The first impression one with normal capacity and delight for deep thought and critical thinking with regard to the title of this article is that I have gone mad that I now criticize my two months absence of sharing unwanted spoken nuisances.
That having lived what normal people do should be most commendable, given that it preserves harmony and prevents discord certainly did occur to me; as to its appeal, that is a different matter.
The joy of the unending cycle of sleep, taking a bath, work, going home, interaction with others, eating, again and again and again seems quite fulfilling; monotony has provided the meaning and given the purpose, for the many, of existence.
Life, as the many knows it, endures by satisfying our daily needs and our present wants, and seeks to maintain what it once was. Self-preservation, even the preservation of order in society, becomes directly related to shunning all things that would disturb the present scheme of things.
Unable to see the potential of uncertainty, or as Tolkien would always say "things un-looked for," we become afraid of seeking the unknown and fear the consequence of taking leaps of faith.
To the many these days, Abraham's journey to Canaan, following a nameless, unseen and violent Voice, commanding him to live in a place far away, to leave his family and away from the confines of comfort and safety as provided for by his homeland, the land of Ur, is none other than lunacy.
Indeed, change frightens us all. As such, we cling to the old; tradition is so ingrained in our minds that we cannot even distinguish it from what we profess to believe in and thus should aspire to most.
Worst, in order to preserve what gives us comfort and harmony, our beliefs must then be interpreted in a manner consistent with the demands of and must comport to a prescribed and predestined lifestyle.
Lo and woe to anything that challenges our present way of thinking, that offends our sense of peace and decorum, and that seeks to destroy life as we know it!
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Under these circumstances, subsequent articles are to be written.
More to come.
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