moses2792796
08-05-2008, 11:57 AM
When man awoke, he knew himself as One, and for many years he remained in a state of perfection, in awe of the manifested and its source. Though it seemed that this would last for eternity, it did not, one day man became aware of something, small at first, something within him that knew death. So it was that gradually man became divided, into the greater man and the lesser man. The greater man knew Reality, but the lesser man could not, so he was subjected to the will of the greater man for many ages.
This precarious balance was gradually worn by time, until the lesser man sensed that his master had become weak with the wearying age of many years. Allowing himself a will of his own, he swelled with envy, "The greater man has had power of us for long and tiring ages, why is it so? Why should we not have dominion over all that is?", and so gradually pride overtook him, until the bonds on his will were broken by savage hate, and so he rose up and attacked his master, unable to see that it was by his hand that he lived a good life. Too weak to defend himself, the greater man retreated into hiding to await the next age...
Years passed, and the new man enjoyed his liberation from the heavy bonds of his perceived enslavement. All seemed well, and so man spoke, "we are free! we are empowered! see how good life is without the greater man?", yet he had lost the ability to know, and inside he felt lost. Outwardly he became angry and declared, "the greater man was powerful, but we shall be greater! Remember how the greater man felt awe when he looked upon the mountains and the seas and the forests, but we shall have dominion over them!" So man set about his work.
In the following years the machine was created, its grey lifeless form was utilised and at the hand of the lesser man reaped destruction upon the Earth. The mountains were flattened, the seas were boiled, the forests were burned. In the fires of industry life was ruined upon the Earth, until only black ashes remained, no longer did man speak in the language he had once known but in mathematical paradigms and he said, "See how we hold the world on our leash, see how powerful we are", but they had become the master only of death.
When the work was complete man cried, "but now what shall we feed the machines, for all the world is cold and grey and lifeless?". So man began to feed himself to the machines, unable to feel the immense pain it caused him, singularly focused on his goal, though inwardly he realised he no longer knew what that was. So the machines fed upon him with beastly desire, bent towards destruction, and man continued his sacrifice. He declared, "See how powerful we are, our machines rule the Earth, and we shall do whatever must be done to continue our work, we are free!". But even as he spoke, he fell, weakened as he was by the machines which were devouring him, and as he died, felt powerless.
This precarious balance was gradually worn by time, until the lesser man sensed that his master had become weak with the wearying age of many years. Allowing himself a will of his own, he swelled with envy, "The greater man has had power of us for long and tiring ages, why is it so? Why should we not have dominion over all that is?", and so gradually pride overtook him, until the bonds on his will were broken by savage hate, and so he rose up and attacked his master, unable to see that it was by his hand that he lived a good life. Too weak to defend himself, the greater man retreated into hiding to await the next age...
Years passed, and the new man enjoyed his liberation from the heavy bonds of his perceived enslavement. All seemed well, and so man spoke, "we are free! we are empowered! see how good life is without the greater man?", yet he had lost the ability to know, and inside he felt lost. Outwardly he became angry and declared, "the greater man was powerful, but we shall be greater! Remember how the greater man felt awe when he looked upon the mountains and the seas and the forests, but we shall have dominion over them!" So man set about his work.
In the following years the machine was created, its grey lifeless form was utilised and at the hand of the lesser man reaped destruction upon the Earth. The mountains were flattened, the seas were boiled, the forests were burned. In the fires of industry life was ruined upon the Earth, until only black ashes remained, no longer did man speak in the language he had once known but in mathematical paradigms and he said, "See how we hold the world on our leash, see how powerful we are", but they had become the master only of death.
When the work was complete man cried, "but now what shall we feed the machines, for all the world is cold and grey and lifeless?". So man began to feed himself to the machines, unable to feel the immense pain it caused him, singularly focused on his goal, though inwardly he realised he no longer knew what that was. So the machines fed upon him with beastly desire, bent towards destruction, and man continued his sacrifice. He declared, "See how powerful we are, our machines rule the Earth, and we shall do whatever must be done to continue our work, we are free!". But even as he spoke, he fell, weakened as he was by the machines which were devouring him, and as he died, felt powerless.