Here is an excerpt from a recent song "We're All In This Together" :
"Mine, mine, it isn't a lot
So why try to take more than I got
More, more, we only want more
It's not what we came for,..."
Mankind suffers in the pursuit of base pleasures - greed, lust, jealousy, that are not our true nature nor do they bring real happiness. We all fall victim to our desires and in the process we suffer.
"Every night I free fall into a dreamThe world is an illusion. Nothing is as we think it is, we are reflections like a image of a moon reflected in a still pond.
Mirrored halls in the chrome machine
It's a phenomenon that goes on and on
Saying it right but you're doing it wrong..."
"We may never be the same again, we may never be the same again"Everything in the universe is in a constant state of change. The Earth is rotating at a speed of 465.1 m/s and hurtling through the expanding Milky Way galaxy at a speed of 67.80 km/s. Truly, we as an ecosystem are not where we were a second ago in the universe. He repeats it because we are also personally changing, constantly over time. We age, cells are replaced, our attitudes change, allegiances change and so on.
Then later on he sings:
"Slow down you're going too fast now
A delicate dance take your foot off the gas nowDon't try making it last now
So make your mark, do what you believe and inspire the change you wish is his message. Live your life today because there is no more today tomorrow.Sooner or later you're a thing of the past now"
"...
We are all in this together, so keep moving don't stop,
We are all parts of the universe we share, a shared history, a shared future, and a fate in each other's hands.keep moving don't stop. "
All of these ideas on their own all seem like common sense, but collectively they mean Buddhism. I'm sure he knows it and if he believes all of this then he's a Buddhist.
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