“Life is pretty simple. You live. You die.”
The Chemical Buddha liked to keep things simple. Because making things complex was the easiest thing in the world to do. All you had to do was add on more stuff and wah-lah, complexity. Anyone could do that. But stripping things down to its simplest qualities? That’s the realm of the Buddhas (or people who had sacrificed huge parts of their brains to caustic, hallucination inducing chemicals). That, coupled with the fact that TCB could only understand things if they were explained to him like he was a 3-year-old (which mentally he was) helped him keep everything simple. After TCB heard a philosopher wax poetic for a couple of hours on why we’re here and what happens after death, he cut through the complex bullshit and boiled it down to the above insight. Then, because his head hurt from all of the thinking, he took a nap.
What do you make more complex than it needs to be? What do you get out of making things complex?
How can you make your life more simple? And how might that help you?
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Showing posts with label simple. Show all posts
Sunday, May 10, 2009
Saturday, March 21, 2009
Just Do Me
“Life is just the stuff, and people, you do before you die.”
People would always ask The Chemical Buddha what life was about. Why were we here? What was the meaning to life? TCB invested several joints and cases of beer trying to figure this question out. After several sleepless nights, he realized the answer to the question was very simple and said today’s insight. The Chemical Buddha went on to explain that he thought people were the ones who took simple things and made them complex. And adding complexity to any situation was the easiest thing in the world to do. All you had to do was pile more shit on. Keeping things simple was the hardest thing to do because that meant letting go of beliefs and thoughts to get down to the essence of any situation.
What types of situations do you make more complex than they need to be?
What would have to change for you to keep things simple?
People would always ask The Chemical Buddha what life was about. Why were we here? What was the meaning to life? TCB invested several joints and cases of beer trying to figure this question out. After several sleepless nights, he realized the answer to the question was very simple and said today’s insight. The Chemical Buddha went on to explain that he thought people were the ones who took simple things and made them complex. And adding complexity to any situation was the easiest thing in the world to do. All you had to do was pile more shit on. Keeping things simple was the hardest thing to do because that meant letting go of beliefs and thoughts to get down to the essence of any situation.
What types of situations do you make more complex than they need to be?
What would have to change for you to keep things simple?
Sunday, March 8, 2009
Experts are Idiots. Idiots are Experts.
“No one knows, but we all get to find out.”
The Chemical Buddha wasn’t a big believer in expert advice or professional opinions. People who thought they knew everything were usually proven to not know anything. Because their brains would twist the information to fit what they saw. The ‘experts’ mind/intellect wasn’t open to seeing something new. He preferred the thinking of novices and idiots. They usually had a way of boiling things down into the simplest components. Some would say they were too simple, but TCB found a lot of value in starting there. For the record, The Chemical Buddha never passed himself off as an expert on anything other than himself. He was the only person who knew the most about TCB. That was the reason he was often pissed off when people tried to act like they were an expert on his life and what he should do with it.
What do you know? What don’t you know? What do you think you know?
How well do you know your own life and what motivates you?
The Chemical Buddha wasn’t a big believer in expert advice or professional opinions. People who thought they knew everything were usually proven to not know anything. Because their brains would twist the information to fit what they saw. The ‘experts’ mind/intellect wasn’t open to seeing something new. He preferred the thinking of novices and idiots. They usually had a way of boiling things down into the simplest components. Some would say they were too simple, but TCB found a lot of value in starting there. For the record, The Chemical Buddha never passed himself off as an expert on anything other than himself. He was the only person who knew the most about TCB. That was the reason he was often pissed off when people tried to act like they were an expert on his life and what he should do with it.
What do you know? What don’t you know? What do you think you know?
How well do you know your own life and what motivates you?
Saturday, December 27, 2008
Past Perfect Tense
"People always think the past was simpler. But as far as I can tell, they still lied, cheated and killed each other back then too."
The Chemical Buddha couldn't figure out what the fascination with the past or the good ol’ days was about. Yes, things were simpler then. As in you had to take what you could get. Plagues from God could just wipe you out. Or people would torture you trying to get you to worship their God(s). People still killed each other. Did unspeakable things to children and the old. Cheated on their wives and most of the STDs we have today are from back then. No, now is best time to be alive. With designer drugs, internet porn, and you can be scarred for life without ever leaving the security of your four walls. People have always done this stuff and as far as The Chemical Buddha could tell, always would. Maybe not as a society or culture, but individually people will continue to hurt each other. So we might as well enjoy all of the comforts we have.
What part of your past do you cling to and what is the cost to you and your happiness?
Someone once said, "True forgiveness is not wishing for a better past." What one thing do you need to let go of to forgive yourself and others?
The Chemical Buddha couldn't figure out what the fascination with the past or the good ol’ days was about. Yes, things were simpler then. As in you had to take what you could get. Plagues from God could just wipe you out. Or people would torture you trying to get you to worship their God(s). People still killed each other. Did unspeakable things to children and the old. Cheated on their wives and most of the STDs we have today are from back then. No, now is best time to be alive. With designer drugs, internet porn, and you can be scarred for life without ever leaving the security of your four walls. People have always done this stuff and as far as The Chemical Buddha could tell, always would. Maybe not as a society or culture, but individually people will continue to hurt each other. So we might as well enjoy all of the comforts we have.
What part of your past do you cling to and what is the cost to you and your happiness?
Someone once said, "True forgiveness is not wishing for a better past." What one thing do you need to let go of to forgive yourself and others?
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