Have you ever heard the expression, “This issue is black and white”? It essentially means that whatever the issue is, it is so clear cut that there is no possibility of misunderstanding. It is so obvious we can’t mistake right for wrong.
However, before we decide the nature of right and wrong we need to clear the slate and start with no assumptions at all. This means we have to root deeper and deeper into fundamental issues. We have to dig through layers of societal debris that cover our core being. We have to dig until we find our real self.
People often say something like this, “The issue isn’t gray, but black and white for me.” I must ask where statements like that came from. Why is black bad, and white good? Is it because we’re diurnal creatures who hunt with our eyes, and fear the darkness for the predators it hides? Since this perception of black being bad and white being good is so ingrained into so many cultures, it probably does boil down to something as rudimentary as our most primal fears.
But now I must ask you this. Has humanity not evolved at all since our most primitive of days of hunter and hunted? Why is the time we’re programmed to kill still considered a better time than the time we’re programmed to gather close within the company of those most special to us?
Maybe the whole black and white thing is completely reversed.
Before we follow the path so neatly marked out for us by thousands of years of programming by man, not by god, and not by our divine souls, we have to recognize that it really is a planned path. If we can’t see that, then we are doomed to never progress. We’re doomed to follow a path that does not lead to understanding, wisdom, or salvation. We’re doomed to follow a path that leads to our children’s obedience to an utterly broken humanity. A cruel collective in which there are a very very few with absolute power, and a vast multitude who will never be more than unwitting slaves.
If individuals can’t break free, what chance is there for humanity?
Personally, I am not willing to walk that predetermined path any longer. I am going to raise my voice and question things that are so obvious we shouldn’t question them.
If you’ve read Beltamar’s War, do you recognize that sentiment? Perhaps more importantly, do you understand why this is so important to me? Do I scare you? And if I do, why?
Let me leave you with this thought. The easiest place for wrong to hide, is within the guise of right.
