Friday, March 2, 2001

Psalms 107


Verse 26
“You were tossed to the sky and to the ocean depths, until things looked so bad that you lost your courage.”

The ocean depths, the deeper you sink, the less hope you have.  What causes this hopelessness?: the thought that you are surrounded by something that end up taking your life; this thing becomes bigger and bigger.  Your doom is so great around you, and it is slowly becoming great.  But it is just water… could it be that hopelessness comes from the fact that the environment is incompatible with your organism?  What if it wasn’t?  Then this event would not be daunting anymore, it would just be scenery.  Just like you are now covered and surrounded by air; you are not as close to death as you think; you would open your eyes and notice the trees around you, the structures, the light… You notice; there is no pain.  There is no violation, as you feel the salt water fill your lungs, as you feel your body running out of oxygen, as you feel your mind losing consciousness and function due to lack of oxygen.  There is no violation, as you feel yourself being engulfed by an inability to feel, to think… just enjoy the scenery, enjoy the ride.

September 23, 2012

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