Are "Crazy" People Really More Enlightened Than The Rest
Was on the train the other day with my family, and we met The Jolly Cat. A man who goes around dressed up in a silly costume singing and trying to get people to laugh. He was screaming, "You know you wanna waddle! Say quack but not crack!" I felt sorry for him a bit, at first, but I also realized that he was happy and that made him luckier than the serious of us. He was also a kind fellow, recognizing each person on the train and acknowledging them. Shockingly, he said some truth and broke character, and I felt like it was G-d preaching right to my ears. He said that his best quote is, "Don't Stay in Your mind because then you will go OUT of your mind," explaining that you should live less seriously and not expect everything that your Ma and Father and society tells you to do is the best thing for you. Sometimes you find G-d through following your heart more. He also said that he didn't believe that you shouldn't listen to logic at all, because that would make you really crazy.
He said the people who laugh at him and can loosen up are those who are truly living with G-d, but the ones who are overly serious and don't like him are the ones who are too much in their "mind." I agree full-heartedly. He is clearly someone out of the box, and I accept him as he is and do not expect him to fit into society's expectations when he obviously doesn't. I enjoy what he has to offer.
I looked up his Instagram, as he mentioned a few times, and saw that he was legit about performing in shows. I admire his courage to do this.
What I got from it now is that perhaps the people who live outside expectations are more special than the others. It is obvious that he is above intelligence to see things the way he does- so clearly for how society is flawed in a lot of ways. He acknowledges G-d a lot and that is special and rare. I wonder...if it is true that the ones who are mentally incapable of sub-doing their emotions are truly the free ones in life, because they live WITH their emotions more than those who conform to society's norm of how to feel/think. I know I also do things very differently than most, and I wonder if that makes me in the same category as people like The Jolly Cat. But here I am, putting myself into a box again. How I always seem to miss certain social cues...Unless that comes from trauma and not knowing what is "normal" to do and what isn't. Also, maybe it is my genetics being affected by how my grandmother had brain lobotomy surgery that rendered her emotionally paralyzed, and my birth mother had schizophrenia. Sigh I guess it won't be easy to figure myself out. I need to keep being among people and see myself mirrored so I can decide how I want to be and who I want to hang out with.
He said the people who laugh at him and can loosen up are those who are truly living with G-d, but the ones who are overly serious and don't like him are the ones who are too much in their "mind." I agree full-heartedly. He is clearly someone out of the box, and I accept him as he is and do not expect him to fit into society's expectations when he obviously doesn't. I enjoy what he has to offer.
I looked up his Instagram, as he mentioned a few times, and saw that he was legit about performing in shows. I admire his courage to do this.
What I got from it now is that perhaps the people who live outside expectations are more special than the others. It is obvious that he is above intelligence to see things the way he does- so clearly for how society is flawed in a lot of ways. He acknowledges G-d a lot and that is special and rare. I wonder...if it is true that the ones who are mentally incapable of sub-doing their emotions are truly the free ones in life, because they live WITH their emotions more than those who conform to society's norm of how to feel/think. I know I also do things very differently than most, and I wonder if that makes me in the same category as people like The Jolly Cat. But here I am, putting myself into a box again. How I always seem to miss certain social cues...Unless that comes from trauma and not knowing what is "normal" to do and what isn't. Also, maybe it is my genetics being affected by how my grandmother had brain lobotomy surgery that rendered her emotionally paralyzed, and my birth mother had schizophrenia. Sigh I guess it won't be easy to figure myself out. I need to keep being among people and see myself mirrored so I can decide how I want to be and who I want to hang out with.
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