the Shadow

In the Cave,

we are chained

in front of an inner wall

with a view of the empty outer wall.

Only the shadows and sounds

are our reality,

distorted and blurred

copies of the real,

of words and images,

perceived through senses.

We remain inmates of the cave

if we do not desire

to leave this prison.

We could become free

if we see the light

for the first time.

Doubt causes the glimmer,

a first uncertainty

towards one's reality.

If one can see beyond

the outward appearances,

one can see the inward reality.

If one can continute to doubt,

enduring the agony

of shedding one's beliefs,

One would see reality as is.

One would have to

make a choice.

Keep the Light

which was created from within.

of your own reason,

or return to the prison wall

with only a glimpse

into the other world

outside the

Allegorical Cave

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Philosophy to me, is the most important subject to never stop studying.

My own philosophy, not others, since they had different experiences than me.

Our experiences are the things that make us who we are.

You can never have the same experience twice, though you can have the same routine over and over again. But each new moment holds a new beauty that you might not have seen before.

I think routines are like true and taken paths, which bring comfort and security.

They are necessary, but you need a break from them.

You know who you are from those routine paths and you go into auto-pilot. You have memorized some scenes, and you only get better the more you repeat.

You improving being someone based on a situation that is familiar.

Why not improve being yourself based on a situation that is unfamiliar?

I see myself as a creations of time.

That is my philosophy anyway, that we are just a form which holds time, and experiences are the pages to our life story.

If you dont' move from routines, though, you become absorbed into your surroundings, stuck repeating the same things over and over again, without much variety except days off and weekends.

If the routine is to be entertained, that leaves time unstudied on how to entertain yourself.

Anything can be normalized, and change, movement, help you uncling from your comfort zones, which are routines.

When you get lost, you find more of yourself.

So get lost, and embrace the uncertainty that you don't know who you are in that moment.

Don't panic when you don't know who you are. Your mind will fill with things you think you are and go from there. Dont' be influenced by someone who doesn't know you on who you are. Never allow another to place that certainty on you, ever. I have experienced that and you have to fight against it, like a fight of Lions and Hyenas. They are them, who don't know who they are, so they place who they think others are. They are the most dangerous from my experience. Because they may think you don't deserve to exist, and benefit by being reassured, they were right about someone else.

Just release who you are, and allow who you can be.

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