Thanks Be to Bono. Brent Barton

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      I do feel sorry for new bands, trying to make it big in the world today. Big dreams of rock stardom are not exactly uncommon. It’s a tough shot, to upstart, no doubt. Keep trying, little rockets. Who knows. Maybe one day you will take off and fly way up into that sky. I’ll root for you, sure. I wish you the best of luck. All you can do is wonder where this all can possibly go next, after we’ve seen it all, lived it all, even better then the real thing (LIVE!). I mean we’ve experienced it in 360° 3D cyber-spaced super vision with the full surround sound. What comes next? U2’s the top grossing ticket to the next dimension. If the record industry is a wave, crashing on the beach, U2 are the surfers, riding at the very top. They reach past the limits. They are the game changers.

      Change.

      This is a new game we’re playing now. We’re in new territory. From here on in and out it’s all unknown.

      Don’t be afraid.

      We’re alive!

      We’re here now, together.

      We’re together, in this moment.

      Live it!

      This is it.

      It will never be like this again.

      The nuts and bolts of the U2opian world view centers upon the musical recordings of U2, and it incorporates their entire discography, all of their live performances, all the words uttered by any member of the band in any interview, and every facet of their public and private involvement in interactions with life on the planet Earth. Bono, as the lead singer and the member of the band who stands in the spotlight the most, is the primary spiritual focal point of the U2opian belief system, although we honor and revere all members of the band.

      U2 is awesome!

      U2 is awesome, U2 are awesome – both are considered to be accurate ways of phrasing this expression of grammatical truth absolute.

      When I speak to people about the power of the message, as revealed to us by U2, I speak to them of the message of love. I speak to them about the message of peace. I speak to them of beauty and truth. The sense of justice. The touch of karma with a kiss of grace. That kiss, I tell you, it is so sweet. Tolerance and respect. Acceptance. Human dignity. Fun and joy. Life! I speak of hope, for today and tomorrow. It’s a very positive message. U2opia! Affirmative. Uplifting, as per our spiritual goal: Elevation!

      

      We U2opians are by no means the only ones who’ve been getting into this love and peace promotion business. Jews, Christians, Muslims, Hindus, Buddhists, all of the great religions of the world, have deferred at one time or another to the ultimate higher ideals of love and peace. The brilliance of U2 encompasses the constructive and beneficial virtue of all human thought.

      U2opian dogma, if there can be said to be such a thing, is the universal declaration of human rights accompanied by a rock’n roll soundtrack and vibrant light show. To the core, our movement’s position was no different from that taken by many other religious organizations that believe in the existence of fundamental human rights – rights that, by birth, belong to every person on this planet. The main difference we discovered, between other religions and U2opians, is our contrasting opinion on the importance of one person, in this case Bono, in the salvation of all humanity.

      The U2opian philosophy embraces a worldview that accepts differences, conflicts and contradictions. Monotheism. Dualism. Belief in the trinity. Yup, sure. That’s all good and what have you. But it’s all been done. Our beliefs came via quartet. The U2opian philosophy accepts the distinctions between all the instruments in the band. Literally and metaphorically.

      Singers in a choir, we can sing. We can meet together in the same key. We can accept the differences between tone and pitch and move on, to the common ground, harmony, where we, as humans, can put the idea of opposition aside (even if just for a brief moment, please). It’s a recognition of all the connections that we share on all the other levels of existence.

      Other levels of existence?

      Stay with me now.

      I’ll do my best to keep our discussion here grounded.

      The U2opian philosophy embraces the idea of a connected universe. Don’t ask me how it all works (ask a physicist) but it appears that there is a mysterious gravitational force, binding us all together. Call it science, call it magic, it can be poetic, and it can be religious if that’s how you like to look at things. But this is the ultimate fact: in the bigger picture of the universe, we’re all tied together. Connections. This is the essence of it all.

      U2opian scientists have found overwhelming evidence for these connections. Recent experiments point to a defining quantum energy behind it all. People in the past referred to this connecting energy as “spirit.” That’s what we often called it in our service. Others have liked to call it “God,” or “chance,” or “complete and total chaos.” I’m not sure. I don’t care, really. Shit! Fuck! Whatever. Call it what you want. These names are the least important things about it. It’s the connections, not the names, that are the point. The connections. The U2opian belief system is not concerned about semantics and mere words.

      Fuck all that.

      We’re all about the bigger picture!

      Forward, clear thinking.

      The U2opian view is a rational one, one that aims to strip away the artifice of distracting ritual to target the purpose, the goal of life at the universal level. As a global movement, we connected with people. And they in turn connected with what we had to say.

      And what is there not to like about what we had to say?

      It’s clear to me why people liked our message. We offered positivity and acceptance for a change. The mandate of TEMPLE™ was positivity, plain and simple: Spread the message of love and peace throughout the world. No baggage limit. No baggage required.

      WOO-HOO!

      Sing a song!

      Our talking points were well articulated.

      Our slogans were direct and relevant to all of humanity:

      Quench thirst!

      Satisfy hunger!

      Stop hurt!

      Easy now: Breathe.

      Alright!

      

      The problems of the world are all too real. And the U2opian philosophy embraces this reality. It embraces the up and down, back and forth world we live in. The sad parts are all real. We live with the consequences of bad decisions.

      Folks, it isn’t all sunshine and happy good times. Far from it. The music of U2 brings us down, to the ground, and buries us. It buries us deeply. Whenever a tune becomes a little too happy happy, joy joy, that sad СКАЧАТЬ