(#6066) Like in Plato's Allegory of the Cave, being woke is venturing out of the illusion

     There is a journey we all must take to understand who we are and where we have come from. A right of passage so to speak. We cannot avoid this journey due to any excuse. Not if we want to be part of life in this current time and space. We see what happens when some others choose to shirk their responsibility. They become complacent and convince themselves or are convinced that they are wise enough to know what the truth is without having to prove it to themselves. Despite those who fail at understanding, each of us has a duty to ourselves to be able to grasp reality through, reason, analyzing, and concluding. Three forms of logic we all possess.
     If you don't know the story of the Allegory of the Cave from Plato's book The Republic, then here is a short summary. Noticing inconsistencies in reality, a person moved out of the cave, the only home known of, where illusions and shadows dominated their lives. Once free from the cave, the person saw the wide panorama of possibilities in the true light of the day. Not from some cave torch and manipulated shadows on the wall. Much like in today's world the cave is where many have chosen or ineptly believe how reality exists. Once free from the cave a new dawning, or awakening occurs.
     The difference between what is an illusion in the cave and what is real in all the world is breathtakingly enormous. Being aware is a good thing although those who would manipulate us in the cave call it bad. Once you know the difference it is easy to spot those with bad intent as they always try to control and manipulate. Those of us who are aware spend our time trying to understand even more about the world because our natures demand it of us. We are a curious species and wanting know the still unknown is like breathing air, we have to do it. Those who would stay in the cave to live their lives are abdicating their natures of uniqueness and sense of discovery to the benefit of those who are only dementedly using them.