THE CAVE

PLATO'S CAVE

If your not familiar with the concept, it's simple your society is in a cave facing the back wall and is focused on the shadows. There is activity out side the cave and it caste shadows that you are trying to establish as the bases of your world. Some times somebody turns around and starts to walk toward the lighted entrance of the cave, usually they are ridiculed just for turning away from the shadows. Should the individual actually start walking to the light , the leaders will physically restrain the individual . If the individual is clever he may make his way to the entrance at night while the others sleep and no shadows are caste. This individual might make it out side the cave an choosen to never go back but that might be a mistake because at that point it might just be a case of a world against one, it a dangerous place outside the cave, many wonders and many dangers. This individual might have people he is attached to back in the cave, maybe he will try to go back in and drag his friends out and any others whom have grown tired of the shadows. This individual is now a real danger for the people who control the cave dwellers, he might be turned over by his friends who think the only life is in the shadows. If he just comes back alone and starts asking questions he must be dealt with the controllers of the cave can not afford to let people leave, so they will make claims of a heretic or terrorist , and have the crowd rip them to pieces. I know this and still I stand by the edge of the cave shouting back that you are being deceived, some one in another thread noted that I might have actually tried to grab others and drag them out, I don't know if this is good or bad, I don't believe you can force anybody to think with words, how ever you may crack their heads, and penetrate the mind , I think of it as brainoil the stuff you spray on like WD40 to loosen the rusty metal traps that most think is their mind. Now back to the cave, I know what I have to offer is not what you want to hear but reality is reality, there is an entrance to the real world and we should all go together, you might think your happy in the cave, but I must share this observation, while traveling to the entrance I saw others sharpening a great number of knives. I have noticed the crowd get restless with the shadows and they are starting to push one another to get a better view of the shadows, they are starting to hand out these sharpened knifes, and they expect you to trim back your own population so they can stand and admire the shadows with out interference. The problem with the cave analogy is, we all produce waste and this place is getting rancid (hence the need to trim population) Also in this cave it is getting harder to find people who can actually gather the real commodities , food and water, fresh air, these processes are putting a burden on our controllers and they don't want to live in less then luxury. They are pulling their useful idiots from the walls and placing them around the edges to discourage anyone leaving, they are afraid that if you make it out side the cave and find food water and shelter ( that's all the cave is is comfort from the real weather and elements) that others might be encouraged to fallow, especially some of the more intellectual members, which is where they cull their real useful idiots from, beware of wolves in sheep's clothing, guard your mind and keep moving toward the entrance you can spot it by the real light creeping in , do not be fooled by shinny mirrors and reflective beads the light is outside not in the cave. Oh by the way they have been doing this for thousands of years and they have, used the labor of those they have deceived to expand their cave, so by now the entrance is quite a distance indeed and almost totally hidden. There is illumination coming from out side, but there are also many torch lights that appear brighter, so some times as your walking toward the true illumination it seems to get darker, but if you sense light coming out of the darkness move toward it, if its not moving its real, and remember it is in cycles and disappears for awhile but always returns to the same positions.