-I'll tell you what, if you trade the colors you can see for this white light, which is so much better, I bet you'll love every day to the max of your capacity.
-But I don't want to give up my colors!
-This light's awesome!
-No!
-Don't you trust me? Have I EVER steered you wrong? I know you don't know me as well as you'd like to, but really, if you trust me in this you'll see I'm really all for you.
-I just don't want to lose what I have gained.
-You used to see in greyscale and thought that was great. Then you got super excited when I showed you matte blue. And then you were elated with Red, then Yellow. Three shades of Green made your heart burn for life. All this, and more to come, but honestly, you walked with black and white and were satisfied - what have you to lose? The things you gain are currency - experience to buy new experience. Upgrades for enhancement. I won't convince you of anything, or make you do anything. You've dreamt of white light and you loved it.
-...
-Later, then. Did you want anything else?
-...May I see a new color?
-Sure! Which would you like?
Did you know the white light is a combination of the seven different colours of light?
ReplyDeleteIt is. When you see white, it's because all seven colours are being completely reflected. When you see blue, it's because all the red and green are being absorbed and only the blue is reflecting.
So... white is pure, because it's complete reflectivity. Just like the moon. It doesn't generate its own light, it just reflects. The brighter it is, the more it's reflecting.
A man turns from a mirror and forgets his image- can't hold the reflection or see fully. Light is energy to receive and accept, heat to produce or be propelled by. The brighter and hotter the light, the more important the impetus unto change (and all the energy provided). What a calling out! So do I want the higher purity or the lesser, because it's conceivable and neat for my daylies?
ReplyDeleteThe call to come up hither sir. It is a call,if answered will satisfy every desire. It will quench distraction, lock into purpose, supply every need, capture every vain imagination, and set the captive free. It is the only thing that fills that void and answers that call that every man has within him. It is not G-d that dissatisfies man, it is man that is dissatisfied with anything short of G-d. Problem is man can't have both the desire for things of this earth and the things of G-d. We will either be enslaved by the earth and be frustrated with G-d for not giving us peace or be liberated by G-d and receive the things of earth as they are given. It usually takes years to discover all the things under the sun are vanity, serve nothing, and eventually end with death. The only things that remain are eternal.
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