Comments on: The Speech That Never Was: This Is It http://www.pluginid.com/this-is-it/ Personal Development Blog to Plug You Into Your Identity Tue, 31 Jan 2012 15:40:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Doug http://www.pluginid.com/this-is-it/comment-page-1/#comment-7487 Doug Fri, 13 Nov 2009 17:44:58 +0000 http://www.pluginid.com/?p=1986#comment-7487 Also, the comedian Bill Hicks once said this: "The world is like a ride at an amusement park. And when you choose to go on it, you think that it's real because that's how powerful our minds are. And the ride goes up and down and round and round. It has thrills and chills, and it's very brightly coloured, 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 begin to question - is this real, or is this just a ride? And other people have remembered, and they come back to us. They say 'Hey! Don't worry, don't be afraid, ever, because, this is just a ride.' And we...kill those people. Ha ha ha. 'Shut him up! We have a lot invested in this ride. SHUT HIM UP! Look at my furrows of worry. Look at my big bank account and 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 notice 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, and money. A choice, right now, between fear and love. The eyes of fear want you to put bigger locks on your doors, buy guns, close yourselves off. The eyes of love, instead, see all of us as one. Here's what you can do to change the world, right now, to a better ride. Take all that money that we spend on weapons and defence 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 could explore space, together, both inner and outer, for ever, in peace." You can see him here performing it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iMUiwTubYu0 Also, the comedian Bill Hicks once said this:

“The world is like a ride at an amusement park. And when you choose to go on it, you think that it’s real because that’s how powerful our minds are. And the ride goes up and down and round and round. It has thrills and chills, and it’s very brightly coloured, 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 begin to question – is this real, or is this just a ride? And other people have remembered, and they come back to us. They say ‘Hey! Don’t worry, don’t be afraid, ever, because, this is just a ride.’ And we…kill those people. Ha ha ha. ‘Shut him up! We have a lot invested in this ride. SHUT HIM UP! Look at my furrows of worry. Look at my big bank account and 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 notice 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, and money. A choice, right now, between fear and love. The eyes of fear want you to put bigger locks on your doors, buy guns, close yourselves off. The eyes of love, instead, see all of us as one. Here’s what you can do to change the world, right now, to a better ride. Take all that money that we spend on weapons and defence 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 could explore space, together, both inner and outer, for ever, in peace.”

You can see him here performing it:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iMUiwTubYu0

]]> By: Doug http://www.pluginid.com/this-is-it/comment-page-1/#comment-7486 Doug Fri, 13 Nov 2009 17:41:53 +0000 http://www.pluginid.com/?p=1986#comment-7486 Alan Watts did a talk on time. He talked of a boat and its wake. And the fact that the wake doesn't drive the boat. Seems to me you're saying the same thing above. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5z6NNR-7E6A Many people can grasp something more clearly if its negative is offered. I talk to people about "now" and they nod and say "yeah, i get it" but I'm not sure they do. So now, I present it exactly as you've done. I call it "never not now" In fact, that's what I typed into Google and I found this blog!! ;-) Alan Watts did a talk on time. He talked of a boat and its wake. And the fact that the wake doesn’t drive the boat. Seems to me you’re saying the same thing above.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5z6NNR-7E6A

Many people can grasp something more clearly if its negative is offered. I talk to people about “now” and they nod and say “yeah, i get it” but I’m not sure they do.

So now, I present it exactly as you’ve done. I call it “never not now” In fact, that’s what I typed into Google and I found this blog!!

;-)

]]> By: Doug http://www.pluginid.com/this-is-it/comment-page-1/#comment-7485 Doug Fri, 13 Nov 2009 17:32:18 +0000 http://www.pluginid.com/?p=1986#comment-7485 Hi, and thanks for this piece. Alan Watts gave a talk once about time. He talked about a boat in the water that leaves a wake behind it. It's a little like our past. We can see where we've been. His point was that the wake does not drive the boat. It doesn't determine where the boat goes. But humans allow their "wakes" to drive their lives. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5z6NNR-7E6A Hi, and thanks for this piece. Alan Watts gave a talk once about time. He talked about a boat in the water that leaves a wake behind it. It’s a little like our past. We can see where we’ve been.

His point was that the wake does not drive the boat. It doesn’t determine where the boat goes. But humans allow their “wakes” to drive their lives.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5z6NNR-7E6A

]]> By: Glen http://www.pluginid.com/this-is-it/comment-page-1/#comment-4496 Glen Tue, 26 May 2009 21:55:22 +0000 http://www.pluginid.com/?p=1986#comment-4496 Congratulations on making the move and joining a club, you won't regret the decision. Thanks for the kind words. Congratulations on making the move and joining a club, you won’t regret the decision.

Thanks for the kind words.

]]> By: prayerthegate http://www.pluginid.com/this-is-it/comment-page-1/#comment-4495 prayerthegate Tue, 26 May 2009 21:27:16 +0000 http://www.pluginid.com/?p=1986#comment-4495 Nice speech. I also joined a speaking club in the past 2 weeks. We must be physco. I hope the folks in your group get to hear your speech soon. Sorry about your grandmother. Keep at least one good memory in your quick recall brain cells of the people who have been part of your life, and who have passed before you; even though we must move forward and go on. Be blessed. Nice speech. I also joined a speaking club in the past 2 weeks. We must be physco. I hope the folks in your group get to hear your speech soon.
Sorry about your grandmother. Keep at least one good memory in your quick recall brain cells of the people who have been part of your life, and who have passed before you; even though we must move forward and go on. Be blessed.

