A matter of consciousness

It's funny the way we look at things in life sometimes, with such a negative view. 

From a birthmark being labelled unlucky to a certain culture, or as a disfigurement if scorn across the face, whereas if it appears anywhere else, such as the hand or feet, it is not as bad.

As I walk around the city in my home town of Sheffield, I see how self conscious young children and teens are becoming; very fashion conscious, with a heightened awareness of their outer selves; their appearance; their demeanour. I wonder if they are just as focused on their inner self, or as to what is going on in their surroundings?

Facebook is becoming a mental phenomenon, the pressure that has subtly yet suddenly crept in on people to feel the need to express what they're doing with their lives to the whole world; how they look, what they like and don't like, who they're meeting and where they're going. Now, I'm not saying that this is wrong, for who is to say what is right and what is wrong? We all have a certain eye on how we see the world. But I am saying that we should tread carefully on unknown waters; on things that take off with subtle speed and popularity. 

I think Facebook is creating a comfortable culture, one in which deems 'everything is going to be ok' and 'keep calm and carry on.' Facebook, when you're zoned into it, makes you lazy; nonsensical, it airs out a certain 'comfort ozone' - a thick layer of desensitized bullshit, and, where we're not careful, this bullshit spreads, and spreads, and spreads..

Keeping with my comment on how we can look at things in life with such a negative view, I think that rings true with the point I've just made, and I think it's healthy too, for if we never recognized the negative, then we  would never set out to seek a positive.

Focus on ourselves is good, but I'm interested in going a little deeper than what's just on the surface, aren't you?

Combine the inner with the outer.

Combine consciousness with matter.

Don't seek an answer, but question, all the same.

Souls speak in their own words.