Although I know Worldly Possessions isn’t just about money and material things, it is also about what possessions you hold in value in your heart over others. It seems in this day and age the most natural train of thought would lead to money, which is a little more difficult to just have instantly, it requires a lot more work. Worldly Possessions was definitely a lot easier to find music for than Liberation, which I really had a tough timing doing.
I feel like although it wasn’t as easier to find music on Liberation the message the music sends is a lot more important. I n the music I picked it includes freedom from love, from life, from life’s restrictions. Hinduism has one main goal and that is to reach Liberation, Moksha, through good karma. It’s definitely the most important aim to have ultimately.
American Pop culture displays Liberation as mostly freedom from parents and authority which isn’t at all what it really means. A freedom from rules and routine is a petty inner freedom teenagers crave in this century. Liberation in Hinduism means no more Samsara , repetitions of the life cycle, and final release back into Brahma .There are less vast differences in the perceptions of worldly possessions between the two cultures.
I feel like you definitely found a really good song for the liberation aim. It is hard or nearly impossible to find one in American Pop culture that matches up exactly so overall i think this is probably as close as you can get to Liberation. Also the comment on about what success is to you not only in measure of worldly possessions but also what is important to your heart is a good way to look at the success aim.
ReplyDeleteHey, Seems like we both had the same idea on liberation, Tom Petty's Free Fallin, but difference being john mayer did it as the cover while I got stuff with the 80's version haha. But yeah I agree with what you're saying about liberation that we only have teenage angst. But at the same time going on Tom Petty him and Journey I believe can hit the nail on the head with all four aims. But good discussion.
ReplyDeleteA few people chose Free Bird for one of their liberation songs which I thought was really cool. I agree with you in saying that worldly possessions are not always just about money and material things. People hold all sorts of things as their "prized possession," and are influenced by their culture and social environment as to what typically falls into that category. I also agree that the messages in the liberation songs were more significant.
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