Squaring of the circle.

Thursday, May 6, 2010

The Path Less Trodden: THE ILLUSION OF DISTINCTION

because I know what the self is

I know what perception is

I know what it truly means to be human

and what all behavior is

why people do what they do

regardless of their situations

regardless of their biology

I know the commonalities in thought process we all share, and what our

biases are by understanding what leads us to think we are different

they appear to be vast, but in actuality, they can be attributed to one

EXTREMELY obvious thing.

the brain grows through making connections, neural pathways, learning to track

patterns, and to develop schemas

the more times a person observes a particularly common pattern(or a pattern

under the threshold of JND,just noticeable difference, which is said to be a

1:10 ratio),


the stronger a connection in our mind grows, and the more strongly we

rely on that pattern

like a path in a forest

at first, it’s grassy, no road, no people, no footprints, kinda rough, and

definitely awkward

one person comes, looking for novelty

they walk that path once, there is a single trail of footprints.. not much, but

a slight impression has been made on the ground

every once and awhile that person deviates from their normal path, the

one other than the new one, to walk the same path because they found it

to be particularly soothing to escape the mundane when they are physically

feeling stressed out

after visiting the path repeatedly, the grass is increasingly worn down, and

you start to see the ground.. the path is more obviously a path

a few more start noticing the novelty of it, and start following that

path, too, at scattered intervals, while it became increasingly habitual to

the first person

the first person doesn't know necessarily others are using that path


but it rapidly becomes the main path for that person, because they became

accustomed to resorting to it in times where they needed relief for stress.

the path itself took on a special meaning to them, and so, every time they

took that path, they felt.. happier, and less stressed, simply because it offered

this strange sense of security and comfort


other people just see it as a convenience, and don't understand that it was

never technically an objective path.. PLACED there by god for their

convenience



they tend to think,"Hey, it's the worn path, therefore it's the proper one. It

was there and I didn't create it, therefore it must have some value greater

than just the value I could give something. It's especially profound."

the one person who took the path initially discovers other people are

taking it, and more and more people have heard about the magical path

that was made by God


a few people try to object, saying it wasn't a path, but the majority chimes

in to say "HE LIES. I SAW IT WITH MY OWN EYES! STONE HIM!!!" He is stoned to

death, and the others quickly learn to shut their mouths, and let people

remain ignorant, keeping peace within themselves by saying "They're just

ignorant idiots who would stone me if I spoke honestly.. Whatever. I know

the truth; I’ll let them wallow in their blissful ignorance."


those people walk a new path, to avoid the noise of the majority, and the

person who originally made the path, realizing what is occurring feels a

great sadness.. he laments for the mess he had created simply because he

was different. He knows, however, that it was not his intention for this to

happen... That he was simply doing what brought him the most comfort, and

that there was no point in speaking the truth now, because the people

would not hear it. They would only hear their own yelling voices that

never shut up long enough to consider an opposing perspective, and being

a rather soft-spoken individual, he knew he didn't have a chance against

the more naturally extraverted majority..


He sighed, and proceeded to promise himself that he would never again

walk one path so long that it becomes comfortable, because it would only

cause the same situation all over again..

however


he avoids other people, because the truth of what he had done was painful.

he never learns about the fate of the others like him, who were the first to

attempt embracing the novelty he had initially created


those people also begin to realize what had happened, and how grave the

mistake had been between both parties.. they also lament

but


because they were not at fault for the situation, they realize they could

only be at fault for not attempting to right the wrongs that would cause

the virtuous, truthful, and honest people they had known to lose their lives.

They understand better than anyone what it means to be a martyr


there is a great empathy and compassion towards the ones who had

sacrificed their lives for the sake of "good".. doing all that they knew was

right, to the best of their ability

they identified with them, as opposed to discriminating themselves as

being more distinct



they realized that they were, in truth, not above them, and

continue to lament over the irony unique to the human condition..

they could

and some would continue to lament


others would view the new path of novelty that lied adjacent, and it would be

one of mere inspiration.. an ideal path that they hope, once set

straight, the others would follow alongside them in peace


only the solemn wayfarer would have known what this would bring.. the

reasons why peace could not come to exist in a state of perceptual

difference..

he understood that those differences in perception do exist, and that they

are inevitable, but the spirit, the energy that runs through us is pure and indifferent

to circumstance

this would become the burden of him, and a relatively small proportion of

others who committed the same crime out of ignorance

an albatross would hang from all of their necks until few would start to

realize something else

that there was an ideal that wouldn't bring about the same result, and

wouldn't create the same pain


this ideal was.. forgiveness. the action of love. this idea negated the

resentment that the first man had felt, the one that lead him to feel the

need to distinguish the others from himself


it allowed them to fully accept the consequences that had befallen

them, the way he had been as ignorant as they all could possibly be, yet

neutralize the negative energy that he'd left to surround them



and the few began to heal, not only others, but themselves, as they found

new comfort in the wisdom that none of the pain that they could know was

ever their fault to bear, and that in taking it upon themselves, they were

heroes who were saving the self from the pain it willed itself to suffer

from, and that


the more pain they would take from others without allowing themselves to

place blame.. the more they would heal collectively, growing ever closer to

bliss yet again. It was that blame that would symbolically be them accepting

the

illusion as being only as real as their worst past intention and mistake

could truly be a part of their self,


and to exist in such a state would be more unbearable..

some lives were lost, as they were not shown their own unique path to

forgiveness, and thought following the path of another would suffice

the reality was, following a path already taken could not suffice to the

same meaning when they would walk it with different purpose..


the path to forgiveness only truly open itself in full glory to the few that

had heard its calling ringing in their own ears


the others would suffer by pretending to understand it, yet never receiving

its healing powers by walking it with a purpose that was understood

undoubtedly within their own hearts, and so until they changed their

stubborn insistence that they'd seen the path work for others, they couldn't

see their own truth in front of them. they would first have to accept that

they must know their own path, and learn why the path hadn't worked for

them in the past


and that learning would also take blunder. To not be afraid to fall is

pride. It is foolishness to think that what's not learned can be known, let

alone taught, and it was that exact path that the prideful would take.

The prideful denied their own humanity

there were other divisions of pride that were formed.


there were the apathetic, there were the wrathful, there were the

despondent, there were the envious, there were the willfully lazy, the

willfully ignorant, the fearful cowards, and the self-righteous, gluttonous

individuals, there were those who appeased to sensation. those who denied

their hearts (their feelings), those who denied their minds, those who

denied their bodies, those that denied their bias, those that denied their

purpose, those that denied their reality, those that denied their

thoughts, and they all denied their power to make a difference through

recognizing their similarities through the illusion they shared, they all

attempted to deny the existence of the self as it truly is. this was not their

fault until it was known, but after they had heard, to not heed would be

sin.



the price to be paid for such sins would be damnation to an eternity of

suffering in the context of the body. a hell that only they could escape by

discovering the key within themselves and their own faith, by learning to

see through the pain and accept love, and to learning the meaning of the

purpose, rediscovering the path to forgiveness, to know to fight the hate

and the illusion of pain through giving love in return to what they'd

received without expecting to take the same love back in greed, and they

would only then begin to return to nurture and return to their own roots

again

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