Darkover
Archangel
- Jul 29, 2021
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I don't know how and where I first got the idea that good deeds always pay back and no cruelty goes unpunished. It is a silly idea. Bad things happen to good people all the time. Bad people prosper and live happily ever after.
We all see that, and it confuses us and it infuriates us. In a desperate attempt to set things right we invented karma, which makes sure we all get what we deserve. We invented god, who judges everyone in the afterlife.
Justice is a category men invented. It is not a universe's law. Life has no understanding of justice. Life doesn't give a crap about our moral, or ethics or what we think is fair. Life doesn't motivate us to do the right thing.
We like to put everything around us in order. We like cause and effect. We like knowing that when we drop a rock it falls on the ground. We like knowing that if we kill someone we are prosecuted. And we also like knowing that what goes around comes around. If we do good, that's what we will get. If we work hard and wholeheartedly towards something, we will achieve it.
If you have played video games you know that there is a certain right way of playing through the game. If you perform the correct sequence of actions you are guaranteed to succeed and reach the happy end. Imagine if you play a game that randomly kills your character for no reason as you play. What kind of stupid game would that be?!? Well, it would be just like Life.
Because Life doesn't need a reason for anything. Nothing happens for a reason. Because of a cause — yes. But for a reason — no. At least not for a sane, logical reason. It doesn't follow a pattern. It doesn't fit in a template. It can take away everything you have fought for and crush it in an instant. It can shutter your world and turn it to dust. With no warning. With no sign. Throughout our life, things just randomly happen around us and to us, beyond our control.
Life isn't what you make it! They only say that to make themselves feel better. But in fact it is the other way around — you are what Life makes you. No one is larger than Life. Life was here before you were. It would still be here after you're gone. Even if you never existed, Life would still go on. It is beyond you or any of us.
Of course, one could point out that life was pretty different some time ago. Which means that it has changed. And if we wanted to, we could make a pretty long list with names of people who had a significant impact on human's history. Meaning they changed our life in a way. But that's not the point.
The point is that it doesn't matter who you are. You can only reach as far as Life allows. You can only take the chances Life offers you. Nothing more. You don't create those chances. You depend on what Life gives you. You are limited within the provided possibilities.
We all see that, and it confuses us and it infuriates us. In a desperate attempt to set things right we invented karma, which makes sure we all get what we deserve. We invented god, who judges everyone in the afterlife.
Justice is a category men invented. It is not a universe's law. Life has no understanding of justice. Life doesn't give a crap about our moral, or ethics or what we think is fair. Life doesn't motivate us to do the right thing.
We like to put everything around us in order. We like cause and effect. We like knowing that when we drop a rock it falls on the ground. We like knowing that if we kill someone we are prosecuted. And we also like knowing that what goes around comes around. If we do good, that's what we will get. If we work hard and wholeheartedly towards something, we will achieve it.
If you have played video games you know that there is a certain right way of playing through the game. If you perform the correct sequence of actions you are guaranteed to succeed and reach the happy end. Imagine if you play a game that randomly kills your character for no reason as you play. What kind of stupid game would that be?!? Well, it would be just like Life.
Because Life doesn't need a reason for anything. Nothing happens for a reason. Because of a cause — yes. But for a reason — no. At least not for a sane, logical reason. It doesn't follow a pattern. It doesn't fit in a template. It can take away everything you have fought for and crush it in an instant. It can shutter your world and turn it to dust. With no warning. With no sign. Throughout our life, things just randomly happen around us and to us, beyond our control.
Life isn't what you make it! They only say that to make themselves feel better. But in fact it is the other way around — you are what Life makes you. No one is larger than Life. Life was here before you were. It would still be here after you're gone. Even if you never existed, Life would still go on. It is beyond you or any of us.
Of course, one could point out that life was pretty different some time ago. Which means that it has changed. And if we wanted to, we could make a pretty long list with names of people who had a significant impact on human's history. Meaning they changed our life in a way. But that's not the point.
The point is that it doesn't matter who you are. You can only reach as far as Life allows. You can only take the chances Life offers you. Nothing more. You don't create those chances. You depend on what Life gives you. You are limited within the provided possibilities.
