Re:We will see what an oracle isn’t and what I believe it is…
it is good/bad to be wrong sometimes which means ALL of you to stop buying into the “Chosen One philosophy and realize we all gots it in different ways.
Let me use this in how to illustrate how most people waste their time…..
“If you seek enlightenment outside yourself (ie… form others), then your performing even ten thousand practices and ten thousand good deeds will be in vain. It is like the case of a poor man who spends night and day counting his neighbor;s wealth but gains not even half a coin.” TWof ND pg. 3
So, if you do not shine using your own strengths and are constantly looking and comparing yourself to others; you are counting your neighbor’s wealth.
Comparing ourselves to others, and either gloating over how superior we are or inferior we seem is animalistic behavior, not the ambrosia of the truly wealthy (wealth in wealth of spirit)
I read this book by Shery Teper called Beauty and it is a highly moralistic tale.
I’m going to try to find a quote that is good.
I guess THAT would take me all night so I’ll paraphrase it; man can create. That stinking, animal full of base desires, can choose to create.
Creation is a big thing for man…. so is his wisdom…. not cleverness but wisdom; self-awareness is a biggie too.
I do not want to rehash sci-fi or re-invent it or re-imagine it; I want to make it anew. I want to throw out old ideas and play with new ones. i don’t want a chosen one or a chosen people.
What’s the point of doing new if part of me knows we will just go back to the uglieness that petty jealousy does and warring sci-fi factions and personality clashes; to the detriment of all.
I look at the night sky full of stars and i don’t hear all of that crap; I see wonder, possibility….. hope.
I hope this Razor succeeds beyond my negativity and the negativity of all.
I hope RDM and DE succeed beyond what they secretly desire for accomplishment but not as a hammer to pound others down but as a fulfillment of their personal potential. Not to use it over others as a animalistic alpha male/ female badge as they are wont to do with all this Emmy hype and constant need to prove something, but as a fulfillment of who they are.
Not as a gloat but a moment of wonder, humility to the power of creation and appreciation.
Can that possibly happen with egos; I have hope it can; otherwise are we really THAT lost? And is this our eternal future of darkness and animality?