30 days without music

I love music. And many people do. Whether it is iPod or a walkman, many people listen to music, from The Beatles to Eminem, from idols to rock groups. I personally love hiphop music very much, and once my parents took my MP3 away from me, and told me to concentrate only on studying.

A quite reasonable argument and exactly why I would like to suggest 30 days without music. However, since I had my laptop, I was able to listen to music by youtube. Whether everyone instinctly likes music or my passion for hiphop was extraordinary, I don't know. But I was very painful, and I realized how important music was to me.

The purpose of this experiment is to learn to control one's desires. I am not sure that this would be effective to everyone. But I do believe listeners like me would undergo severe changes. Because I was somehow exposed to some music, I felt pain but didn't reform. If one experiences total separation from music, I believe they will be able to control their lifestyles more easily.

To students, music is a distraction from studies. Well, actually, listening to music is a distraction to everything. It is even proven by psychology by experimental means. If you study something listening to music, you will remember it well went you are listening to the music again. However, you remember best when you study sober and not listening to music.

I do believe this experiment is worth a try. Especially when midterm is coming up.

I know religion is a very sensitive issue, but I really want to talk about it. I used to be an atheist, but now I just don't believe any religion, and I have respect to every religion. I believe religion itself can do many things - inspiring people, changing them, leading them to good. However I dislike people who use the name to their own benefits. For example, in Korea, there are very many churches, and many rectors are more interested in fancy cars than their religion.

And I dislike people so one-sided that they cannot blend with other religions. The purpose of religion is to achieve enlightment, not to follow every line it teaches. Chang Tzu said, "Word is like a net. We use net to catch the fish. After we catch the fish, we forget the net. Word is a mean to communicate meaning. If meaning is understood, word itself should be forgotten." The Bible is a good book. The Coran is a good book. Buddhism has great textbooks. However, believing every word, obeying every line is proposterous. As some character in some book stated(I cannot remember), the Bible on the next page completely contradicts the last. This is just a quote, and I do believe the Bible has great significance in it. However, if one wants to make something out of a religion, if one expects to live a meaningful life, one should not follow every line in it. The purpose of a religion is not to kill and slaughter everybody else who believes otherwise. If so, religion was used only a tool to war.

I'm sorry. It seems that I criticized Christianity so much. I like and respect Christians. Okay, and here's my CR. "What is your religion? And how can your belief be justified? What do you believe about other religions?" It simply means "state your opinion about religion."

I will introduce some videos. They are made by atheists and I found them quite interesting. I am not an atheist myself, by the way.