Us

[ZenitYerkes]

"I don't know. Perhaps I'm seeding on the wrong place, where no plant would dare to grow." - Self

I told myself I would leave apart this useless rant for a moment, to leave you guys a moment to rest from it; but I just couldn't close my eyes to what I have in front of me. I decided to build some kind of dam to contain it for a week or so, and write something proper.

I hope it worked.

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Why do I feel this way?

Everything seems wrong. Every single thing. And perhaps I don't know what it is exactly, but I can feel it. Restrained, repressed and oppressed. Forced to do something I never asked for. Where would this feeling be coming from?

And the answer is right in front of me.

Earth is a beautiful place, don't tell me it isn't. Some deers jumping from one side to the other, thousands of birds flying and singing all along the way, the noise of water running through the rocks of the river and a deep pine scent are the usual things you'd find in my closest green area. The place is still untouched; unfortunately, not for long.

They just paved all what I remembered green. And it's full of shattered glass and syringes, and it looks like a ghost town, and I hate it. What are we doing with what we've been given? Who are we to impose our rules and do what we want (in fact, what a few want) and make business with it?

The bad on this world is done by humans.

Now I turn my head, on a side there was the old forest, on the other side, the city. I see the misery of the beggars, the smell of dumps and sewers, the arrogance of those who owe a mansion, ten cars and have everything, everywhere; the empire of dirt, dust, nothing. What I see on the other side: a disposable society, where nothing is forever and is constantly changing to worse. And we just want to climb, climb high, yes; up to the peak of this great pile of waste and money to have a cool status and have more, always more, and more, and more! Always!

We are the center of the world, nothing's above us, nothing's going to tell us what to do except ourselves! Not even God!

Our loyalty goes to money; and those who owe it: a reduced group of people on the top, they've got power and influence. Pulled by their strings and promises, to a better future for us all. Heck, they just want to make good business with us. No matter the price.

Where are we going to?

When would we start worrying about our future?

And I don't mean "our" like "it's mine and yours". That's selfish, to include oneself in a group, in an "us". No, us is not you and me, us is just us; it means not to care anymore about myself neither yourself, about what we owe by ourselves separately, but rather to care about the same things together.

Us means to forget about oneself and look after the others.

And the others will do the same onto you.

That's how we're meant to live. If we don't prevent our heart to rot in this society where the arrogant and selfish "I" is the main pillar of everything, we'll keep going down and down to the dark.

And trust me, you'd better not be there.

[Stanley_9875]

Wonderfully said Zenit... and your right, in thos world its hard to be seperate from it all, because all that we want to be away from seems to surround us, and those sacred places where those people are not there, who knows how much longer till they are there. A house on the mountain surrounded by pine trees and a running river in front where sometimes people kyake down? I have been there and it was pure paradise. I admit, I'm one for wanting more... Being a DJ I would like the new turntables, mixer, lighting effect... being an auto technician needing tools and equpiment and car parts... loving Avatar and I want posters and frames and a bigger TV... sorry but I'm guilty for wanting more, but thats not to say I'm appreciated with what I have... going to a party I'm glad to have at least a few lights, great amp and speakers, and hey I've got a party attitude. Plus, heck I've got a car. But I just want something else to spice up life (reminds me of Franken-thumb, "Let's call him Pepper because he spiced up our lives!" ah nevermind lol) do something different. But trust me on this... I hate money. Money makes the greatest people greedy... if they don't know how to handle it right. I even asked around at my school and asked if the'd rather have money or go back to trading and everyone I asked said trading. But unfortunantly you have to have money to get along in this world, money for shelter, money for food and water, taxes...

My eyes are open to this world

[Txantsulsam Fyawintxu]

"If one bruises, we all bruise." - Native American Quote

If one person goes down, the rest falls along with him/her.

If one person helps someone, you brighten up their world, even with a smile...

Help yourself and you help the group. If the group is elevated, so is the individual.

Learn to balance both individuality and the group within yourself.

What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within.
-- Ralph Waldo Emerson

ZenitYerkes I empathize with your feelings and I completely understand where you are coming from. We as a collective minority, are starting to grow more and more into helping others rather than being solely focused on ourselves. Although I will say this one little thing...

For me, since I've been so focused on helping others in the past, I have forgotten how to help myself. Hence the reasons on why I mentioned balance between individuality and the whole. You cannot have one without the other. If one thing is imbalanced, so will the other. One little thing can influence everything if put in wrong (or even right) hands. As you can see, Avatar is the result of such matters. Without helping ourselves, we cannot help others. My suggestion is to do both, help yourself and help others, even at the same time if you wish. I'm currently undergoing this process as well, so you're not alone.

Indeed, there are a lot of 'players' out there who wish to steal out of greed, but forgive them because they don't know their true selves either. Had they truly understood themselves, they would not act in such a way. They are most likely completely unaware of who they really are within. You were blessed to finally find yourself through Avatar and wake up prior to the ending. Of course, I'm not saying you should blatantly go all out and give yourselves to them or that they have not committed very insane acts in the past. Rather, use your intellect wisely while remaining an open heart towards service for all of humanity and yourself.

I hope this post helped you ma tsmukan. I know how you feel, and I'm sure the majority of the people here feel the same.

Cheers to you my friend... *hugs*


~Eric

[Fkeu'itan]

So very beautifully put Zenit.

A good friend of mine always talks about "finding the balance". Everything on the scales of life should be equal, they should never tip to one side.

While I agree there is so much hurt and greed in this world that we cause to each other, You have to see the brighter side of things too - the every-day unflinching acts of human compassion are all around us. Some tiny selfless act will make this world an infinitely better place and if every person on this planet does this every single day, the world will become better.

The sum of the parts.

So I hope this helps... don't lose the hope, you can still escape this system, or rather, manipulate it for selfless causes.