Silentsailor, while I understand the sentiment of gratitude regardless of good or bad, I think that philosophy is extremely dangerous and often just makes for what has been called "anesthetized egos."
Even the lyrics here talks about GIVING, from what I've seen this kind of hip modern spiritual philosophy tends to have people NOT be concerned about that. Not to be preachy about that but it IS a part of the meaning of the song, and I've just seen way too much of it.
The angst expressed here is clearly over whether we can "give enough" and the frustration that results in "feeling faded" and the question of whether we can give enough before we come undone. In contrast to this kind of living in the moment and being grateful for the experience kind of philosophy, it is active and not so passive, it is concerned about others and not just your own experience.
Besides, that kind of appreciate the experience of life as if you're a bystander IS a belief - and the song very clearly says in the beginning that it's insane how we try to find what to believe in. It's a fairly simple point and has some truth to it, but the people who are into it latch on to it and repeat it far too often when the situation (which is always different) calls for something specific to THAT moment. All the people that preach this kind of understanding of the "be here now" philosophy can learn a lot just from this song.
Silentsailor, while I understand the sentiment of gratitude regardless of good or bad, I think that philosophy is extremely dangerous and often just makes for what has been called "anesthetized egos."
Even the lyrics here talks about GIVING, from what I've seen this kind of hip modern spiritual philosophy tends to have people NOT be concerned about that. Not to be preachy about that but it IS a part of the meaning of the song, and I've just seen way too much of it.
The angst expressed here is clearly over whether we can "give enough" and the frustration that results in "feeling faded" and the question of whether we can give enough before we come undone. In contrast to this kind of living in the moment and being grateful for the experience kind of philosophy, it is active and not so passive, it is concerned about others and not just your own experience.
Besides, that kind of appreciate the experience of life as if you're a bystander IS a belief - and the song very clearly says in the beginning that it's insane how we try to find what to believe in. It's a fairly simple point and has some truth to it, but the people who are into it latch on to it and repeat it far too often when the situation (which is always different) calls for something specific to THAT moment. All the people that preach this kind of understanding of the "be here now" philosophy can learn a lot just from this song.