BILL HICKS; JUST A RIDE
Today, a young man on acid, realized all matter is merely energy condensed to a slow vibration. That we are all one consciousness experiencing itself subjectively. There is no such thing as death, life is only a dream and we are the imagination of ourselves...
There is a point. Is there a point to all this? Let's find a point. Is there a point to my act, I would say there is. I have to. 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. The ride goes up and down and round and round, it has chills and thrills and it's very brightly coloured, and very loud. And it's fun, for awhile. 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, 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 that try to tell us that. You ever notice that? And let the demons run amok. But it doesn't matter, because, it's just a ride. And we can change it anytime we want. It's only a choice. No effort, no work, no job, no savings and money. A choice, right now, between fear and love.
The eyes of fear want you to put bigger locks on your doors, buy 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 to a better ride. Take all the money we spend on nuclear weapons and defense each years and instead spend it feeding and clothing and educating the poor of the world which it would many times over not one human being excluded, and we could explore space together. Both inner and outer, forever in peace.
