.:.Krisimbiosi.:. [The 21st Century Schizoid Man]

I'd like to meet:

The World is like a ride in an amusement park, and when you choose to go on it you think it's real, because that's how powerful our minds are. And the ride goes up and down and round and round, and it has thrills and chills and is very brightly colored, and it's very loud. And it's fun, for a while.Some people have been on the ride for a long time, and they've begun to question, 'Is this real, or is this just a ride?', and other people have remembered, and they've come back to us and they say 'Hey, don't worry. Don't be afraid, ever, because this is just a ride.' and we KILL THOSE PEOPLE."Shut him up! We have alot invested in this ride! SHUT HIM UP! Look at my furrows of worry. Look at my big bank account, and my family. This just has to be real."It's just a ride.But we always kill those good guys who try and tell us that. You ever noticed that? And let the demons run amok. But it doesn't matter, because ... It's just a ride.And we can change it anytime we want. It's only a choice. No effort, no work, no job, no savings of money. A choice, right now, between fear and love. The eyes of fear wants you to put bigger locks on your door, buy guns, close yourself off. The eyes of love, instead see all of us as one.Here's what we can do to change the world right now, to a better ride:Take all that money we spent on weapons and defense each year and instead spend it feeding, clothing, and educating the poor of the world, which it would many times over, not one human being excluded, and ..WE CAN EXPLORE SPACE, TOGETHER, BOTH INNER AND OUTER..,forever...in peace.

Bill Hicks

"La fortuna per il saggio non è una divinità come per la massa – la divinità non fa nulla a caso – e neppure qualcosa priva di consistenza. Non crede che essa dia agli uomini alcun bene o male determinante per la vita felice, ma sa che può offrire l'avvio a grandi beni o mali. Però è meglio essere senza fortuna ma saggi che fortunati e stolti, e nella pratica è preferibile che un bel progetto non vada in porto piuttosto che abbia successo un progetto dissennato. Medita giorno e notte tutte queste cose e altre congeneri, con te stesso e con chi ti è simile, e mai sarai preda dell'ansia. Vivrai invece come un dio fra gli uomini. Non sembra più nemmeno mortale l'uomo che vive fra beni immortali..."

Tratto dalla "Epistola a Meneceo(Lettera sulla felicita')" di Epicuro