Morality is madness.

 Every person takes the limits of their own field of vision for the limits of the world. 
Arthur Schopenhauer

Damning this world is an easy way out. For as far as I know, we will live forever..

Words are spoken to convince the speaker of the validity of their own consciousness. 

 

Words are monoliths of culture. A single word can express centuries of thought and experience.

 

What do we know? It’s all in the words! For a snapshot of our current mental state as a species, take a look at the words we use and how we use them. 

" A good life is having a main argument."

 "The question for each man to settle is not what he would do if he had means, time, influence and educational advantages; the question is what he will do with the things he has. The moment a young man ceases to dream or to bemoan his lack of opportunities and resolutely looks his conditions in the face, and resolves to change them, he lays the corner-stone of a solid and honorable success."

- Hamilton Wright Mabie

 "she realizes that those who attain enlightenment are no longer fit for the world"

I believe this to be completely wrong. Of course this gets hinged on what you mean by enlightenment, and if there is such a thing as ultimate enlightenment. I will play along long enough to make an irrevelent, opinionated point. That is only this: It seems to me that if there were such a thing as "true enlightenment", you would not be an outcast of the world, but one of the ones that really saw their place within the world and understood how they fit into it. They would finally see that they DID fit into the world, perfectly and completely. 

"she realizes that those who attain enlightenment are no longer fit for the world"


 

our people have five inch thick skin. when they were younge, they had skin like everyone else. they got used to the daily motions that cause the normal wear you'd been grown to endure. when at ur sensitive, just before they hit adulthood, a callused crust began to cover us. So used to our perfect complexion, we began to concentrate only on our previous skin, the one that lay just below the surface. We would refuse to look into mirrors and absolutely revolt against the thought of ever acknowledging our new transformation. We even started to purposely avoid each other. we could barely stand to look at each other, lest we see the truth about ourselves. This only made the change come on faster, and more desperately. it finally came to the point where we all moved away so we didn't have to fee; awkward over the disappearence of our own kind. 

you don't have to worry, though. you can fight it. every moment we spend decieving ourselves and covering up ouroselves from everyone else is a moment spent in private agony. this isn't natural! this is not the way things have to be. we can reverse this trend. the fight starts with me and you. we can practice on each other. our people have to feel like they are part of the big picture. you being you is important! if you aren't you, you are nothing.

Challenge:  

Robb is searching for a single meaningful statement that applies to as much as  a sentence can possibly apply to. Beware though, I will probably ask for the definitions of most if not all of the words in your statement. There is a deadline of July 1st.  The winner will get a nifty prize!