Between Fear and Love

"Life is like a ride in an amusement park.
And when you go on it you think its real, because thats how powerful our minds are.
And the ride goes up and down and around and around. It has thrills and chills and is very brightly colored. And its very loud and its fun for a while.
Some have been on the ride for a long time and they begin to question is this real or is this just a ride? And other people have remembered and they come back to us and say
"Hey, don't worry don't be afraid, ever, because this is just a ride."
and we kill those people.
"SHUT HIM UP!
I have a lot invested in this,
shut him up!!
Look at my big bank account and my family. This has to be real."

It's just a ride.

Why do we always kill the good guys who try and tell us that? Did you ever notice that? And let the demons run amok.

But it doesn't matter because it's just a ride. And we can change it entirely, it's all in the choice, no effort, no work, no job, no savings of money.
Just a choice right now between fear and love.

The eyes of fear want you to put bigger locks on your doors, buy guns, close yourselves off.
The eyes of love, instead, see all of us as one.

Here's what you can do to change the world, right now, to a better ride. Take all that money that we spend on weapons and defense each year, and instead, spend it feeding, clothing and educating the poor of the world, which it would many times over, not one human being excluded, and we could explore space, together, both inner and outer, forever, in peace."
-Bill Hicks