I love reading the Greek Mythology. Among all other cultures in the world the Greek is the only one which portrays its Gods to have human emotions. In the mythology the Gods feels anger, greed, lust ego and so on. Not omnipotent and definitely not benevolent. From what I'm given to understand they live in constant fear of humans not worshiping them. A true testament to the statement: "...created from His own image...". Breaks the whole barrier between God and Human. Anyway I'm straying from my point...
One well known story from the Greek Mythology is of the Titan Prometheus stealing fire from the Gods and giving it to humans, for which he was banished to spend the rest of his immortal life chained to a mountain in penance while his liver was eaten by a vulture everyday only to be regrown (typical Gods). He was eventually freed by Hercules (typical Demi-Gods). But a lesser known myth is of the creation of Humans. It is said that Prometheus shaped the humans from clay and breathed life into us while Athena bestowed upon us the Gift of Reasoning. I do not care much for the creation of Humans. Hell I'd go so far to say the Earth would be better off without humans. But what cannot be overlooked is the latter...Athena's Gift.
Man has always questioned the things around him. He was able to walk upright because he questioned walking on all fours. He was able to fabricate clothes out of vegetation because he questioned being naked. He was able to invent wheel because he reasoned it was easier to move things around that way. We invented all kinds of arts and crafts because we reasoned living surrounded by beauty and good taste. We lived every moment because we questioned 'just existing'.
And somewhere along the way, we lost it all... Somewhere along the way living was no more our quest; it was survival. Somewhere along the way we lost the sense of beauty and started questioning its worth. Somewhere along the way we lost sight of the purpose of living our own lives and questioned the worth of life.
The power to question and reason is analogous to fire. It can shed light as well as burn down. And history's biggest horror is that Humans have been using this burning ember to burn down its very purpose while enlightening only a little for the past century. It is a pity when we see that this gift that was blessed upon us has only been used to climb over one another instead of advancing as one. This boon is being used as a curse.
We all come into this world the same way: covered in flesh and blood, kicking and screaming. We grow up discovering the little joys in the world and seeing things as they are, with no ulterior motive. And somewhere along the way we get it into our heads that we are destined to greatness and we start to lose sight of what we are really meant to be: Humans. Instead we conform ourselves to daily routines and slave everyday for a future that may or may not exist. We stop being curious and that part of us that wants to question things, to reason, to learn new things and have new adventures in life becomes dormant and eventually dies... Just ask yourselves this question before you go to sleep guys: Are we really meant to live like this..?
#MoreToCome
One well known story from the Greek Mythology is of the Titan Prometheus stealing fire from the Gods and giving it to humans, for which he was banished to spend the rest of his immortal life chained to a mountain in penance while his liver was eaten by a vulture everyday only to be regrown (typical Gods). He was eventually freed by Hercules (typical Demi-Gods). But a lesser known myth is of the creation of Humans. It is said that Prometheus shaped the humans from clay and breathed life into us while Athena bestowed upon us the Gift of Reasoning. I do not care much for the creation of Humans. Hell I'd go so far to say the Earth would be better off without humans. But what cannot be overlooked is the latter...Athena's Gift.
Man has always questioned the things around him. He was able to walk upright because he questioned walking on all fours. He was able to fabricate clothes out of vegetation because he questioned being naked. He was able to invent wheel because he reasoned it was easier to move things around that way. We invented all kinds of arts and crafts because we reasoned living surrounded by beauty and good taste. We lived every moment because we questioned 'just existing'.
And somewhere along the way, we lost it all... Somewhere along the way living was no more our quest; it was survival. Somewhere along the way we lost the sense of beauty and started questioning its worth. Somewhere along the way we lost sight of the purpose of living our own lives and questioned the worth of life.
The power to question and reason is analogous to fire. It can shed light as well as burn down. And history's biggest horror is that Humans have been using this burning ember to burn down its very purpose while enlightening only a little for the past century. It is a pity when we see that this gift that was blessed upon us has only been used to climb over one another instead of advancing as one. This boon is being used as a curse.
We all come into this world the same way: covered in flesh and blood, kicking and screaming. We grow up discovering the little joys in the world and seeing things as they are, with no ulterior motive. And somewhere along the way we get it into our heads that we are destined to greatness and we start to lose sight of what we are really meant to be: Humans. Instead we conform ourselves to daily routines and slave everyday for a future that may or may not exist. We stop being curious and that part of us that wants to question things, to reason, to learn new things and have new adventures in life becomes dormant and eventually dies... Just ask yourselves this question before you go to sleep guys: Are we really meant to live like this..?
#MoreToCome
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