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It's to bad, you see things in such a dismal, narrow minded way.
Originally posted by AProphet1233
"I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favor to men of skill; but time and chance happens to them all."
-Ecclesiastes 9:11
Hello ATS,
This is AProphet coming to you direct from the heart on this most somber of Fridays.
I recently returned from a place and saw under the sun that life is not what I once thought it was. From heaven to hell, from the dreamland to the wasteland, from the sublime summits to the shadows in the valleys of death; I've strayed for a time, times, and excesses of unfortunate days.
Upon a ferry in what appeared to be a series of concentric canals in Amsterdam I was taken to the last circle of Hell where I had a conversation with a former Tibetan monk working as a porter in the Red Light District. In an alley he gave me a medicine, performed a meditation as if it was a religious sacrament, then spoke to me in a language I couldn't understand but now am able to recall as a universal symbolic language of the soul. Perhaps it was only a dream... though nothing in my life has ever felt more real.
I returned and the sun hit my face. I cupped my hands in the torrid heat gathering rays of sun and splashed them upon my tired face. Then I saw with new eyes, the prophet's gaze. I felt exhausted, my very flesh was encumbering. And here is what I have learned...
That all life is a futile battle to fill a void of nothingness.
That all righteous endeavors in time prove meaningless.
That God is dead.
That we are animals completely stimulus driven.
That heaven only exists in the mind.
That love is a fallacy.
That friendship is a farce.
That history is the base struggle for power and material possessions.
That Jesus was crucified.
That Buddha was a bum.
That despair is like water.
That hope is a black hole.
And that beauty is a random mathematical expression.
I’m sorry if I have offended anyone, this is just the truth.
Originally posted by AProphet1233
So I shouldn't believe strongly in anything for fear of making a mistake?
No sir, I don't like tiptoeing around the minefield of life. I would rather dive headfirst into the bottomless pit like a real man of action.
Anyway, if we're smart we should learn from our mistakes...
Originally posted by AProphet1233
I’m sorry if I have offended anyone, this is just the truth.
Originally posted by Blanca Rose
Originally posted by AProphet1233
I’m sorry if I have offended anyone, this is just the truth.
That might be your truth, it sure as heck isn't mine.
What you typed has to be the most depressing thing I have read in a while, so, while I am not offended, I feel very sorry for you.
Tomorrow is another day, and you might change your mind!
Originally posted by AProphet1233
To Arkady - "SO what will you do with what you've learned? Where will it take you."
I don't know, prophets can't interpret the course of their own lives. I'm not some philistine with a five year plan based around how the markets are looking.
Although lately I've been finding myself in circumstances not of my own will, instead it's like I'm shackled by fate.
There's no joy for me only an inexplicable sense of duty to a higher process/power.
[edit on 20-8-2010 by AProphet1233]
Originally posted by AProphet1233
Right. Well, the social qualms and spiritual uncertainties in my list above happen to bother a great many people and those that are as depressed as you think I am certainly don't need people like you feeling sorry for them.
Modern life is an unusual beast that we are all scarred by from trying to tame it. I know this least of all from my personal beliefs.