Hello everyone,
If you follow me on Twitter and happened to be up looking at Twitter at 12 midnight yesterday (or today, technically) you might've seen on your time line this tweet...
— roger bourland (@rogerbourland15) January">https://twitter.com/rogerbourland15/status/293580097225629696">January 22, 2013Just watched an amazing documentary called "Zeigeist" on Netflix... Everyone needs to check it out. Be informed. #openyourmind
&mdash">https://twitter.com/search/%23openyourmind">#openyourmind
I just figured out how to embed tweets, oh boy this is going to be fun...
Anyways, last night I was pretty bored. I spent almost my entire day working on my blog, so my brain was pretty exhausted. I tried to play some NBA 2k on my Xbox but I just wasn't feeling it, so I quit that and went on Netflix. I wanted to watch a documentary, something that I could actually learn something from. Scrolling through for about 15 minutes I found this one called Zeitgeist. I read the summary of it, saw that it had to do with religions, conspiracy theories, and I was in. Started watching it, and 5 minutes in, I'm hooked. I won't give it away or even try to explain anything in it, because that won't do the movie any justice. Actually I won't even call it a movie, it's a thought-provoking, mind blowing, perspective changing documentary. I gave it a 5 star ranking, if you were wondering.
What does this have to do with Open Your Mind, the title of this post?
There's the italics guy again from my last post, he always asks the best questions. Well, italics guy, it has everything to do with opening your mind. There's a reason I put that hashtag in that tweet above. There's a reason I named the post "Open Your Mind...Redone". If you haven't noticed, I deleted one of the first posts I made that was called "Open Your Mind". In that post, I brought up some topics that could be classified as controversial...things like 9/11, illuminati, Sandy Hook, government conspiracies. Look. I'm 18 years old just trying to make it in this world. I want to have a nice job, family, kids, and all that jazz, when the time is right. In this day in age with the internet, and connectivity and social media, everything is so out in the open about people. I don't want to be known as a conspiracy theorist, or an anti-government figure in any way, shape or form. Also my goal for this blog is not to bring up theories and bash our government. If you're expecting that from me, read another blog. Don't get me wrong, in conversation, face to face interactions, I'll debate what I believe regarding theories, government, whatever it is. I just don't want it out there for the world to see and possibly one day have it used against me.
This documentary deals with a lot of topics that I mentioned above, not as much regarding illuminati but more 9/11, government, media, corruption, lies, all the juicy stuff that I love, and hate, to think about. You see, I like to think we're all here on earth for a reason. I like to think that somehow, every single one of us has a purpose in life. Everyone is different, unique, special in their own little way. So I started thinking about what my purpose is, and this isn't just last night after watching the movie, this has been an ongoing process that is no where near a conclusion. It's because I always think a lot, and my thoughts just rush around in my head. What I thought my purpose was at 7 or 8 years old is completely different than what I thought when I was 14, and it's completely different now that I'm 18 years old and on the verge of adult hood. To give you an example, I'll take you through what I thought my "purpose" was from 7 years old to 14 years old, and now at 18 years old.
· At 7 years old, there's really no thought of the future, what's in front of you for the most part. 7 year olds just don't think like that. I thought I was going to be a professional baseball player, like Manny Ramirez or Nomar. Just hit homeruns and get famous and stuff... those were the days.
· At 14 or 15 years old, I have no idea...I hated school, didn't get good grades for the most part, kind of acted out, but not too badly. But it was all because I just sat in school, day after day, asking myself "why the hell am I here? This stuff is stupid, I'm not going to need any of this anyways." To add onto that my dad, Andy Bourland was put in a hospice home in December, where he ultimately ended up passing away on February 16th, 2009. I would spend a lot of the time in the hospice house, talking to him about everything...girls, sports, family, friends, whatever it may be. On some occasions, we would have talks about serious things, like what he expected of me after he was gone. He never said anything like, I want you to be the best football player in the world, or I want you to get straight A's. Obviously he wanted me to get good grades and try hard in school, as well as compete in athletics, but in the end, none of that stuff really matters. He taught me he wanted me to be a man, not like old spice commercial man, but to be a man that people respect and like. Be the man of the house, take care of your family, be loyal to your friends and most importantly never, ever raise your hand to a Woman or talk down to a woman. This knowledge I learned from my dad is more important o me than any class or book can teach you. And it gave me purpose, I didn't want to let him down, because I know he would be watching.
