Thinking of (Spontaneous) Combustication?

I put in an old CD at work today. I heard the song "Pardon Me" by Incubus. It caught my ears this time cuz I was really listening to what he was saying:

Pardon me while I burst...

A decade ago,
I never thought I would be,
at twenty-three, on the verge of
spontaneous combustion. -Woe-is-me.-
But I guess that it comes
with the territory,
An ominous landscape of
never-ending calamity.
I need you to hear,
I need you to see
that I have had all I can take and
exploding seems like a DEFINITE possibility
to me.

So pardon me while I burst
into flames.
I've had enough of the world
and its people's mindless games.
So pardon me while I burn
and rise above the flame.
Pardon me, pardon me...
I'll never be the same!

Not two days ago,
I was having a look
in a book
and I saw a picture of a guy
fried up above his knee.
I said, "I can relate,"
cause lately I've been thinking of combustication
as a welcome vacation from
the burdens of
the planet Earth.
like gravity, hypocrisy,
and the perils of being in 3-D...
but thinking so much differently.

Pardon me while I burst
into flames.
I've had enough of the world
and its people's mindless games.
So pardon me while I burn
and rise above the flame.
Pardon me, pardon me...
I'll never be the same!

Never be the same, yeah...
Pardon me, while I burst into flames...
Pardon me, pardon me, pardon me.

So pardon me while I burst
into flames.
I've had enough of the world
and its people's mindless games.
So pardon me while I burn
and rise above the flame.
Pardon me, pardon me...
I'll never be the same!

Never be the same, yeahh!!



If you're too lazy to read or listen to the lyrics, it's pretty much saying that he's tired of this world and he wants to get away (suicide?). He's tired of the never-ending problems we face in our society and/or our personal day-to-day lives. He's also probably tired of the people he sees as not righteous in his eyes. So the best solution for his little predicament is to burn up and go some place better, so to speak.

I think, before you go out and get some gasoline, you gotta work over-time in your cubicle-- cuz that shit ain't cheap! Just messing. I know exactly how the singer feels. The weight of so many problems holding us down can be unbearable at times. When one problem is dealt with, two more will emerge out of nowhere. It really is never-ending if you see it that way.

I have an answer to this that will work for all but will only work for some. I say this because a lot of people (maybe the majority in this world) will think I'm stupid and that I'm just talking out of my ass. Many just have a certain mind-set, and anything so simple yet different from their thinking is crazy and won't even consider it a possibility-- even though their lives aren't that great with the way their mind works at the present. My solution is one I didn't conjure up myself. It's so great because it costs nothing. When you apply it, nobody loses, yet everybody gains. It doesn't take much energy. When done correctly, the world you see around you starts to change. It's the panacea we've been searching for. What is it?

FORGIVENESS

That's it? You're kidding right? Nope. That's it. Forgiveness. True forgiveness. I've said it before, and I'll keep saying it til it doesn't work for me. Forgive. To truly forgive, you have to see this world as something you made up. Not real.............. When you can accept this thought, you're probably half way to true forgiveness. Once you see this world as a dream or illusion, you're in a better position to recognize that everything in this world/universe/dimension isn't real as well. When nothing is real, what's there to be taken seriously? What's there to be mad at? When you truly forgive, you might even laugh at some of the outrageous things done in this world. Forgiveness allows us to enjoy our lives here even more cuz judgements are left to the Holy Spirit and we won't have a need to get even anymore. Applying true forgiveness is also true Love because it doesn't exclude anybody. God is Love. God doesn't leave anybody out. He sees them as perfect creations because he made them (us). Forgiveness gives us true vision in which we see our brothers and sisters and ourselves as one. No bodies can divide our real Self. You don't really need to know the mechanics of forgiveness because it's beyond our comprehension. The Holy Spirit works in our mind and he's the one God sent to help us out here. When you forgive, it's giving Him a gift and he gives us one back by fixing our minds right. Crazy talk huh?

Imagine if everybody forgave. Would there be wars? Murders? Fights? Arguments? Probably a lot less, then eventually none. If you're open to it, try it. If not, flame all you want in the comments. I don't give a damn! I'll forgive you anyways. :)

No matter the question, forgiveness is the answer --Gene Bogart & Gary Renard of forgiveness.tv