Monday, July 14, 2008

You have a message

... and the song that was playing on TV when i switched on the comp to check the feeds happened to be Joan Osborne's 'One of Us', a personal favourite, mostly because of the lyrics. And one of the feeds that popped up first linked to this, a mail from God.
Now its very rarely that I have posts that links to things that make a good forward but there are times when that cool line from The Matrix Reloaded, which i keep mouthing regularly, is made believable - "We have not come here by chance. I do not believe in chance. ........ I do not see coincidence, I see providence. I see purpose. I believe it our fate to be here. It is our destiny." And so, I thought i should do my bit by spreading the message.
The reason I like that mail is because it keeps things simple, and brings up a point that I've increasingly come to believe in - the overbearing influence of money, on society.
Before you write it off as a pro-socialism tirade, I do believe that as a tool, money has immense amount of benefits, but when the accumulation of money becomes a purpose in itself, we become the tool, and that's what's increasingly happening.
Meanwhile, on a sidenote, the message also perhaps answers austere's recent question. Death is quite possibly God's way of saying 'long time, no see'

until next time, counting my blessings

14 comments:

austere said...

bahoot zyada random hai.
death I mean.

Epiphany said...

Death part - If death wasn't random, then where is the fun in living??

And the money part - yarr everybody has their own definition of success and happiness. Aren't you shattering somebody's dream when you say money can't be your be all and end all?

Anonymous said...

i dont believe in coincidences either..

a million different people said...

That song is kind of nice.

Imagine if we didn't have a God. Actually, we don't need to. Thank God. =)

Arunima said...

umm, counting mine too.

Cynic in Wonderland said...

completely agree on the money bit - somehow have seen a lot of people lose focus on life, on priorities in the quest for money. and for a lot of them its not even moneylust, but just an obsessive worry about survival and making do. ( the negative spin on money lust i suppose)

Me said...

Love the quote from the Matrix. It feels like that most days.

manuscrypts said...

austere: as the joker would say, maybe 'its all part of the plan' :}

epiphany: the fun is over, the moment you think of mortality.. and its only an opinion, my friend :)

manuscrypts said...

pallavi: yes, but thats not enough, we need to be able to crack the 'why' too..

amidipe: the concept made it one of my faves :)

manuscrypts said...

arunima: :)

cynic: yes, nothing is ever enough :|

manuscrypts said...

orhan: like i said, if only we could decipher the reasons too

Epiphany said...

Based on your opinions I gather you don't like deadlines :)

Paradox Philic said...

This track is a personal favourite for me too :)... both the music & the lyrics... esp this

"If seeing meant that you would have to believe"

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