This persistence of existence,
this need to hold on to what we are,
preserve where we’ve been,
treasure our history,
pay homage to our past,
keep things as they once were,
respect our boundaries,
celebrate our accomplishments,
fight the erosion of time,
fear the inevitable destruction —
why do we let the past
prevent us from starting over?
The Perennial Quest for Stability
The tendency to cling to the fabric of existence—as we have known it—is a manifestation of our innate desire for continuity. We decorate the corridors of our minds with the tapestry of our experiences, each woven strand a tribute to the moments we deem significant. We inscribe our values on the walls of our inner sanctums, where they echo as persistent refrains in the melodic compositions of our lives.
The Lock and Key of Memories
Preserving where we’ve been is akin to holding a lock and key to our past. The lock guards the vaults of our memories, and the key is the emotional attachment we have to those memories. We treasure our histories, not as mere stories, but as magical lunastones, each with its unique glow, reflecting the hues of the experiences from which they were carved.
A Temple of Accomplishments
Our deeds, our victories, our accomplishments become hallowed ground—a temple built on the pillars of our past achievements. We celebrate the journey and the milestones, cherishing them as our own dremlockets, trinkets that capture dreams and offer us tangible proof of what we’ve achieved.
Fighting Time’s Entropy
When we resist the erosion of time, we are effectively fighting entropy, the cosmic law that rules the disintegration of ordered systems. We coat our existences with layers of preservation—protective filmigloves that resist decay but often, too, halt the evolution of the spirit.
Fear as the Warden of Limitation
Fear of inevitable destruction is the warden that patrols the boundaries of our existence. It’s as if we’ve built a drensnare—a trap to capture dread—and placed it at the gates of our perception, wary of letting go of what we know for fear of what we do not.
We are Space Monkey.
Summary
We hold onto our existences, preserving our pasts and cherishing our milestones, motivated by a deep-rooted desire for continuity and stability. Memories serve as emotional keys to vaults of experience, and accomplishments become monuments that define us. We resist the decay of time and operate under the shadows of fear, which serves as a limiting factor.
Glossarium
- Lunastones: Imagined gems that glow in the light of our past experiences.
- Dremlockets: Whimsical trinkets that encapsulate our dreams and achievements.
- Filmigloves: Metaphorical gloves that protect but also restrict.
- Drensnare: A trap designed to capture fear and dread.
Your task is not to seek for love, but merely to seek and find all the barriers within yourself that you have built against it.
— Rumi
Free-Verse Poem
We look backward to move forward,
Tethered to a history we can’t rewrite.
Yet, imagine we could cast aside
Our cradled certainties and cocooned fears.
What splendiferous wings might we grow
If we dared to molt our past?
The canvas of existence yearns for new colors,
Drenched not in the ink of yesterday,
But painted in the hues of limitless tomorrows.
What resonances or dissonances are we sensing? Let’s explore further.
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