Thread is sure going a different direction, but I don't think Hap minds. It very well may be all of the past, present and future already exist and we only have the illusion of freedom to choose our path. That any being can decide to try any of our lives out as an adventure, knowing full well before hand what will happen, but once inserted into any one life, we forget what we planned or what we are doing. Full immersion entertainment! I doubt this is what is happening, I believe the adventure is far more open and free than such, but it could work that way. Unless, of course, we are tracing our lives out for the first time right now and this gives opportunity for others to follow our tracks through such an insertion later.... hmmm... Twilight Zone material for sure but I am more comfortable with these ideas having some kind of reality than not.
Living in a free and open universe where nothing is determined, but by what is possible, and our free will is more appealing by far. Yet, there may be more to it than that alone and this might indeed be entertainment for the masses. Cracking open the Twilight Zone door again, could be we are all part of an ancient civilisation which advanced beyond having physical bodies but then missed it too much, created this place to go have fun.
Perhaps....
The world is like a ride at an amusement park, and when you choose to go on it, you think it's real, because that's how powerful our minds are. And the ride goes up and down and round and round and it has thrills and chills and it's very brightly colored and it's very loud. And it's fun, for a while.
Some people have been on the ride for a long time, and they begin to question: 'Is this real? Or is this just a ride?' And other people have remembered, and they come back to us and they say 'Hey! Don't worry, don't be afraid -- ever -- because... this is just a ride.' And we kill those people.
'Shut him up! We have a lot invested in this ride! Shut him up! Look at my furrows of worry; look at my big bank account, and my family. This has to be real.' It's just a ride. But we always kill those good guys who try and tell us that -- ever notice that? -- and we let the demons run amok. But it doesn't matter, because... it's just a ride, and we can change it any time we want. It's only a choice. No effort. No worry. No job. No savings and money. Just a choice, right now, between fear and love. The eyes of fear want you to put bigger locks on your door, buy bigger guns, close yourself off. The eyes of love, instead, see all of us as one.
Here's what we can do to change the world, right now, into a better ride. Take all that money we spend on weapons and defense each year and, instead, spend it feeding, clothing and educating the poor of the world, which it would do many times over -- not one human being excluded -- and we can explore space together, both inner and outer, forever. In peace.
Bill Hicks