]]> By: Nadia-Happy Lotus http://www.pluginid.com/this-is-it/comment-page-1/#comment-4494 Nadia-Happy Lotus Tue, 26 May 2009 17:13:27 +0000 http://www.pluginid.com/?p=1986#comment-4494 Hi Glen, I love your speech and totally agree with the message of it. The moment is all that matters and I truly believe that if you give your all to the moment, you are lead in the direction that will bring you joy. Because moments that are lived with full power can only reap results that are equal to that passion. The past cannot be changed and the future is unknown. So all we have is the now. "The present is a gift and that is why it is called the present". I forget who said that quote but I think it is true. Hope all is awesome! :) Hi Glen,

I love your speech and totally agree with the message of it. The moment is all that matters and I truly believe that if you give your all to the moment, you are lead in the direction that will bring you joy. Because moments that are lived with full power can only reap results that are equal to that passion.

The past cannot be changed and the future is unknown. So all we have is the now. “The present is a gift and that is why it is called the present”. I forget who said that quote but I think it is true.

Hope all is awesome! :)

]]> By: Glen http://www.pluginid.com/this-is-it/comment-page-1/#comment-4493 Glen Tue, 26 May 2009 16:21:51 +0000 http://www.pluginid.com/?p=1986#comment-4493 Psycho Cybernetics by Maxwell Maltz, it has sold around 40 million copies now and for good reason. They are on two very different topics though. Psycho Cybernetics by Maxwell Maltz, it has sold around 40 million copies now and for good reason. They are on two very different topics though.

]]> By: Alan http://www.pluginid.com/this-is-it/comment-page-1/#comment-4492 Alan Tue, 26 May 2009 16:16:46 +0000 http://www.pluginid.com/?p=1986#comment-4492 What is the first? What is the first?

]]> By: Glen http://www.pluginid.com/this-is-it/comment-page-1/#comment-4490 Glen Tue, 26 May 2009 09:01:22 +0000 http://www.pluginid.com/?p=1986#comment-4490 Great comment Diggy, it was interesting to read your thoughts. I'm sure there is some ripple effect to all events in life. Just like the possibility that bulletproof doors could have been installed, 9/11 wouldn't have happened and we wouldn't know they were worth having in the first place. Thanks bro! Great comment Diggy, it was interesting to read your thoughts.

I’m sure there is some ripple effect to all events in life. Just like the possibility that bulletproof doors could have been installed, 9/11 wouldn’t have happened and we wouldn’t know they were worth having in the first place.

Thanks bro!

]]> By: Diggy http://www.pluginid.com/this-is-it/comment-page-1/#comment-4489 Diggy Tue, 26 May 2009 06:27:01 +0000 http://www.pluginid.com/?p=1986#comment-4489 "Like the grains of sand in an hourglass...these are the days of our lives" hehe:) Life is right now...this moment. Learn from the past, plan for the future, but live in the present. Anything has the potential to be good or bad, like the example with the girl. I guess this is not really your topic, but if you take the chaos theory, then one tiny action can have a ripple-effct of consqequences, like the girl being hit by the car might cause the ambulance that is coming to fetch her crash into some important lawyers car and kill him in a fatal accident, which would cause a mass murderer to escape with a mild sentence and create much destruction. Or maybe the opposite and the girl getting hit by a car could have a ripple effect of positive actions, but you never really know because you cant compare reality with what could have been. I think it was in the Black Swan, that Taleb gives the example of an official implementing the idea that every commercial airliner should have bulletproof doors installed for the pilots cabin the day before 911. Was this the case, then 911 may never have happened and many lives would have been spared due to this idea, but...because nobody died, the bulletproof doors idea was seen as a huge waste of money. Very paradoxical. Anyhoo, great post glen, you're very good at writing! Have an awesome day! “Like the grains of sand in an hourglass…these are the days of our lives”

hehe:)

Life is right now…this moment.
Learn from the past, plan for the future, but live in the present.

Anything has the potential to be good or bad, like the example with the girl. I guess this is not really your topic, but if you take the chaos theory, then one tiny action can have a ripple-effct of consqequences, like the girl being hit by the car might cause the ambulance that is coming to fetch her crash into some important lawyers car and kill him in a fatal accident, which would cause a mass murderer to escape with a mild sentence and create much destruction. Or maybe the opposite and the girl getting hit by a car could have a ripple effect of positive actions, but you never really know because you cant compare reality with what could have been.

I think it was in the Black Swan, that Taleb gives the example of an official implementing the idea that every commercial airliner should have bulletproof doors installed for the pilots cabin the day before 911. Was this the case, then 911 may never have happened and many lives would have been spared due to this idea, but…because nobody died, the bulletproof doors idea was seen as a huge waste of money. Very paradoxical.

Anyhoo, great post glen, you’re very good at writing!
Have an awesome day!

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