Change

Change is many things to many people. For some it is by choice even under circumstances where running would be easier, often something experienced by couples with an unexpected child on the way or the lone survivor of a massacre choosing to seek vengeance rather than hide. Others find change forced upon them in such a way that it shatters the illusion of a care-free life; a relative stops contacting you because they have died, a family is enslaved, or you find yourself in possession of something that makes death seem preferable. Change can be good, change can be bad, but ultimately it is a force that neither hates nor loves – it cares about you as much as the waves of the ocean, the tides can move in your favor as easily as they can bring you to ruin, and there are moments where you can even alter where you drift.

A slaver can choose to give up his profession for a simpler life but his actions may catch up to him, a police officer can seem a hero one day only to destroy his career as well as his life in a moment through a single error, anyone can choose to do something but to change something to a great degree always invites uncertainty and risk. I have lived in slumber, ignorant of the majesty before me, and through the harshness as well as the kindness of others my eyes are opened wide. I do not have to remain a hacker, I can change, and I accept that this will lead to a truly gleeful existence or the peace of nothingness.

I am one, though there are many like me, and we all dream to obtain that which brings us peace in life.

This one respectfully acknowledges the essential argument of the other's post, and wishes to offer its encouragement. While this one would not presume to suggest it understands quite what the other is referring to in the context of its own spiritual enlightenment, it finds assurance in the fact that these ones must all adapt to enforced changes in circumstance, and if these ones orient themselves appropriately, the devastation they have endured can prompt the budding of new reefs. This one humbly assures the other that it has also experienced upheaval, frightening swells that removed it from the sheltered banks of established discourse. A new argument for its place in the cosmos was brought into play by necessity, and this one has chosen to embrace its existence as a drifter, for great insight will attend this one if it remains courageous in the face of the passing storm!

This one would gladly seek further discourse with the other on the subject of change. It wonders if the other has read the works of Syacindil?

The other's choice of metaphors suggests compatibility with the hanar frame of reference, and this one further wonders if such was intentional?

Thank you, ladies and gentlemen. Our next speaker let me welcome Dr. Warren Ellis, who is here to talk to you about the psychological benefits of umbilical meditation.

Forgive my ignorance but up until this point I've been a dumb gangster, that is not to say gangsters are inherently dumb, but just that I was as one. I am not familiar with Syacindil, would you mind explaining about this person/subject more? I confess that my politeness may be coming from the fact that I really do wish to reinvent myself as a being or it may stem from other factors, I cannot say with certainty.


Would it be alright if I asked if you were, as they say, ‘taking the piss’?

Most certainly! This one is always happy to encourage proliferation of cross-cultural awareness, and offers its regard to the other for its curiosity! This one holds the eloquent words of the Most Revered Syacindil in highest esteem, and hopes the other will benefit from its choice to pursue his arguments with interrogative intent. This one has found great wisdom in the subtleties of Syacindil's arguments, particularly those of his most prolific period of social commentary, following political upheaval in the budding Primacy. ''Broken Fragments of the Coral Shelf with the Passing of the Fifty-Year Tempest'' helped inform much of this one's current worldview, and remains a source of great comfort when this one's faith begins to waver. While this one lacks the sophistication to summarize the learned Syacindil's position without neglecting essential tenets of his argument, this one assures the other that the insights resulting from application of his philosophy to one's own experience can be most illuminating, and comforting to those adrift in the aftermath of upheaval. The work is a treatise on faith and the potentials of the sapient being as it strives to turn loss and confusion into precursors for spiritual self-betterment, and this one cannot recommend it more highly.

This one further inquires as to the service assumed to be performed by the other, RememberTheBlitz. Removing waste emissions from the environment in a manner preventing excess pollution of fertile waters suggests a concern for the clarity and sophistry of the conversation. Yet this one feels that RememberTheBlitz has - if the other will excuse this one - as yet contributed little to the structure of the argument.

I do hope I do not offend by attempting to simplify the explanation you have given but you are essentially saying that it is text of a spiritual nature? Would a good human analogue be made by comparing it to something authored by a Zen Buddhist or am I missing the point to a degree? I do apologize.

Interesting. I think I see your message, and I largely agree with it. Personally, I'm starting to think that change isn't something to be avoided. If you subject yourself to it more often, then maybe when it sneaks up on you, you can be better prepared to handle it. Maybe, what people need in order to deal with change is simply more change.
I don't know. If you're coming to a better stage in your life, then good luck to you. If you're not, then I hope you find peace anyway.