Perpetual Imperfection
Humanity and the Immortal Thought
By Jake Jones
If there is a greater good, is it already gone?
If there is a better place, where are we now?
Is there an answer to these questions? Is there a definite answer to any question? Humanity is driven to wonder why and the fortunate souls have found answers and have told very few. Do we accuse them of secrecy or blame ourselves for not listening? Do those who take the path less beaten, do so because there's less people or to be followed? Is it the goal of man to explore the unknown, or to exploit the unknown? Whether you believe that God created Man, or that Man created God, whether your scripture is in The Book of Genesis or The Origin of Species, it is inconsequential. Where we started does not matter, what truly matters is where we are going. If history repeats itself, are we going in circles? Is progress merely the upward motion of a spiraling perpetual cycle?
We as a human race are perpetuated by imperfection. It is imperfection which gives us inspiration to advance but never succeed. Success is in the eye of the beholder, not for the ones who once beheld. The vision fades through the ages as it is seen through different eyes.The practice of medicine has always been at odds with death. The one thing that is always certain about the human race is our mortality. One does not die of natural causes, death is the natural cause; a force beyond our control. It is the only promise that life can keep.
Ideas cannot die. Thought itself is an electromagnetic frequency that can travel beyond the mind. Thoughts are not kept under lock and key, they are free. They are written, and they are told, as they are studied and they are heard. Thoughts can also be augmented, twisted, dismissed and denied; but never destroyed. For those who deny the power of thought, consider the following: Matter cannot be created nor destroyed. If the thought matters, then the thought cannot be destroyed. We have very little time to figure out what our purpose is and even less time to fulfill it. Then, there are those who have passed along their intention to another generation. Whether it is noble or right is trivial, the reality is that in many events throughout our history, misconception is hereditary.
Servants of legacy. A lineage with a single mind and a circular direction of a distorted ideal, a broken wheel whose function is lost, forgotten or intends to turn utility to futility and distort the human mechanism. When does tradition turn in to useless repetition? Can right and wrong be defined if there is a greater good that only one man can see?
We as humans are never content. We have the ability to not only want or need, but to desire. This world has never been perfect, and it never will be. It is imbalance that creates progress. Balance is not the goal, balance is an illusion. Time is an illusion. Identity is an illusion.Who are you? Is it the name your parents gave you? Is it the number that you were assigned? These are merely labels that make organization easier.
Is it balance that we aim to achieve? Two aimless counteractive spirals that create a symbiotic, double-helix trail with no beginning or end. Life imitating life; Derived from the Never-ending Answer.
Our purpose is to ask questions, to wonder, to explore what is not yet known. If you find yourself in Misery's company, ask yourself why. Ask yourself why Misery loves company. Ask how Misery is able to love. However, if you explore and search for the Answer to The Great Question, look where you're going. If you're not careful, you could be going in circles.
Questions lead to Answers. Answers Lead to Questions. Questions lead to Answers. Answers Lead to Questions. Questions lead to Madness.
There is no End.
