Bill Hicks - It's Just A Ride

The World is like a ride in an amusement park, and when you choose to go on it you think it's real, because that's how powerful our minds are. And the ride goes up and down and round and round, and it has thrills and chills and is very brightly colored, and it's very loud. And it's fun, for a while.

Some people have been on the ride for a long time, and they've begun to question, 'Is this real, or is this just a ride?', and other people have remembered, and they've come back to us and they say 'Hey, don't worry. Don't be afraid, ever, because this is just a ride.' and we KILL THOSE PEOPLE.

"Shut him up! We have alot invested in this ride! SHUT HIM UP! Look at my furrows of worry. Look at my big bank account, and my family. This just has to be real."

It's just a ride.

But we always kill those good guys who try and tell us that. You ever noticed that? And let the demons run amok. But it doesn't matter, because ... It's just a ride.

And we can change it anytime we want. It's only a choice. No effort, no work, no job, no savings of money. A choice, right now, between fear and love. The eyes of fear wants you to put bigger locks on your door, buy guns, close yourself off. The eyes of love, instead see all of us as one.

Here's what we can do to change the world right now, to a better ride:

Take all that money we spent 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 CAN EXPLORE SPACE, TOGETHER, BOTH INNER AND OUTER, forever ... in peace.

-- Bill Hicks (1961 - 1994)

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[LeafoftheSoul]

Just popping in for my daily visit :)

[RigbyBullnut]

As much as this guy rips on Christians, I at least admire him for his courage and his brutal honesty. And I laugh along with him as he rips on Christians (even though I am one) because I have come across the same type of elitist, hypocritical, angry individual that he is referring to. I'd go as far as to say that I think more Christians should learn from Bill's sense of values, things like love, honesty, and the pursuit of happiness irrespective of financial incentive.

God bless you Bill.

[twmmay]

the line about using army funds and investing feeding, clothing and educating the poor i used in an english essay and got an A :D back in the day....

[monkeyman80100]

this joke is on the ending of the zeitgeist movie, i know its funny but its so true in life!!

[thedarkshitstain]

Can I get a Ron Paul woot woot?

[FindMeSpikeJonze]

Why are people arguing on this video? Did no one watch the video?

[daryps03]

CAN WE PLEASE WAKE UP PEOPLE!!

lets shut those corrupted humans up.

i want to explore the universe, and find other species outhere and proof to those who believed in the mythological story that where they live its real and that we weren't created by an invisible man.

[yourguru2]

@sdfsfddsable What he means is that this life here is not real, its an illusion. We are like actors in a play and we can choose to play anything we like, but its all just an act, its not real, its not who we are, which is spiritual beings having a temporary physical experience. In this illusion we have experienced separation from each other and Source, need, fear, judgement etc., but none of it is real. Only love is real because that is in essence who we are.

[Minesplorer]

You sir remind us that not all Christians are closed off to different opinions and that every human being, regardless of race, religion, nationality, job, somewhere inside of him/her, holds values such as love, happiness and courage dear to their heart.