Rumours

When we hear rumours that the Free Masons are corruptible, that the Muslims are out to rule the world, that the Jews control world finance and pursue a Jewish agenda, that the Africans living in Africa are lazy, that women entice men just to fulfil their urge to have children, that fish can't fly and birds can't swim, that this form of prejudice is endemic and in part is the result of the plethora of stations and news sheets who's purpose is to entertain rather than inform.

Many people carry these stereotypes and are inclined to believe and form these opinions, labelling and tagging if for no other reason than "there can't be smoke, without fire".
But how much do we really understand about the forces in the world around us and how much of what we might like to understand is withheld, hushed up. We are prevented from finding answers because it is politically incorrect to ask. 

Our prejudice is often based on ill conceived preconceptions, arrive at by being gullible.

We believe without questioning, too afraid to contest a view because of pressure from our peers, too lazy to try to form our own opinion. Too busy to even think.

I wonder sometimes, this age were everyone is busy. "Busy doing nothing working the whole day through trying to find lots of things not to do. We're busy going nowhere isn't it just a crime we'd like to be unhappy but never do have the time".

The hours spent watching TV, not all of it wasted I grant you, especially if the programs are informative, educational or pure entertainment but imagine the time wasted watching the adverts. 

Adverts which are repeated every few minutes, their dreary receptive message on which, as you sit glued to the chair, you fixate, the mind freezes and you become to all intents and purposes a zombi.

I'm too busy to read. I'm too busy to walk. I'm just too busy.

Of course a single parent with two small children, struggling with 2/3 jobs hardly has time to breath and my heart goes out for them. They are busy in the act of survival but for most of us we have the time but we convince ourselves that only 'activity' is pure and wholesome, not being active is sloth and unwholesome. 

For me it's the activity that goes on between the ears that counts and whilst the adage "a healthy body leads to a healthy mind" has some truth in it, and the buzz of being fit, the endorphins and the adrenalin which stimulate the brain are all positive, it also seems to me that the training which starts when you are growing up, to be perceptive of your surroundings and of others around you is the building block for a busy mind. Without this perception, the need to know more about the "value" not just the price, is crucial to living successfully through every stage of your journey through this life.

"When life looks least like what it's supposed to look like , it may then be most like whatever it is".