Back to present times, January 22nd, 2013. I'm 18 years old, on the cusp of graduating high school and going to college. Then before you know it, in the blink of an eye it will be College graduation in 2017, and I'll have to go into that dark, desolate unknown territory people call the "real world". I guess I have to get a job, make money, have kids, have a family, at one point or another. In case you were wondering before you read this of I ever think about the future, now you know that I do, a whole lot. Right now, the way I see my purpose in life, what I'm destined to be, isn't something I can define. My purpose, for example is not to work for ESPN or Sports Illustrated, but that is my ultimate career goal, but it is not my purpose for life. The way I see it is that I'm good at a couple things... writing (hopefully some people agree), networking (both online and in real life with friends), and critical thinking. I know that I see things a lot different than some people do, I make connections between thoughts and events which sometimes are good interpretations, and other times it's like what the heck am I talking about? I have my opinion on certain things that I'm just not going to change my mind on easily, I'm pretty damn stubborn. So I have these 3 main skills (I have a ton more skills, believe me *cocky voice*) and while these skills individually won't really get me to have "success" so to speak, all three combined can in fact be powerful and very useful.
I've kind of strayed away from my point about the movie, because ultimately that's not what this post is about. Rather, this post is inviting you to think. What do I mean by that? For starters, don't just believe everything that you hear that you see on the television, internet, facebook, twitter, basically any type of media. Learn to live in a reality that YOU create for yourself, live in YOUR world, have your own thoughts and feelings. We live in a world where people don't want to be in their own reality, whether unintentionally or intentionally, so we turn on the boob tube, sit and watch other peoples lives for entertainment, (reality TV, the dumbing down of the world.) Or we become so attached to our phones or TV or social media, these things that are not "real", their real purpose is ultimately to take you out of your reality and put you in someone or something else's reality. It's sad, really. I have noticed more and more that people don't know how to do simple things, like communicate, be present in the moment, think about things deeper, talk face to face, socialize with new people. All these things are just leaving our repertoire because we're so infatuated with other things, material objects, media, all this technology.
I've kind of strayed away from my point about the movie, because ultimately that's not what this post is about. Rather, this post is inviting you to think. What do I mean by that? For starters, don't just believe everything that you hear that you see on the television, internet, facebook, twitter, basically any type of media. Learn to live in a reality that YOU create for yourself, live in YOUR world, have your own thoughts and feelings. We live in a world where people don't want to be in their own reality, whether unintentionally or intentionally, so we turn on the boob tube, sit and watch other peoples lives for entertainment, (reality TV, the dumbing down of the world.) Or we become so attached to our phones or TV or social media, these things that are not "real", their real purpose is ultimately to take you out of your reality and put you in someone or something else's reality. It's sad, really. I have noticed more and more that people don't know how to do simple things, like communicate, be present in the moment, think about things deeper, talk face to face, socialize with new people. All these things are just leaving our repertoire because we're so infatuated with other things, material objects, media, all this technology.
It's just a distraction, it really is. Actually no, it started out as a distraction, at one time, but it's evolved so much that it's an addiction. And I'll be the first to admit my problem to the world...
Hello, my name's Roger, and I'm addicted to technology.
Hii Roger...
There, now we're that much closer to solving my problem. It's not just my problem though, 85% of all americans are addicted to technology. I'm kidding, that's a complete lie I just made it up. It's probably higher than that...
I need to wrap this up because everyone is probably wondering how the hell all this connects to each other. Well I started off talking about the Zeitgeist movie I watched, and the post I deleted, what my purpose is in life and what my many skills are. In summation, the point of this is to get people to really think about things, to be present in the moment, in your own reality and to not believe everything you see or hear. I like to believe that I’m somewhat of a leader, and that when I have an opinion that people will want to listen to it. That is why I’m writing this blog, in the hopes that people will read and understand what I have to say and hopefully learn from it. As for my purpose in life, I’m not 100% sure what it is and I don’t think any person does. What I hope to accomplish in my time on earth is quite simple though, I want to make the world a better place, help those less fortunate than I am, and hopefully teach people some things along the way.
I strongly urge everyone to check out the film Zeigeist. It’s an amazing documentary that will definitely get you thinking. You can watch it on Netflix, or I’ll post the link to Youtube below. It’s about 2 hours, kind of long on paper, but I didn’t lose interest during that whole time, which sometimes happens to me during movies like I’ll space out or something, but not with this movie.
EVERYONE WATCH THESE (bottom two videos are in the movie, but I think everyone should watch those clips from the movie The Network.) “Be the change you want to see in the world.”
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