I understand it can be hard to picture this, however just give it a go. Close your eyes if it helps, take a deep breath in, slowly let it out, forget the past, don’t focus on the future, just remain in the present. Just give this experiment a go, it’s worth it. Trust me.
Now imagine you’ve just been born. However you’ve been born on a rock, a rock which is flying at an increasing rate, rapidly through space. You have no idea what this is, how you got here, or what even is going on. So in this situation, what would you do? Before you answer I should tell you that this scenario isn’t hypothetical, it’s reality. Think about it.
Honestly, I’m not sure what this is and I don’t think you are either. You can pretend that you're sure so that it’s easier to get to sleep at night, however deep down you know something isn’t quite right. It’s like a splinter in the back of your mind constantly digging in, making you question everything.
Most people are born, go to school, get a 9-5 job, start a family, retire and then inevitably die. They choose to live this typical lifestyle because it’s the social norm. We live in a world where our precious finite resources are perpetually wasted and destroyed in the name of profit and free-markets, our social values have been reduced into a base artificiality of materialism and mindless consumption, and our monetary systems control the political structure of supposedly free societies.
We are an extreme form of bacteria stood on a rock called Earth which is flying at an increasing rate, rapidly through space, and you want me to spend my life eating McDonalds whilst watching the X-Factor? It’s almost as if the whole worlds gone insane. But we accept this. For some reason or another we conform to this normality. Regardless of global sustainability or scientific understanding we instead trust in faith and superstition. I guess the hardest prison to escape from is in your mind, but once you do so you’ll never look at society in the same way again.
The point I'm trying to make is that as wizards we look at the world very differently than everyone else. It allows us to look through the lies and question the truth. Reality is a wonderful place, however I wouldn't want to live there.
Now imagine you’ve just been born. However you’ve been born on a rock, a rock which is flying at an increasing rate, rapidly through space. You have no idea what this is, how you got here, or what even is going on. So in this situation, what would you do? Before you answer I should tell you that this scenario isn’t hypothetical, it’s reality. Think about it.
Honestly, I’m not sure what this is and I don’t think you are either. You can pretend that you're sure so that it’s easier to get to sleep at night, however deep down you know something isn’t quite right. It’s like a splinter in the back of your mind constantly digging in, making you question everything.
Most people are born, go to school, get a 9-5 job, start a family, retire and then inevitably die. They choose to live this typical lifestyle because it’s the social norm. We live in a world where our precious finite resources are perpetually wasted and destroyed in the name of profit and free-markets, our social values have been reduced into a base artificiality of materialism and mindless consumption, and our monetary systems control the political structure of supposedly free societies.
We are an extreme form of bacteria stood on a rock called Earth which is flying at an increasing rate, rapidly through space, and you want me to spend my life eating McDonalds whilst watching the X-Factor? It’s almost as if the whole worlds gone insane. But we accept this. For some reason or another we conform to this normality. Regardless of global sustainability or scientific understanding we instead trust in faith and superstition. I guess the hardest prison to escape from is in your mind, but once you do so you’ll never look at society in the same way again.
The point I'm trying to make is that as wizards we look at the world very differently than everyone else. It allows us to look through the lies and question the truth. Reality is a wonderful place, however I wouldn't want to live there.
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