dreams of armageddon
thanks to the World Ending May 21st prophecy, and all the associated internet memes this week, last night i dreamed that it happened. my POV was from somewhere in the north oakland/berkeley hills, and it was a clear night. then suddenly: a mushroom cloud and bright orange light from the west, and san francisco was gone. charcoal. obliterated. you would think there would have been more panic in my dream, but there wasn’t. it was more morbid curiosity, or not unlike going into the hills to watch the 4th of july fireworks. some time later, a smaller flash of light/explosion, approximated somewhere in berkeley. even knowing that people i loved had died, i was still unpanicked. perhaps it was shock. i don’t remember what i planned to do, only that it seemed beautiful and i was not worried.
i assume this surfacing of the world ending May 21, 2011 calculation is Christian one-upmanship/backlash/backchannel against the “heathen” 2012 prophecy, which i also put no stock in. i mean, i did go to a remote canyon in Sedona, Arizona to Party Like It Was 1999 for Y2K, but that was more because the opportunity presented itself. i didn’t really care if the world ended.
in any case, jokes aside, being as i am, i have been thinking about What If The World Did End Tomorrow? i didn’t do anything different this week. no shopping sprees or sudden forays into hard narcotics, but i did think about the state of my soul. and perhaps from some belief perspectives, this is the sign of a true blind sinner, but i think i’m alright. i do not believe that Jesus Christ is My Savior, but i think he was, whether a fictional figure or a real man, a righteous revolutionary and i’m down with the philosophy of the JC. i’m pretty sure that i have not lied, cheated, or stolen from anyone without asking for forgiveness any time in the recent past, i think my moral compass is compassion-centric, and i believe that i do Good Works and not only avoid but fight against Evil. in short: i believe i have good karma.
i think that’s why in my dream last night i wasn’t worried. because, hey, if the world does end tomorrow, there’s nothing i can do to stop it, and nothing i would’ve done differently about the way i live my life. i mean, i would have DONE some different things, but not changed my philosophy. i think they call this “peace of mind”, and i feel good about that.
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watch this:
link: http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/living/2010/04/01/cnnheroes.krishnan.profile.cnn
and then, for anyone interested and feeling generous (or, like me, maybe wishing i could be so selfless as to give up my job and everything i have to help others), the website for his foundation is http://www.akshayatrust.org/index.php and you can donate here via PayPal: http://www.akshayatrust.org/donation_foreign_currencies.php
i’m certain every little bit counts.
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