Stuff vs Crap
Posted: Wed Aug 06, 2008 12:07 am
George Carlin has a segment he does describing how your stuff is stuff and other people's stuff is crap. The perceptual classification extends to other aspects as well. If you go into a pub with your buddies and a bunch of idiots are taking up all the best tables... you see what I mean?
There are times when I'm driving when I suddenly become aware of all the other drivers on the road with me and the stranger barrier breaks. I actually feel their worlds as if they were as relevant as my own. Them getting to where they are going quickly is just as important as my own transportation and I realise that they are likely thinking of their families or lovers or other people that matter to them and looking at me as just another stranger who is in their way. I become an ant in a large parade. It actually feels wonderful. A small moment of ego unmanifestation.
There are times when I'm driving when I suddenly become aware of all the other drivers on the road with me and the stranger barrier breaks. I actually feel their worlds as if they were as relevant as my own. Them getting to where they are going quickly is just as important as my own transportation and I realise that they are likely thinking of their families or lovers or other people that matter to them and looking at me as just another stranger who is in their way. I become an ant in a large parade. It actually feels wonderful. A small moment of ego unmanifestation.