"Not even tattoos are forever anymore."
The Chemical Buddha was grateful that real long-term relationships went out of style decades ago. That way he didn't feel so out of place for never having been involved in a relationship that lasted until morning. He noticed that people didn't want to be tied down. Didn't want to be responsible for themselves, let alone anything else. This all gelled for him when he discovered that, thanks to modern technology, the last bastion of permanence has been vanquished. Have an embarrassing tattoo you don’t like? Just erase it. Nothing lasts forever anymore. Actually the idea that it would last was only an illusion. The only constant is change. And now you don't have to be responsible for anything you do in a drunken stupor.
What parts of your life do you think will last forever?
What areas do you want to last?
Which areas do you just what to hurry and pass you by? How come? What do you think will be different?
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Friday, August 21, 2009
Wednesday, August 19, 2009
Same as it Ever Was
"Suicide is a permanent solution to a temporary problem."
This was a difficult insight for The Chemical Buddha to come to. Difficult in the fact that he had to loose someone very close to him before realizing it. Had he learned it earlier, he might have been able to prevent his friend's senseless death. The story goes that this awareness came to TCB after he lost one of his good friends. The friend decided to end it all because his girlfriend of 8 days decided to break up with him. (We're not sure if they were actually going out or if he just though they were and he became distraught when she didn’t return his 100th phone call of the day.) So instead of seeing the pain and the problem as a temporary one, his friend choose to see it as permanent situation that would never change. And it would therefore be impossible to go on without Rebecca (or whatever her name was, because we're not even sure the friend knew it).
What molehills do you make into mountains?
What are you obsessed with now, that you won't even think about 6 months from now? A year from now? Five years from now?
This was a difficult insight for The Chemical Buddha to come to. Difficult in the fact that he had to loose someone very close to him before realizing it. Had he learned it earlier, he might have been able to prevent his friend's senseless death. The story goes that this awareness came to TCB after he lost one of his good friends. The friend decided to end it all because his girlfriend of 8 days decided to break up with him. (We're not sure if they were actually going out or if he just though they were and he became distraught when she didn’t return his 100th phone call of the day.) So instead of seeing the pain and the problem as a temporary one, his friend choose to see it as permanent situation that would never change. And it would therefore be impossible to go on without Rebecca (or whatever her name was, because we're not even sure the friend knew it).
What molehills do you make into mountains?
What are you obsessed with now, that you won't even think about 6 months from now? A year from now? Five years from now?
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