Filed under: Feelings, Random | Tags: Anticipation, Atelier Annie, Nintendo DS, Silly
Most of us know that feeling of anticipation that’s comparable to waiting for Santa to hurry his fat-ass up and deliver your presents. Of course this specific form of anticipation is the one felt when something is ordered online. More specifically pre-ordered.
Waiting for the release day is the first stage of anticipation, but then the awareness that the product is released and available to consumers hits the consciousness. Now the online pre-order seems foolish, because the product could be purchased now. Then the anticipation of the shipping confirmation sneaks into the forefront of the mind. Followed closely by the delivery confirmation e-mail that gets received right away thanks to modern day cell-phone technology. After that, the only desire is to return home and get the damn product.
Seriously. Oct. 27th is Atelier Annie’s release date for the Nintendo DS. I pre-ordered it months ago, and now the anticipation of the release date is weighing heavy on me.
God, I’m such a nerd.
Growing up I’ve found that my thoughts on spirituality and life in general haven’t been ‘normal’ when compared with those I know around me. When asked to read Nietzsche for some class assignments I was the only one who not only understood what was written, but also related to/had thought about such topics on my own. I don’t prescribe to any one outlook on subjects such as life or God(s), yet I find myself frequently questioning or considering various possibilities. I’m not well-read when it comes to religion or philosophy, so most of these thoughts have come to me independently and are not intended to be copies or expansions of existing writings. After all, how much can a product of our public education system be expected to know of philosophy?
My latest philosophical pondering has led me to consider the possibilities of God and the Soul. Sometimes I have this feeling that this entity that we call God is actually the collective thoughts/minds of all sentient beings who have lived, are currently living, or will ever live. I suppose these thoughts/minds could be interpreted as Souls. Those currently living are unconsciously part of this collection of minds/Souls, and therefor part of God. I’m not referring to God in a classical Christian sense, of course, as this collective mind God would contain the minds of even the most heinous criminals (which would traditionally be part of some sort of Devil).
This Collective Mind theory seems to be able to explain everything. What is the mind unable to imagine? I find my imagination to be limitless, so couldn’t a collective mind imagine or create anything as well? When minds come to a disagreement, could that start wars? Cause natural disasters? Create diseases?
When one dies, their mind isn’t lost. It continues to be part of this Collective Mind. Some Mind/Souls choose to physically manifest multiple times, hence feelings of deja vu and reincarnation. It seems to fit with some religious ideas as well. When one dies, they’re united with God (the Collective Mind) in Judeo-Christian belief. Some religions tell of reincarnation until some enlightenment is achieved. Maybe the way each mind perceives the meaning of life alters the actions of the Collective Mind.
Or maybe I’m just being silly.
Please comment on other writings similar to this or any questions related. It’d be great to discuss something like this.
Hello.
This shall be the dumpster/canvas for random or organized musings and tales that spill forth from the confines of my mind.
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Thanks.
-Pants
