If you happen to see a tee-shirt go by that says “YOLO,” try asking its hipper-than-hip owner what that acronym stands for.
Although the answer will occasionally be “You obviously lack originality,” it will more likely be “You only live once.”
This “seize the day” stamp of approval gives the owner a sense of immediacy. So if you’re wondering whether or not to take that trip to Hawaii, the answer is YOLO. If you’re even thinking about sky diving, what are you waiting for? YOLO!
YOLO enthusiasts not only obviously lack originality, but they also have obviously never so much as heard about the Wheel of 84.
This Wheel is not a sequel to the Beatles’ “When I’m 64.” It instead refers to the 84 lakh species
that one may be reborn into. Since just one lakh equals
100,000 – 84 lakh adds up to a whole lot of reincarnation possibilities.
According to The Hare
Krishna Revolution website (which in turn refers to the Vedas), “if one is attached to eating meat, he gets the body of a tiger wherein he gets full facility for eating flesh without the encumbrance of cleaning and cooking the meat” (sounds convenient if
you don’t take into account the down-and-dirty aspects of stalking and pouncing).
It might be a better idea to cultivate piety in order to earn a demigod body on a higher planet.
But alas! Even
demigod bodies must one day shrivel and die. For that is
the Law of Karma which keeps the Wheel turning… Therefore,
the wisest among us seek liberation from such Wheeling and dealing. In order to break the cycle of endless births and deaths, it is necessary to “understand the futility of all the activities that one
carries out during his lifetime…”
Such insight results in the gift of an eternal body that is liberated from birth, death, stalking, pouncing, and even YOLO tee-shirts.
Resources
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Y.O.L.O.
http://harekrishnarevolution.wordpress.com/2011/07/02/8-4-million-species-of-life/#more-452
Copyright April 17, 2012 by Linda Van Slyke All Rights Reserved
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