People even practising random acts of kindness.
There never was a species that killed so many of his own. But there never was one randomly being kind to others either. It all depends: where do you want to look? What do you want to see?
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