You can't tell me, muffin.

It is sad that in our world, one cannot hope to escape from being a victim to materialism. Even in our pursuit of something pure or a personal salvation, we would quickly abandon our crusade in favour of procuring yet another trivial item. Attempt to increase the attention we draw through clothing, or wealth. A completely vain characteristic.

We cannot hope to reach a point of virtue until we fulfil our desires for ourselves - for our own soul (not in any religious sense). We don't wish to please anyone else or to put oneself on a pedestal of some sort - an elitist attitude. One may claim to be antithetical to the idea of material wealth and gratification, but we are all, eventually, guilty of it. I myself included in this.

I hope this post hasn't seemed to critical of people's behaviour - because it is natural. Of course we want to be noticed, and want items and goods we feel hold some importance - even though in the grand scheme of things they are worthless. I am not trying to be self-righteous and seem as if I am not guilty of this, because I am. I am a repeat offender, I am just trying to come to the realisation of what life is, and what can be achieved through a different mind set.

Break free from the social chains and stigma and free yourself.

I am wholly atheist. I do hold any messiah in my heart as my all might commander. I do not hold any religious beliefs - I am more a believer in humanity, and hold the notion of helping someone else dearly.

I know I follow Christians values and morals, but I take this simply as a way of labelling what I feel and do. I would still feel the same whether it was called: "baked bean values and morals".

Religious has been a powerful learning to, and is a logical conclusion for early mankind to come to when lacking knowledge of what the world around them was. I respect the foundations of religion and what they do for people - it is only select minorities. I won't go on some crusade against religion now. I don't think I've got enough energy in me for me.

But, I have a greater problem with Christianity and Catholicism than I do with Islam. Our perceptions of religions and the people behind each one are so distorted by media and public consensus, it's hard to truly know what it true and what's not.

Live long and foster.

- Eh-Dunn.