Perspective

Monday, May 19, 2008

Perspective

This is one subject I've been putting off for quite some time as a blog topic. It is my favorite subject to ponder as it is the underlying factor in the process of thought that shapes personalities, opinions, and most everything that stems from cognitive thought. Merely brainstorming the points and questions I would present in this blog made me realize a book would be a better suited format for my writings on perspective. The variations in perspectives from person to person start from cognition and build to the present time in their lives and how they chose to react based on previous experiences in their lives and how they reacted to those, and so on, as well as the chemical make-up of their brain. It's a never ending cycle and for those who stay open to perspectives and try to improve their perspectives, it is always changing.

My main complaint on the perspectives I see from day to day is how they all seem to derive from tradition. Our parents raise us to be everything that has already been. Their parents did the same and its a cycle that is fueled by the societal condition. The problem I have with the underlying program of tradition in our thought process is that it forces us to become egocentric. As humans, considered alone in our universe, we idolize everything and everyone that came before us. Pondering this leads me to believe that with this mind state active, it leads us as humans to believe, at least on a subconscious level, that we will eventually be the ones to be idolized. This is how egocentrism becomes entangled in every faucet of our brains cognition and process of thought. We rationalize everything in relation to ourselves and our position in society to become the idol's of our own surroundings. Currency has literally become a life and death situation in society. People kill for it, thousands of people a day if they need it badly enough. Thousands die from starvation everyday from a lack of currency. Yet we have billions floating around in the hands of the idol's of our society, to be given to the other idol's. This may be a bit much for most to grasp. It's taking many deep breaths and much focus from my end just to turn the concept into words. It's hard to turn off the sound to the programming of tradition. I hear parts of me yammering on about survival of the fittest and the right to wealth. However, I find it impossible to ignore the parts of me that say "there is a better way", and the feeling in the pit of my stomach that there is something very foul in the way we function as a global society. I realize I am no better. And I think realizing that I am becoming what I despise is a healthy complaint to feel strongly about. In my opinion, the key to a happy life is restricting our complaints and discontent to pertain only to ourselves. We are the only ones in control of our own happiness. There is no sense in complaining about and dreading things we can control. If the anxiety is bad enough, you will take actions to change it. Likewise, the things we cant control are equally not worth the anxiety. There are very few things in our adult lives that we can not control. Some people put limitations on how far they are willing to go to change things, but beyond that, I dont understand people who stand still in long term discontent and anxiety. We call these people Cry-Bitches: people who just want to complain (a whiner).

My conundrum is trying to define my control over my discontent with human relations and how its shaped the societal condition. Statistically, only a small percentage of people can break down their thought process and even temporarily have thoughts that are unaffected by all their underlying principles and programming as taught their entire lives by their enviroment: their parents and societal tradition. This is considered unconventional thought, or "outside the box". A large percentage of these people commit suicide by the age of 40. This makes it difficult to find people to discuss and try to make some sense of all the thoughts and questions that manifest consequently. I normally get odd looks and a quick change in conversation. I can understand to a point, as the thoughts reach way deeper than I could attempt to fit in a blog or even be able to put into words for that matter. It becomes maddening at a certain point. However, as a person who has experienced both directly and indirectly the tradgedy of suicide, it is not an option to me. It's not in God's plan, so its not in my plan. Ooo, lets's touch on religion to wrap this up.

Now, this is where I'm probably going to piss someone off. I may step over some boundaries, but worry not, I'll step back over them on the way out, no kicking or biting, and I'll even lock that tiny little head of yours as I leave. First, you have to alleviate your brain of all your current perspectives on life. I just lost half of my readers, but really focus and try. Nothing good or bad ever happened to you. You have been taught nothing but facts with evidence: speech, math, science, and personal hygiene (for reproduction purposes). Science has a basis of evidence; truly in this situation. Your only faith, in my opinion, would be either in nature, or in a theory that we are a tiny tiny atom inside of a very large force. Gettin a little science fictiony on ya I know, but our earliest translation of the word "religion" is "fear of the natural world". We, as humans, had anxiety about trusting nature with our lives, so we created a god with a face. Someone to hear us the way we hear each other. To backpedal if i may, I am a Christian in some senses of the word, and I do not doubt the divinity of Jesus, however I do believe that he was created by a force, known as our God, his father. This force is not human. God is a force of nature, controlling nature, in every sense of the word. The images and relation we make to God and Jesus are those that make it easier to feel close to him as if we have our own personal Jesus. So what are angels for? Furthermore, we are taught on one side that he is loving and gentle and la-tee-dah. Other churches preach fire and damnation for shaking your hips a little to the rhythm of a sound. I believe its a median of all religions. There are even some muslim beliefs that make more sense than christian beliefs to me. The point is, I think we are all worshiping the same god, just in different ways. I find truth in many religions but none of them seem to have hit the nail on the head due to corruption in the human heart: greed. I believe the church has been corrupt for quite some time and it has stunted it's growth and understanding of it's world due to closed minds and stubborn perspectives of it's leaders. Stubborn perspectives are the reason the Christian religion split into denominations in the first place. I'm really ok with this, as I think religion and faith should be a personal journey. Christianity is close to my beliefs and I have found churches that preach a fair median thats broad enough for people to find their own way through the words. Some christian have opened their perspectives on some issues. Maybe there is hope for a more open forum when it's time to discuss who we are as a people and not condemn people for thinking in a different manner if the thoughts are intelligent. Those fuckers need to quit killing themselves and rise up! Or maybe I'm just being a cry-bitch.