Liberation Of Worldy Success

Worldly Success

Tom Petty "It's Good to be King" Rock

Jim Croce "Workin' at the Car-wash Blues"  Rock 1973

Frank Sinatra "The Good Life" Jazz 1950's

Hank Williams ,Jr "Family Tradition" Country 1978

Queen “Under Pressure”  Pop/Rock 1981


Liberation

Tom Petty “Free Falling” Rock 1989

Old Crow Medicine Show “Take’em Away” Folk 2001

Shine Down “Diamond Eyes (Boom-lay Boom-lay)” Rock/ Post-Grunge 2010

Billy Joel “River of Dreams”  Rock 1993

Dierks Bentley “Free and Easy” Country 2003

In doing this aim set of liberation and worldly success with the songs I’ve found and looked into that the one more prevalent is that of Liberation. Now not saying worldly success didn’t have any that I saw, they had plenty but not enough to match.  But, Liberation itself is something that anyone can think of, something to believe in. Liberation is giving up and freeing the inner self for the world to see. In doing that you’ve become happy with yourself, specifically in the Indian sense. Having said that there are others cultures where liberation is wonderful thing. One culture or ethnic background such as mine from being Polish is that when a person dies that in itself is a form of liberation. We have the sad part of grieving, missing the departed, but shortly after that we party are asses off get drunker than any Irish person you’ve seen and are happy for the person to be free of this world also that they don’t have to deal with the day to day bullshit of life. 

I digress, but I see that Liberation is more prevalent because there are times where you just want to say screw it and throw away the shackles of life. The observations just like in the last one is about the same one Aim beats the other not so much in a fight but just how people can deal with it. People can be like electricity they try to follow the path of least resistant, But in music I think that, Liberation is easy to speak about, but doing it is the hard part. Worldly success on the other hand can be hard as liberation but the path is a little bit easier defined.

The Hindu understanding is and always will be a time tested tradition. This in itself gives it merit, the understanding though gives it that strength. But in American culture especially pop culture we as Americans have no idea about it. We might stumble upon something and it sound good and run with it, BUT someone wrote it about over 2000 years ago, who’s going to win that battle….haha. So that’s what I think where the understanding differs. But hey that’s me, I’m only Polish here.

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Pleasur N' the Community

The Pleasure Side

Old Crow Medicine Show "Wagon Wheel"  Bluegrass 2004

Motley Crue "Doctor Feel Good" Rock N' Roll 1989

Guns N's Roses "Mr Brownstone" Rock N' Roll 1987

Ricky Nelson  "Garden Party"  Rock 1972

Bill Withers  "Use Me"  R&B/Soul 1972




The Community Service Slice of Paradise

Jefferson Airplane "Volunteers" Rock N Roll 1969

Marvin Gaye R&B Soul 1972 "What's Goin' on/ What's Happening Brother"

Neil Diamond Folk/Rock 1975 "Brothers Love Traveling Salvation Show"

Poison "Something To believe In" Rock N Roll 1989

Queen "One Vision" Rock N' Roll 1985

In doing this project the aim that which is more prevalent was that of the pleasure side of life. Pleasure is and always will be the spice of life. Most people no matter where ever they are always get in trouble in doing too much and usually going overboard. Especially that of both Motley Crue and Guns N’ Roses, these guys took sex, drugs and rock n’ roll to the extreme and even beyond. Pleasure is the easiest of the aims to attain.  All that have made it big always are trying to get rid of demons they have or release demons they knew they never had. Also the fact that they are treated like that of Royalty, anything goes and anything can happen.

Pleasure is easily attainable be it through sex, drugs and rock and or roll. But the community service part was something that of hard to obtain. Most people would rather make themselves happy rather than others and most do not start off thinking they need to serve others. Only after a while of pleasure, a path of desire (being the best at what he/she does) and worldly success do people begin to think about service. Now yes some people do feel the desire of giving themselves. But in many people’s life the use of pleasure there whole life they find that receiving is better than giving. The act of giving to ones community brings great joy in life. So this is why the Hindu’s believe and follow it as one of the four aims.

The Hindu understanding of the four aims has been something they themselves believe in. The use of these four aims gives them a path to follow be it however many paths there are they all lead to one ending. This gives many a goal to set out on in life. After understanding the different Aims it shows how people can believe in something, while keeping it true and dear to their heart. The American pop music, I don’t believe really follows the aims of Hinduism, just following what always works heartache pain and anguish. That’s just a part of American life in some lives without diving into Hinduism.