Emancipate Yourself From Mental Slavery!

Or so said Bob Marley...

Reflecting on the nature of idea, opinion, and belief tonight.  I just watched Bill Maher's documentary Religulous once again, after seeing it a few years ago when it was first released.  As always I found it interesting and thought provoking.

For those who haven't seen it, take an hour and a half or so out of your life and watch it on youtube here.

In the meantime, back to my own rantings and musings.  I have said it before in this blog, but it bears saying again.  Don't wait for your preferred deity to come along and wipe your arse and clean up your mess after you!  We are all, believers, unbelievers, christian, jew, muslim, hindu, buddhist, volcano worshipper, elvis worshipper, satanist, wiccan, pagan, agnostic, atheist, nihilist, existentialist (need I go on), all in it together on this planet.  This is not the time to sit and wait for your god to save you, whether it be Jesus, or Allah, or even technological progress.  You all need to work together to fix this world, you need to cooperate, stop reproducing like it is going out of fashion, stop eating like their aren't a billion hungry mouths to feed, stop driving SUV's and continuing the insanity of endless consumerism and retail therapy like it is the only thing that makes life worth living.

You also all need to stop thinking your idea of the truth is right.  No one has all the answers.  Time to stop thinking you know better and exploiting people and resources without care for the consequences.  Wise up that if everyone thinks like you then there will be nothing left but carcasses to pick over. 

A positive attitude, compassion, and the desire to heal the world and our fellow human beings is what we need to cultivate.  Grow these virtues and make the world a better place.  Hatred, jealousy, competitiveness and greed will just drag us all down and hurt those around us.

"Be excellent to each other."