Wednesday, February 13, 2008

Sometimes, I feel like life is like a one-way mirror.
We all know that there's more to life than what we see.
We experience it.
We feel.
Life isn't only about what we can touch.

What's on the other side? Can we ever see through this mirror? Because it seems like all we ever see is a reflection of ourselves; mankind.
On the other side seem to be opposites: good and bad, right and wrong, truth and lies, courage and faint-heartedness, hope and despair. On this other side, there seems to be opposition, outside of the fabric of our universe. Behind tangible things, such as cash, there is a plethora of forces that give it significance: greed, power, value, hope, corruption. Cash is not just cash. It affects our world politics, our socioeconomical problems, our moral values. These untouchable forces affect how we, as individuals, act and think. Without them, we would be, in a sense, robotic. They are impossible for us to grasp, or see, or even understand fully. We may feel understanding, but we cannot reason the understanding that we have. There are forces that work alongside our world, but outside and apart from it, and in it, all at the same time. Yet for their number, they are logically ordered and predictable, designed to be manipulated.

Yes, we can pretend that all that exists is what we see: ourselves. Or we can look past the reflection and acknowledge that there is something deeper and larger and more complex than anything we could imagine.