"I could die right now, Clem. I'm just... happy. I've never felt that before. I'm just exactly where I want to be..."
So many people discuss what is the meaning of life.
So many people discuss what is true happiness.
Well, I think, there you have it.
So brilliantly summed up in the film "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind"
Many people ask about goals in life, what is the point of it all.
Well, I think A LOT of things in our lives can be put in perspective when we realise and understand that we aren't here forever.
Many people live in the illusion that they're immortal beings, that they'll be present forever. But the truth is that they'll be gone in some finite time in the future.
Ultimately, I believe, the point of our lives is to reach that point Joel Barish reached in the film... where, if we were to die right there and then, we would have no regrets.
In a way, one could sum it up like this:
The point of life is in getting ready to die.
This may sound morbid, depressing; but that can, in turn, be turned upside down - "getting ready" in my view, is searching for, and finding true happiness, or anything along that line, that gives, creates meaning to our life.
Life is a synthesis, an invention, a creation.
True happiness... that sense of knowing that you're at the right place and at the right time. Knowing that you do not want, desire, any more! That one is satisfied... ... so satisfied that one would not regret it if they were to die.
Religions (/ "belief systems") are not what you see on the outside; those customs, rules, rituals etc. etc. ARE NOT what defines religion. In fact, we could do away with all that and still have religion.
Rather, religion (/"belief systems") stems from humanity's confrontation with the eternal void that marks the time before, and after, our lives; and how the knowledge of such eternity should influence how we live our lives in that brief time we're on this planet.
Find true happiness.
Do you want to know the definition?
True happiness is something, that once found, would make you prepared to die.
In my view, seeking this, is ultimately, the meaning of life; sure, of course, "true happiness" can mean sooooooo many different things to different people, achieved through so many diverse paths; but they're all united in the above effect it would have on you.
Tuesday, May 20, 2008
Thursday, May 01, 2008
Eminem - Lose Yourself - what it means to me
Look, if you had one shot, one opportunity
To seize everything you ever wanted-One moment
Would you capture it or just let it slip?
His palms are sweaty, knees weak, arms are heavy
There's vomit on his sweater already, mom's spaghetti
He's nervous, but on the surface he looks calm and ready
To drop bombs, but he keeps on forgettin
What he wrote down, the whole crowd goes so loud
He opens his mouth, but the words won't come out
He's chokin, how everybody's jokin now
The clock's run out, time's up over, bloah!
Snap back to reality, Oh there goes gravity
Oh, there goes Rabbit, he choked
He's so mad, but he won't give up that easy - No
He won't have it , he knows his whole back city's ropes
It don't matter, he's dope
He knows that, but he's broke
He's so stacked that he knows
When he goes back to his mobile home, that's when it's
Back to the lab again yo
This whole rap shit
He better go capture this moment and hope it don't pass him
[Hook:]
You better lose yourself in the music, the moment
You own it, you better never let it go
You only get one shot, do not miss your chance to blow
This opportunity comes once in a lifetime yo
The soul's escaping, through this hole that it's gaping
This world is mine for the taking
Make me king, as we move toward a, new world order
A normal life is borin', but superstardom's close to post-mortem
It only grows harder, only grows hotter
He blows us all over these hoes is all on him
Coast to coast shows, he's know as the globetrotter
Lonely roads, God only knows
He's grown farther from home, he's no father
He goes home and barely knows his own daughter
But hold your nose cuz here goes the cold water
These bosses don't want him no more, he's cold product
They moved on to the next schmoe who flows
He nose dove and sold nada
So the soap opera is told and unfolds
I suppose it's old potna, but the beat goes on
Da da dum da dum da da
[Hook]
No more games, I'ma change what you call rage
Tear this mothafuckin roof off like 2 dogs caged
I was playin in the beginnin, the mood all changed
I been chewed up and spit out and booed off stage
But I kept rhymin and stepwritin the next cypher
Best believe somebody's payin the pied piper
All the pain inside amplified by the fact
That I can't get by with my 9 to 5
And I can't provide the right type of life for my family
Cuz man, these goddam food stamps don't buy diapers
And it's no movie, there's no Mekhi Phifer, this is my life
And these times are so hard and it's getting even harder
Tryin to feed and water my seed, plus
See dishonor caught up bein a father and a prima donna
Baby mama drama's screamin on and
Too much for me to wanna
Stay in one spot, another day of monotony's
Gotten me to the point, I'm like a snail
I've got to formulate a plot fore I end up in jail or shot
Success is my only mothafuckin option, failure's not
Mom, I love you, but this trail has got to go
I cannot grow old in Salem's lot
So here I go is my shot.
