In The Kingdom...

There is an expression which goes like this—

In the kingdom of the blind, the one-eyed man is King

This "observation" is complete nonsense. There's a confusion about levels here. That observation may be true in what I call Flatland—this is the confused level where nearly all humans live—but it is not true from a vantage point outside of Flatland, where one tries to look at the human experience from an "objective" point of view (i.e., tries to maintain the greatest possible separation from a normal human frame of reference). Such a feat is not perfectly achievable, but I gave it my best shot.

My limitations aside, and contradicting the common wisdom, my experience of writing DOTE over these last four years says this—

In the kingdom of the blind, the one-eyed man is merely an observer

That, ladies and gentlemen, is a Great Truth about the Human Condition. Humans can not see themselves for what they are. In my own case, I have written (as of today) 1560 posts trying to explain to them who they are. All to no avail.

Needless to say, my efforts were futile because my goal was impossible. I was like Sysiphus pushing that rock up the hill over and over again, only to see it roll back down again.

[The Gods] had thought with some reason that there is no more dreadful punishment than futile and hopeless labor...

Like I said, I was merely an observer, even as I pointlessly pushed that rock up the hill over and over again...

You know, I have a kind of wonderful freedom here on DOTE because I can say anything I want to say knowing that only a few people (certainly no one important) is paying any attention to me ...

I mean, wow, it's like...

I'm Invisible!!!

Comments

[Paturnerart]

you might be surprised how many readers you have.
I've been following your blog for I guess over a year now and have greatly enjoyed reading your work and I can't be the only one. :D