There's a weird energy about me of late, and I've been standing at the gates of Chapel Perilous for so long that I've become a part of it. A catalyst, a tool that the Universe uses as a hunter-seeker algorithm. When I meet someone, I just know if they're ready for a little surreality. I'm not talking about culture jamming or subversion, I'm talking about tearing away the dead static flesh and replacing it with chrome adaptation, often by just being the kind of person that other people don't believe exists.
Sometimes it takes a bit more. Sometimes surreality demands it, and sometimes people don't "want" the expansion that synthesis can bring. Sometimes they fear the freedom and apotheosis and prefer the comforting lies of illusion. Where does our obligation end? Should we let them sleep if they're ready, but resistant, or should the desires of ego be disregarded if it's in their best interest?
Do we have the right to shatter the chains that people have forged for themselves? I know all too well that you can't help people who don't want to be helped, but there's a window there - an opportunity that arises, when they're ready to be let in on "reality" but don't want to admit or acknowledge that fact. That's where I do my best work, but I'm having serious ethical concerns.
How much does the needs of the soul outweigh the desires of ego, and when should we - as agents of beneficial chaos - step in with that last little extra push to bring about awakening?
Sometimes it takes a bit more. Sometimes surreality demands it, and sometimes people don't "want" the expansion that synthesis can bring. Sometimes they fear the freedom and apotheosis and prefer the comforting lies of illusion. Where does our obligation end? Should we let them sleep if they're ready, but resistant, or should the desires of ego be disregarded if it's in their best interest?
Do we have the right to shatter the chains that people have forged for themselves? I know all too well that you can't help people who don't want to be helped, but there's a window there - an opportunity that arises, when they're ready to be let in on "reality" but don't want to admit or acknowledge that fact. That's where I do my best work, but I'm having serious ethical concerns.
How much does the needs of the soul outweigh the desires of ego, and when should we - as agents of beneficial chaos - step in with that last little extra push to bring about awakening?