Feet fail me not cuz maybe the only opportunity that I got
[Hook]
You can do anything you set your mind to, man
===
This song really is about Dedication. Dedication to what you're doing (and passion for it); dedication that regardless of your circumstances, your personal weaknesses, that you're set on your goals; giving it everything you've got.
The song is so true: our lives are short, yet EVERYONE receives at least some opportunities in life - but not everyone captures it or makes the most of it... and of course some of these opportunities are really those "once-in-a-lifetime" events, those key moments that define the course of the rest of your life.
What Eminem suggests as the way to "success" is so true... one literally needs to lose themselves in what they're doing, in order to become the best/succeed at it. I'm sure those of you who have been part of "successful" endeavours would know that when you're in the middle of it all, you must literally "lose yourself" - you're so completely focused on the task at hand, not allowing your mind wander - to the extent that you begin to lose selfawareness of yourself.
To seize everything you ever wanted-One moment
Would you capture it or just let it slip?
His palms are sweaty, knees weak, arms are heavy
There's vomit on his sweater already, mom's spaghetti
He's nervous, but on the surface he looks calm and ready
To drop bombs, but he keeps on forgettin
What he wrote down, the whole crowd goes so loud
He opens his mouth, but the words won't come out
He's chokin, how everybody's jokin now
The clock's run out, time's up over, bloah!
Snap back to reality, Oh there goes gravity
Oh, there goes Rabbit, he choked
He's so mad, but he won't give up that easy - No
He won't have it , he knows his whole back city's ropes
It don't matter, he's dope
He knows that, but he's broke
He's so stacked that he knows
When he goes back to his mobile home, that's when it's
Back to the lab again yo
This whole rap shit
He better go capture this moment and hope it don't pass him
[Hook:]
You better lose yourself in the music, the moment
You own it, you better never let it go
You only get one shot, do not miss your chance to blow
This opportunity comes once in a lifetime yo
The soul's escaping, through this hole that it's gaping
This world is mine for the taking
Make me king, as we move toward a, new world order
A normal life is borin', but superstardom's close to post-mortem
It only grows harder, only grows hotter
He blows us all over these hoes is all on him
Coast to coast shows, he's know as the globetrotter
Lonely roads, God only knows
He's grown farther from home, he's no father
He goes home and barely knows his own daughter
But hold your nose cuz here goes the cold water
These bosses don't want him no more, he's cold product
They moved on to the next schmoe who flows
He nose dove and sold nada
So the soap opera is told and unfolds
I suppose it's old potna, but the beat goes on
Da da dum da dum da da
[Hook]
No more games, I'ma change what you call rage
Tear this mothafuckin roof off like 2 dogs caged
I was playin in the beginnin, the mood all changed
I been chewed up and spit out and booed off stage
But I kept rhymin and stepwritin the next cypher
Best believe somebody's payin the pied piper
All the pain inside amplified by the fact
That I can't get by with my 9 to 5
And I can't provide the right type of life for my family
Cuz man, these goddam food stamps don't buy diapers
And it's no movie, there's no Mekhi Phifer, this is my life
And these times are so hard and it's getting even harder
Tryin to feed and water my seed, plus
See dishonor caught up bein a father and a prima donna
Baby mama drama's screamin on and
Too much for me to wanna
Stay in one spot, another day of monotony's
Gotten me to the point, I'm like a snail
I've got to formulate a plot fore I end up in jail or shot
Success is my only mothafuckin option, failure's not
Mom, I love you, but this trail has got to go
I cannot grow old in Salem's lot
So here I go is my shot.
Feet fail me not cuz maybe the only opportunity that I got
[Hook]
You can do anything you set your mind to, man
===
This song really is about Dedication. Dedication to what you're doing (and passion for it); dedication that regardless of your circumstances, your personal weaknesses, that you're set on your goals; giving it everything you've got.
The song is so true: our lives are short, yet EVERYONE receives at least some opportunities in life - but not everyone captures it or makes the most of it... and of course some of these opportunities are really those "once-in-a-lifetime" events, those key moments that define the course of the rest of your life.
What Eminem suggests as the way to "success" is so true... one literally needs to lose themselves in what they're doing, in order to become the best/succeed at it. I'm sure those of you who have been part of "successful" endeavours would know that when you're in the middle of it all, you must literally "lose yourself" - you're so completely focused on the task at hand, not allowing your mind wander - to the extent that you begin to lose selfawareness of yourself.
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