i'm coming to realize i am the only person i know who feels the way i do. nobody i know agrees with me on vegetarianism, and i have never met another taoist. and today i was talking to three of my best friends, about overthrowing the government and starting a new, peaceful world. they all seemed to believe the only possible way would be through violence. i tried to make them understand that i don't believe violence is ever necessary, and i think they got my point, but the closest they came to agreeing was saying "yeah, you can just take all the criminals and put them waist deep in cement." they started to make me doubt myself. maybe it is impossible for mankind to be peaceful. maybe it is impossible to live without hurting other people, or animals. i don't know. can you guys help me out? can you restore my faith in humanity? or am i gonna have to spend my life alone walden style to live the way i want? i was thisclose to quoting Imagine. but what a cliche that would have been. <3
Wow, I want to meet you. Electrical pink haired taoist hippie and all those psychedelic posters behind you...you seem so...neet!
Well to be honest, you probly cant overthrow the government peacefully. You would need like the whole country to come together peacefully for that and unfortunatly most of man kind isnt that peaceful and wont wanna overthrow the government unless something very very bad happens to them because if the government. I'm not talking about something like 9/11 or iraq, i mean theres shit going down in their own front yards, then they'll care.
If you want to change the world .... YOU CAN DO IT! It just needs Effort beliefe in what you are doing The Problem is this: for every person who says "I believe this is wrong, lets do something about it!" there are 20 odd other people who say "I'm content with my life, as long as I AM happy, nothing needs to be changed" This leaves all the good people stuck, being constantly put down and hope seems to get lost in a cloud of doubt. If you believe something needs to be and can be changed, find the right people to help you and go for it, no matter how daunting and hard it may seem.
All that means is you can't relate to the shit societys feeding everyone.Your in a damn good position and you know it! You realize things can be better and you have faith in your cause and with a little determination you can become the change you wish to see. Just remember this everyone who has been put down and shun apon by society has made the biggest changes in the world because they take the plunge into the unkown instead of dwelling in the familer and comfortable holding place society put them in!
Its definitely not impossible. It might not happen for a very, very long time, maybe it'll take an eternity, but its definitely not impossible. Though, I don't know how much change I can possibly make. I'm gonna try, but eventually, I think I'll end up escaping into some kind of remote area to work on my own peace of mind. Most of my friends aren't really deep enough to agree with me on my views(which seem to be pretty mutual with yours). They just kinda sit there and say "yeah, man. for sure." But its better than nothing. You seem like a very interesting, unique, all around cool person. Just remember how special you are compared to the rest of this corrupt and ignorant world, take solace in your individuality, rather than worrying over your feelings of isolation. There are a lot of people like you, we feel the same way. You're not the only one. I'm gonna stop before I start ranting.
changes can be made peacefully but you will have to play by their rules ..start your own political party but make sure your candidates are fully up to it and experienced ...case in point ..the green party here is trying to make some inroad in the canadian political system ...i don't know about the other candidates they have but the local one seems to have a one issue mind ..cars that don't pollute and last for 1000 years ........with that kind of unintelligent answer for the media i don't think she is going to garner too many votes on monday .time will tell but i'm not putting my money on their candidate ..she will probably end up with the least votes of all 5
