Noticing that you're not as fulfilled as you could be. Wondering how long you've actually felt this way, and who/what exactly caused you to accept it as reality, instead of fighting for who you are or what you want.
"From this moment on..."
Deciding that from that point forward, you're going to live your life knowing that you should "stand up and say 'Yeah!'." Life is worth living, not necessarily because there is or isn't some kind of magical force holding it all together, but because you've experienced something that makes your life feel worth living, now, in the present moment. You're not living to get into heaven or avoid hell, you're not living to glorify some kind of invisible parent figure, you're not living to repent of your past sins or transgressions, you're living your life to the fullest because IT IS WORTH LIVING, RIGHT NOW.
"And it seemed to cause a chain reaction..."
Everyone seems to appreciate the act of "standing up and saying 'Yeah!'," but in reality, they're not reacting to him at all. They've "resigned themselves to holding onto something that they've never had," i.e. a REAL spiritual experience. Since they've never had a REAL spiritual experience, they have to hold on to something prescribed for them by their church/temple/mosque etc., which is CALLED a spiritual experience by the members of the church/temple/mosque, but is actually suppressing the real human spirit, which is by nature very celebratory and socially inclined.
Instead of "standing up and saying 'Yeah!'" to the human spirit/experience/condition, they're holding on to something masquerading as real life, but in their ignorance, they think they've got the real thing. This is "too bad," because as long as they hold on to that simulacrum, they'll never hold the reality of human existence, only low-grade copies of the real thing, created by people who have never actually held (or even seen) the real thing.
"I accidentally touched my head..." (second time)
Realizing that you've probably ALWAYS known that most people don't ever have a real spiritual experience. This was most likely what caused you not feel as fulfilled as you could be to begin with. It's a vicious cycle. In the end, the answer is to stand up and say Yeah!, regardless of how many people are joining in with you, regardless of how many truly understand why you're standing up at all.
Your life is worth living, right now. Let the dead bury their own.
"I accidentally touched my head..."
Noticing that you're not as fulfilled as you could be. Wondering how long you've actually felt this way, and who/what exactly caused you to accept it as reality, instead of fighting for who you are or what you want.
"From this moment on..."
Deciding that from that point forward, you're going to live your life knowing that you should "stand up and say 'Yeah!'." Life is worth living, not necessarily because there is or isn't some kind of magical force holding it all together, but because you've experienced something that makes your life feel worth living, now, in the present moment. You're not living to get into heaven or avoid hell, you're not living to glorify some kind of invisible parent figure, you're not living to repent of your past sins or transgressions, you're living your life to the fullest because IT IS WORTH LIVING, RIGHT NOW.
"And it seemed to cause a chain reaction..."
Everyone seems to appreciate the act of "standing up and saying 'Yeah!'," but in reality, they're not reacting to him at all. They've "resigned themselves to holding onto something that they've never had," i.e. a REAL spiritual experience. Since they've never had a REAL spiritual experience, they have to hold on to something prescribed for them by their church/temple/mosque etc., which is CALLED a spiritual experience by the members of the church/temple/mosque, but is actually suppressing the real human spirit, which is by nature very celebratory and socially inclined.
Instead of "standing up and saying 'Yeah!'" to the human spirit/experience/condition, they're holding on to something masquerading as real life, but in their ignorance, they think they've got the real thing. This is "too bad," because as long as they hold on to that simulacrum, they'll never hold the reality of human existence, only low-grade copies of the real thing, created by people who have never actually held (or even seen) the real thing.
"I accidentally touched my head..." (second time)
Realizing that you've probably ALWAYS known that most people don't ever have a real spiritual experience. This was most likely what caused you not feel as fulfilled as you could be to begin with. It's a vicious cycle. In the end, the answer is to stand up and say Yeah!, regardless of how many people are joining in with you, regardless of how many truly understand why you're standing up at all.
Your life is worth living, right now. Let the dead bury their own.
awesome explanation!
awesome explanation!