Life?
Long have the days gone of simple life. We now spend much time on entertainment, for indeed the pull force of entertainment is like that of gravity upon ourselves. Much time is spent on this entertainment.
There is little doubt that time spent in a certain area equates to time lost in another. In todays modern capitalist society we find much competition, whilst arguably such may have existed in pre-modern societies, there is little doubt that it has not been to such an extent as we see today as a result of globalisation. We are fed on a daily basis with biased news, much of which is contained in news reports. Whilst biased, there lies a truth within. Certainly the global economic situation is one which we are far too familiar with.
We indeed have many concerns and thus seek to acquire knowledge through social institutions, namely the education system. This system in itself remains competitive at its ends. Yet when some manage to gain access, the ordinary folk fase a dilemma.
Spending time on what makes us happy or keeps us peaceful, such as entertainment no doubt disrupts our flow of learning. We are given the difficult task of reading volumes upon volumes, our hair will turn grey, yet we fall short of what is required. This burden is no doubt one of several reasons for stress and as such further distrupts our lives.
Yet if we were to pass through such institutions and gaining social acceptance, we are fased with much worries ahead. This is the exploitive workforce which we must inevitably accept as a means of survival.
It is indeed a question I ask of you, how do we balance our lives?
How do we achieve a state of peacefulness physically and physiologically?