First knock

Are you in the world or off the world?

My roommate asked me this. I was unsure what this meant. But this question has stayed in my head. There are three reasons for this question to be added as "first knock". First is about recent catastrophes. If you are a reader, you should have read many events recently happened around the world. Earthquakes, floods, landslides etc. When you read news, was your heart troubled? Did you just see the death poll a number or see the sorrow behind? Did you read for reading or read with sympathy? When you saw images, was your head strong enough to sense nothing? When you watched videos about the residents' comments on the event, were you just like watching other clips? These events are tools to help you contempt whether you attach yourself to this world. Here my saying attach means you are in the world. Of course the answer is not in or out. It's like a spectrum. You will be surprised by how your attention gets allocated. You may discover yourself more while thinking through this. Another reason for this question is to see your attitude to the world. I have no psychology background. I just like to think some questions and see how others perceive them. For this "are you in the world or off the world", I have seen mesmerizing responses. Some people are very outside-unconscious. I guess that they might be indifferent to whatever irrelevant to their little world. They only give heart in for events related to them. I would dare to conclude spiritual people, material-driven people, goal-lacking crowds or self-identified-elites (not really elites) tend to be outside-unconscious. Results are similar but with distinctive paths. Perhaps many in the bay area are successful elites. I saw their snobbish attitude to the worldly events. Third is about the discussion about 2012. Maybe it was due to the people I hanged out with or the timing, I got myself interested in 2012 prediction from Mayan Long Count. I went to dig Wikipedia. The reading is a bit heavy. I looked at the mirror and asked the person in the mirror "what would you do if the prediction's true?" Of course the person in the mirror had no answer. With time she will. I am still in the process of self answer digging. It's amazing to know that the more I dig, the more surprising discovery I obtain. How about your answer for this big question?