"So we saunter toward the Holy Land, till one day the sun shall shine more brightly than ever he has done, shall perchance shine into our minds and hearts. And light up our whole lives with a great awakening light, as warm and serene and golden as on a bankside in autumn." Henry David Thoreau
First World: I look around and see tress. The music of Enya is playing on my laptop and it is just the right kind of music for such a moment. I contemplate about the serenity of the surroundings until my contemplation was interrupted by a rush of wind and I saw leaves falling like rain. I know that rain may come pouring down at any moment during the day. It was an afternoon where the tress were casting down shadows upon the ground but if you look up, the sun was shining brightly. Later on, I'd be on my martial arts training and meditations. In this world, things are easily understandable and eternally fixed, like the clear waters of the pond. Such a world is partly frozen yet gently flowing like an endless stream. In this world, there is silence and a sense of peace and serenity. I look towards the bookshelves and know just what to read- Fiction, Fantasy, and all those lovely stories.
"Nobody ever voted for printing. Nobody ever voted for electricity. Nobody ever voted for radio, the telephone, the automobile, the airplane, television. Nobody ever voted for penicillin, antibiotics, the pill. Nobody ever voted for space travel, massively parallel computing, nuclear power, the personal computer, the Internet, email, cell phones, the Web, Google, sequencing the entire human genome. We are moving towards the redefinition of life, to the edge of creating life itself." John Brockman
Second World: I want to read those lovely stories but I just don't have the time. I have work to do. I opened my laptop, went to Yahoo News and see what was happening in the world. There were the latest Trends in fashion, products, services, music, pop culture, science, technology, politics, and many more. I went to a technology publication site are read an article of how the iPad is making a difference in people's lives. I went to CNN.com and there are the ongoing stories of the revolutions happening in some parts of the world. And it seems that neuroscience just made an amazing breakthrough- they can now treat Alzheimer's and Parkinson's Disease. In this world, time is fast and things are constantly changing. Here, you see colors that you have never seen and places that you have never been. It is a world of complexity. Things you never think were possible get made in just a day. I look towards the bookshelves and see books I have to read in order to do better at work- non-fiction, Science, Economics, and all those real stuffs.
I, like the bulk of us, live simultaneously in two different worlds. I live in the world of Nature, upon which I am ultimately dependent upon and from where I do my meditations, drifting, and martial arts training. It's where I'd like to make my paintings, sketches, or write my own poems and stories. It's a world where I can freely recall my childhood memories and imagine things that I have read in books. It's where I can go on with my misadventures. And then there's the immediate human world filled with things that man has created for himself. I dwell in this world to meet new people, new opportunities, challenges, and possibilities in life. This is where I want to do my job, research, and build my career. It's where I create my wealth and my own designs for the future.
I see differences and common themes in both worlds. Both worlds are an important part of my life. Thus, there is an interaction of both worlds.
No Response to "Living in Two Worlds"
Post a Comment