I think this example of how life works is best: Imagine a bulletin board that is empty except for a few tacks and a piece of rubber band. Now put the tacks in a horizontal line on the bottom of the board. Attach the tacks with the rubber band (and hopefully everybody will be part of one rubber band someday). Each of these tacks represent either you or a person in your life. The strength of the rubber band section that is between one tack and another is how close they are to each other. As one tack begins to rise, more tension grows along the rubber band bond. This is the human beings natural instinct: to fear change and to create tension and frustration by being unwilling to progress. But, and hopefully more often then not, the rubber band bond does not break and slowly, but surely, the other tacks begin to rise along with this leader. The rate of elevation is irrelevant; its the fact that there is a continuous upward movement that is key here. The relative distance by which the tacks move up the board represent each of the persons individual personal development. Notice how I said the relative distance, because it varies widely from person to person depending on who you were born to, the environment you grew up in, and the unique experiences youve had. Now, as far as science facts go, the more stable environment is where the tension in between bonds is minimal. Slowly, each individual, friend group, family, and human being collectively as a society all reach a somewhat horizontal plane again once everybody has reached a certain level. Now, youre probably wondering, what is the point of all this? Where is the end? The thing is, there is no end. Its a continuous progress forward that makes us individual humans. You have to develop the essential concept of acceptance. Accepting what you cant change, and having the courage to change what you can. This is all up to you. You can take the fact that there is no end, that we have to work endlessly and tirelessly (and by work, I mean using your brain because sometimes life restricts your physical being but you mental and emotional beings are allowed to roam wherever it pleases which is why meditation, specifically Vipassana meditation, is needed to control the unbounded possibility of thoughts and scenarios we can create; according to Bi150, although the number and type of neurons can be limited and quantified, there is an unbounded limit to the number of connections there are between neurons so basically, there are limitless mental states) to improve in every aspect of life, in a depressing manner, due to the nature of the momentous amount of work that must be done to achieve something that seemingly has no purpose. Just a quick digression, but life is much more doable when divided into three distinct yet interconnected categories: your cognitive, factually based consciousness, your mental, your emotional consciousness, and your physical consciousness. Your cognitive consciousness is governed your IQ. Just kidding. Its determined by your curiosity level of your existence onto all aspects of life. The amount of studying, whether by book reading or by just perceiving different parts of life in unique ways, is directly proportional to the level of your cognitive consciousness. Your emotional consciousness is governed by your environment, your nurturing from birth until now. If your parents were open and encouraged you to open up about your feelings and emotions, you probably have a higher level of this. Now it does not matter what exact level you are at, its the fact that you are in touch with your feminine side, haha, I mean emotional side as possible. I enjoy listening to mellow music or play the cello whenever I feel life that my emotional consciousness needs a boost. That is, what I theorize, at least partially the reason why music was ever created by humans. Even if you are level 1,000 on the nonexistent emotional consciousness level rating system, everybody, periodically throughout their lives, experiences depression from a variety of conditions that each person may or may not have control over. Depression should be dealt with through the refuge of friends. When one is with their family, although the food is delicious, rent is free, you are completely not-emasculated for having to depend on your parents (I joke), but when one is with their family, they feel a responsibility and guilt for not having accomplished what his or her parents hoped for in their ideal child. Because no child, no person for that matter, is ideal. We all have our problems. We all work through them. There is no use, in fact it is downright cruel to terrorize or bully someone for their imperfection especially if they do not have control over their ailment or condition, or they are not yet mature or perceptive enough to understand why what they are doing is not considered right by society. Of course what is right is completely subjective and depends on who you are as a person and will change just as quickly as fashion trends change, or pop song popularity changes, or just like how time is continuously moving one, changing. Depression should be dealt with, at least for 40% of the time in the persons time-off in the refuge of friends. In my case, I had two close friends back at home, Vasi and Adrian. These two taught me to laugh and enjoy life again. To realize once more that life is not full of work and serious matters all the time. It is also a time to smile, laugh full-heartedly, and enjoy your existence, at least for a little while. These friends helped me more than any book or therapy session could ever do. Also, be open to the possibility of seeing a psychologist or a psychiatrist for medical help. And prescription pills are FDA approved so stop being a skeptic...those vaccine-skeptics are just plain annoying. Anyways, dont be afraid to open around these people as all they want to do is help you, to get you better, to return you to the awesome life you had before this horrible disease plagued your cluttered mind. They want only what is good for you, just like your parents want what is good for you even if you dont understand it at this moment of your life. Now back to the good part (in the voice of Michael Bolton in The Lonely Islands collaborative video about The Pirates of the Caribbean): But there is a purpose. We will find this purpose after your last breath is drawn. After your heart beats its last beat, some higher power will determine whether the work you have done on this planet is sufficient for his approval. If not, the whole process is repeated (it may seem long and pointless, but at the end of it all, when you look back on it, it will be shorter than you could have ever imaged) in the the same physical form you are in now or a physical form that exists on this earth. Now I did not want to include religion in this because I found that if I ever uttered the word God or Im religious, other peoples brains automatically shut down and dont accept what I have to say. To them, religion is a topic that is debatable. It is not. It doesnt matter which religion you choose as long as long as you accept Jesus Christ as your personal savior. That was a Stephen Colbert joke. Watch him. His show is worth your time. Also, watch The League, Bobs Burgers, and Archer...but I digress. Essentially every religion that has survived the waves of time have survived for a particular reason. This reason is that all major religions (Buddhism, Christianity, Catholicism, Hinduism, Muslim, etc.) a founded on solid core of trust, morality, truth, and ultimately, everything that is right, that we all, intuitively, know is right, what is good for not only you, or the recipient, but for the common good. When you give someone a gift, you feel good right? You feel good because it is in our nature to want to help everyone else out if we can. If we have the ability to. Listen to the song Lean On Me for clarification. Another thing to note is that one should not ask for a return on the favor. The favor is done in the name of its word. It is done conditionally. Just like the love a mother has for her newborn child. That kind of unconditionality. One should do favors and good things in general, such as hospital volunteering or even just helping out a friend you see is being bullied or going through a rough patch in his life. You should do these good deeds on your own, without expectations of any physical returns. But there will be returns, just not in this lifetime. And who knows, maybe the person who you give the gift of your time towards is developing personally as well, and will return the gift which will increase the dopamine levels in your brain and create the feeling of happiness and thankfulness. Only Atheists and Agnostics believe they know better than God or anybody else for that matter. They have yet to grow up. Hopefully, someday in the near future, science and religion will coincide in more ways than we could potentially conceive is possible.
Posted on: Wed, 08 Oct 2014 09:23:11 +0000
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