If the teacher truly taught well then the student would surpass them and so on the cycle refines and spins as one births a living tradition that is firmly rooted in the present with the intent of Self actualization for all adherents that is the opposite of rigid as it comes from within and is tailored to your unique vibration with the intent to create a state of great resonance that is as powerful as it is tranquil. Look around the planet and you’ll see that is entirely absent. Instead we have dogmatic adherence to what someone else once said, others repeated after they left and then slowly the herd came in to copy these steps, often with little to comprehension of the meaning or implications. Of course if you say this to them then they’ll scream “Off with your head” as well as justifications like “Who are we compared to him, most hallowed being” but that shows you the nature of the trick because if we were all coals and one had turned to a diamond I’d want to know how he did it and give it a go myself whilst the rest would sit and share tales of the accomplishment without ever wondering what currently lies within them.
This is what they called the life unexamined and seen through my lens I can’t class it as one lived as it certainly isn’t potent, no matter how much you claim its noble, to follow in anothers footsteps as it seems like little more than lip service. Let me put it to you like this:
A man hands you a Twentieth generation smart phone with full hologrammatic projection as well as direct audio introjection so when someone wishes to connect you see them standing there direct and hear their voice in your head, almost indistinguishable from the real thing. Don’t worry it’ll be happening and you might even live to Witness in the flesh when Siri does a flip directly into your iris and the symbolism of the bitten apple via an old devil in a new dress becomes even more obvious in its intent but, for now, consider this:
You take that hardware and insist “No, no, no. That isn’t for me” and proceed instead to download a First generation firmware onto the cutting edge technology so you walk around with a potato quality camera and picture messaging. Sounds stupid, yes? After all some would say its an insult to the tech and effort that went in to design this device which you choose to link with tools so far outdated that it just smacks of ignorance. “Foolish heathen, non believer, we are keeping alive the tradition of our founding fathers and they know best so we attempt to be like them”. Yeah, tell me how thats working out when peace brings conflict and instead of the bells of unity division rings and groups fragment and argue about meanings of text and then decide the only solution is to kill the rest:
“No, I’m telling you that one must only send message via text. The very nature of picture on a screen is an insult to the real thing and wasn’t what our gracious leader did back when at the inception”.
“Enough of your foolish impudence for I can quote directly the sacred text which says “And she went to the concert and instead of viewing it directly he took it in via the lens in order to share with others not at the event who couldn’t care less about the self aggrandizement” plus if we weren’t meant to take pics why does the device have a camera, riddle me this”.
“The devil did this to test the faith of the true believers and you’ve fell for his tricks, you stupid idiot. I’m only trying to help” and on and on goes the argument until it gets physical as neither wants to give in and look outside their paradigm as the finest tech one could imagine has its best features and abilities lying latent due to an ancient operating system that was flashed within that is simply not capable of the frame of reference needed to harness (then free) the true potential of such an amazing creation.
No, instead what we’d see are brand new holophones being delivered which then download the hallowed firmware of way back when onto the latest silicon. Do you think these devices may be wondering if somethings missing from their existence or do you think they couldn’t care less but are more concerned with the fact that everyone rocks the same version as them because if they don’t then thats a huge problem.
Stranger things have happened. As the Phone Wars attest…
Till we meet again
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