“I
must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings
total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and
through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its
path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain.”
-Frank Herbert, Dune
Do not fret, although we live in
a world where fear is growing and pain is growing, that does not mean that all
is lost.
In
class, we talked about fear and how it relates to power and how people with
power are the ones’ in control and cast a fear on people, not only that, but
people with not as much power fear for not being able to climb the social and
economic ladder that the ‘American Dream’ has promised every American. Now part of the reason there is more fear now
is due to economic woes, world issues, and people in power who forgot who is
really affected by their power.
In class, I gave the example of everyone who
does not have the power as ‘dust’ and the people who have the power as ‘flowers’. The flower’s feed off the dust and the dirt
to fuel their ambitions and their ego’s (especially), although once in while
some of the dust/dirt do grow to be ‘flowers’ due to special circumstance, like
for example Justin Bieber for having a special talent, or certain people for
having special gifts and talents. Look
at all the specs of dust, it is all the lower class, working class, middle
class people, not only in America, but in this world. Think, most of us will rarely make it to
flower status, but some of us may get seeds planted in us in other ways, life
will never be perfect for any of us, but just because others have power and we
don’t doesn’t mean we can’t find happiness in other routes within our lives and
within ourselves. Will you give into the
fear? Will you give-up and fret upon the
cards dealt to you? Can you be content
with the life you have now or the life you could choose and build for you and
your family generations in the future?
I remeber hearing something about a dusty flower last class as I was writing notes and didn't quite get it at first but then relating it to class it wasn't too hard to figure out where you were going and how something beautiful starts with something that might not necessarily be. This is a good example because not only does the dirt sit below not being recognized for all its work but if it is anywhere else than inside the pot it is swept away or brushed off because it taints the image of beauty. Translating directly to how lower class people are often seen as a contaminant to those in the higher class.
ReplyDeleteYea, in class I should have said dirt versus dust, but I am glad my imagery came through. I believe everyone does have a chance to become a flower, it's just that the flower would look different and be maybe not as tall as others or bloom all the way, but in terms of wealth and power, the ones that are the tallest or bloom the most are the representation of it.
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