(#6018) Enlightenment will persist despite the weakest of us

      It is somewhat startling for me to call the fascist haters weak but that is exactly what they are! Their fear of the future keeps them in a present represented by the past. The reasoning is like the axiom of "better the devil I know than the one I don't know". Which really helps explain a lot about why so many are not out in front of their fear. Instead they hide behind it as a safety default. The many more of us are not inclined that way and instead we are founded by our curiosity, boldness, and adventure. Because the many more of us know that life isn't something that needs to be feared but instead something that needs to be explored.
     The clue here is that life is finite. We all live and die within a short space of time. So embracing life with a gusto is far more appealing than quivering in a hideout with nothing but time escaping from our lives. All this explanation to underscore my statement that enlightenment is here to stay regardless of the chaotic efforts of some who actually use enlightenment to try to end it. As an observer of this current human phenomenon I am chuckling and sad at the same time because the illogic of it all is so simple. Fear is the factor that is scrambling our destinies and we cannot admit it because we are not allowed to admit we are afraid.
     There is no rule saying we can't admit we are afraid but it is something that immature manhood abhors and defying the myth of manhood is too much for us to allow. Childish is my description. I am a man who is bold in his life and not one to shrink from adventure. Yet even I am afraid sometimes of the unknown. But that little fear is nothing in comparison to my curiosity about what I don't know. So despite a fear I move forward because life is all about discovery. We should all be ready to live a life that is not going to last relatively very long in a way that cherishes what we are becoming and how we overcome our own fears to experience the bounty of what existence offers.