The Flaming Lips - Do You Realize: youtube.com/watch?v=5zYOKFjpm9s
It's not often that this song fails to make me feel something. There isn't much to say about it but that every word rings true.
There are many elements of the science vs religion debate that I don't understand. Aside from the science elements: Those on the religious side seem to insist that the beauty of life is taken away by science, that there is nothing of worth to hold onto if we're just a series of small bright blips on a massive sheet of nothingness. But I regard the beauty of a brief life to be stronger than that of an eternity in spirit. If I am here for a fraction of a second in the 100 years of existence then I'll stand awed at it all and then be done with it and thankful for that.
I once had a conception that if I were to die I would hope that nobody cried, that everyone would celebrate for I had my time and was in love. I understand that, regarding death, that goes against what seems to be human nature. For we tend toward sorrow and mourning at such circumstance. I know it would be a trial for me to stand above a loved one, cold and without life, and kiss his head, move on joyous. But it is an ideal to strive for.
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