2nd gear?

Is it me or did humanity just got into second gear?
I tell ya, life has never been so good since I realized that I'm going to die.
Death is the one thing that gives life meaning.
I'm sure some people reading this, are thinking: "Do you have cancer? Are you terminally ill?"
No! I don't have cancer. We are ALL going to die :)

Did you ever notice, when on a trip somewhere like Europe, or the Caribbean, anywhere fun, that you usually meet the cool people a few days before you have to go back home. I mean, you can spend 2 weeks there, trying to connect, but nothing. And then, 2 days before your flight back, you meet someone really interesting.
Ever wondered why this happens?
I think, you start relaxing. You give up, you stop trying so hard. There are no more expectations. You are free. And then it comes. It comes naturally.
I think, life is the same way. You start relaxing when you see that it will end. All of the sudden, the colors are brighter, you notice minute details, overlooked by the noises in your head.
"I need to lose weight, I'm too fat!"
"I must get the latest car, mine's a piece of crap!"
"What will THEY think of me?"
Does any of this matters?
Life is great, drink it!
B!

Tomorrow will never come...

It seems that all our live is spent on tomorrow or some betterment of ourselves. Somehow no matter what we have is just not enough. It seems to create a certain feeling of uneasiness inside, a certain dis-satisfaction and when I have that feeling I cannot enjoy or even see what's going on around me such as the wind in the tree branches, the birds sharing a tree with squirels on even the deathening silence of it all. Noooooo, I'm too preoccupied with my "career", my "future", will you like me, am I good enough, will I be rejected by the group. This happens in high school and throughout our lives. What a hell! My feelings and mental state depending on others. If there is such a thing as hell this would be it.
Now of course the "system" doesn't want you to think or be outside the box even if they tell you to.
If one person is not affected by the emotional manipulations of the group then he is a threat to this system. It's like having no buttons to push. Without these buttons they can't convince you to slave your whole life for a system that promises a beautiful retirement. Oh yeah! give me your prime lives. I don't buy it! Don't get me wrong, the system has its place. It's great to have a system for roads, buildings, electricity, water, etc... anything material. But this is where it stops.
No system has the right to tell me how I should feel or think and especially punish me if I don't comply....
System, I am done with you.
Only then can you be trully free.
Most relationships, and I don't mean couples, are thwarted by desire. "what can I get from you or from this encounter". what can I accomplish. It's like this Yoga thing that hit our culture. Everyone's doing yoga and they treat it like somesort of aerobics. These people are doing "power yoga". They are accomplishing something very important. "Here's how you do it to get the maximum benefits", etc... come join our club we have the best facility, the best teachers, etc...
They can't seem to get out of the race. Everything is about getting somewhere, always better....
I thought yoga was to get out of the race, to chill, quiet the mind and body. That means that I cannot have ANY expectation of outcome other wise I'll be preoccupied with reaching my goal. How can you relax when you have to get somewhere?
I've dropped out of the race. I don't buy this great retirement or this heaven or nirvana or enlightenment. It's all a trick! Someone is trying to sell you something. NO ONE can show how to become enlightenment because to "become" means that you're denying who or what you are right now and in that there conflict and where there is conflict there is no peace or enjoyment.

Rat race

Every one is running, rushing, pushing, zooming by with huge Hummers, huge monster cars oblivious to the sky above, the air they breathe or those little people on the street. The quest for more is never ending, somehow whatever they have is not enough. When is it enough? Do we ever "get there"? Or is it just a long journey of wanting and yearning. Who is in charge? Who is in control of what's important in your life? Is it you or everyone else? Do you believe in heaven with white floating angels playing harp or 90 something virgins waiting for you. Do you believe in tomorrow.... I don't. My life is here now. I let the Mickey Mouse beliefs in Disney World.

Is religion useful?

It's seems like it's not. I'm not saying that religion is evil but when you look at our world, throughout history, we've killed and tortured more people in the name of some God or higher purpose and we're still doing it!!!