Today marks the beginning of the rest of my life

I've been mediating on the ALLEGORY of the cave today

JUN 17 2022

WHEN I WAS IN SCHOOL I ALWAYS TRIED TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THE ALLEGORY OF THE CAVE REALLY MEANT. LOOKING BACK THERE WAS ABSOLUTELY NO WAY I WOULD HAVE UNDERSTOOD WHAT THE MESSAGE WAS. IT GOES LIKE THIS THERE ARE PRISONERS IN A CAVE THAT CAN'T ESCAPE BECAUSE THEIR CAPTORS ARE HOLDING UP FIGURES THAT CAST A SHADOW, AND THE PRISONERS BELIEVE THE SHADOWS TO BE REAL IMPEDIMENTS TO THEIR FREEDOM. --- AS I GOOGLED THE ALLEGORY OF THE CAVE TO BE ACCURATE WITH THIS BLOG POST THEY GAVE ME A NORMIE TAKE ABOUT HOW ETHICS ARE CONTROLLED BY SOCIETY. BUT THOSE WHO KNOW...KNOW. WE KNOW WHAT THIS ALLEGORY IS TRULY ABOUT. WE KNOW THAT THE ALLEGORY IS ILLUMINATING THE VENEER OF COMFORTABILITY, control through fear, THE HAZE THAT THE SOCIAL ENGINEERS (FOR REASONS ONLY KNOWN TO THEM) WANT US TO LIVE UNDER. THEY HOLD THE FALSE PERCEPTIONS THAT CAST A SHADOW IN OUR VIEW THAT KEEPS US IN A STATE OF PERPETUAL FEAR.

WHEN YOU COME UP IN LACK, YOUR WHOLE LIFE BECOMES ABOUT IT. MY FOCUS HAS BEEN ON WHAT I DON'T HAVE MY ENTIRE LIFE. I HOPE THAT BY THE END Of THIS PROGRAM MY FOCUS CHANGES A BIT. OVER THE LAST 2 YEARS I HAVE WORKED MY WAY OUT OF THE CAVE MENTALLY, AND NOW IT'S TIME FOR EVERY OTHER FACET OF MY LIFE TO MATCH. -DANNY