Bull Shit

That is the title of my blog and it's something that I would like to talk about. It is something I think I have eluded to in a lot of my blogs if you read back. It is what I think Kant was talking about when he said.

"Consequently, only a few have succeeded, by cultivating their own minds, in freeing themselves from immaturity and pursuing a secure course."

The immaturity you are freeing yourself from is breaking from the societal norms and looking at reality for what it truly is. It is removing the bull shit from life. Here's what I think: It is just one of my completely stupid and whacked out theories in life, but there are certain people in life who can see "it". They see right through the bull shit of every day life, and can view reality for what it truly is.

John Stewart is one of them, and he is one of the few with a voice who actually gets "it". There are many authors, people like Malcom Gladwell who wrote Blink, Tipping Point and just recently, Outliers which I have yet to read. They see the real world for what it is, and try to expose the reality to the masses. We need more of these people in society with a voice, people who still have their own self understanding yet the ability to expose the reality hidden beneath the surface of life.

What do I mean by "it"? It is an ability to completely look through the bull shit you see in life and call things like they are. I can see it, maybe it is because I was part of the game for so long, I learned a lot of the tricks of the trade, and I became very good at it. Who knows, but there is definitely an upper layer of bull shit that society operates on. It is in every single person that you meet.

Here is an example, when people first make an introduction to another individual, there is a facade up. It is not that people don't want the person to see the real them, but instead, they are protecting their psyche, and want to present their best foot forward. They want the other person to think they are smart, funny, witty, intelligent, good looking. They don't want them to know any of the true feelings inside, that they are insecure about their job, sexual prowess, appearance, and lot in life. They don't want them to know that they cheated on their last lover with their friend, or that they can be nasty, mean vindictive and a royal douche if pushed to the limit. People all operate on a layer of BS that fools even themselves sometimes.

Most people in life lack the introspection to see themselves for what they truly are. They don't see the mistakes they made, they only focus on mistakes others made. They don't look to change ones self, but instead only look point out every one else's faults. When they are faced with the ultimate truth, the reality of dealing with their actions, they psychologically shut down, they force feelings aside, and stone wall anything from getting inside. I don't know why people do this. . .well I have a few ideas, but they do. I see it in friends, in family, in a lot of people. When faced with the ultimate truth about their actions, people will go nuclear, attack the person presenting the information, and try to spin everything around. If you are good at the game, you can always stay one step ahead of them in the hopes to break down the psychological walls they build, and get them to truly feel life. Sometimes people are just not willing to take the time, the energy, or lack the intestinal fortitude to do the hard work, and instead wall up around the information given to them.

It is sad when you run across these people in life, because sometimes there is an incredible person that is on the inside, yet their outside persona won't let them out. They have been too hurt in their lives and don't want to deal with the pain any more, they are not happy with who they are as people, because they hate their actions as individuals. They do the same things in life over, and over, and over continually creating a wildfire in their wake. I know this, because that is how I used to be. I used to operate on the level of Bull Shit and I could run with the best of them. Heck, it is how a lobsterman became a telescope designer at Harvard University. It was how I played the game, and I was very good at it.

Seeing right through the BS in life is good, because it makes you skeptical of everyone and everything. You understand that every person is a human, they all have desires, wants, needs and passions in life, and they are using their persona to pursue them. You realize there is an angle to every story, to every newspaper article, blog, to everything there is an agenda. Yes even this blog for my few readers has an agenda. I am not immune to the psychological problems of man, I am just trying to expose them in order to figure out stuff about myself, about why my actions are what they are. That is what this blog is for, it is selfish as well, because I am using it as a way of psychoanalyzing myself to see my own faults. Understanding the purpose, the reasoning behind the motives, is the first step to seeing through the bull shit in life. I like to think I have a very good BS meter, and my buzzer goes off all the time in life, I see it in almost everything I read and things I hear.

It also allows you to see the underbelly of society, the lies, the deceit, the outright despicable and deplorable actions of man, and what we are capable of as humans. Let me tell you, it is not pretty, not at all. The higher up the food chain you get, the worse people are in life. I wish that life was not like this, I wish life was all cupcakes and roses, but it isn't. The more you come to understand about society, about people, and about life, the more you see the horrid actions of fellow man, and the depths they will go to hide the true person from coming out.

I wish we could all forgo that layer, because we would be able to actually accomplish some great things, but I really don't think society will ever be ready for that point. There is some truth to the movie the matrix, and it is in the way our "reality" is. It is everywhere we look in life, and it is for people to see if they just look for it. Unfortunately most people don't look for it at all, they are too concerned with being part of the game and winning, than looking for truth. The truth is what sets you free. To be true to yourself is the first step, then to understand why you chose different actions at different times in the next one. I am somewhere on step 2, but it allows me to see all that is bull shit in life.

When I get home tonight, I will post a George Carlin skit on Bull Shit, he was another one who could see "it" in life, and went to expose it to the masses. It is strange how comedy is an outlet for showing reality in life, but sometimes all we can do is laugh how truly fucked up life is.