Forest+of+Shadows




 * Introduction:** Society is evolving like a separate entity, becoming a living thing on its own. It no longer needs to people to define it; it has begun to define itself. It catches people in its trap and chews them up, and the people are ensnared so deep they'll never get out. Society is becoming a [|Reality Bug]. (see 'Synopsis') "The Reality Bug has gotten more powerful than [virtual reality] itself. It's trying to escape from this fantasy...and break into reality."



Live hard and fast, but live completely. Rules were made to be broken, so break them. Live like a child, with no boundaries, no sense of embarrasment. Do things for the [|experience] of doing them (see my comment, question 6), without worry. Do not depend on others. Notice the details others miss; Peer into shallow puddles to find their deeply hidden secrets. Death is a part of life. Face death without fear.
 * Personal Philosophy:**



It's the Reality Bug. It's taken physical form. And then it attacked. Being hanged in England is preferable to dying a natural death in Ireland. Every man dies. Not every man truly lives. -Do you believe in fate, Neo? -No. -Why not? -Because I don't like the idea that I'm not in control of my life.
 * Satori**

Ne te quaesiveris extra. Do not seek outside yourself. Imitation is suicide. To an anomalous species of terror I found him a bounden slave.

Opitma dies prima fugit. The best days are the first to flee... -As children we do not separate the possible from the impossible which is why the younger a mind is the easier it is to free, while a mind like yours can be very difficult. -Free from what? -From the Matrix.

-Of all the ideas that became the United States, there's a line here that's at the heart of all the others: "But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and provide new Guards for their future security." People don't talk that way anymore. -Wow. No idea what you just said. -It means if there's something wrong, those who have the ability to take action have the responsibility to take action.

Humans are fragile. Fight authority just as hard as the next person. Resist the wicked one. ♫ He’s no angel, he’s no fool Never plays it by the rule Take the glory, steal the prize, Only the Hunter, only the hunter...survives. ♫



There are dire repercussions for disobedience, despite the natural attraction to disobey: ...the woman who had been changed into a spider for having disobeyed her parents. Puritan beliefs: not lying, keeping quiet, following mandates.

//The Crucible//

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My rules are to be obeyed.

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//Continued below://

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They were warning us. I crossed the forbidden line into Covington Woods...

The perfect blossom is a rare thing. You could spend your life looking for one, and it would not be a wasted life. Like the blossoms, we are all dying. There is Life in every breath... That is Bushido.

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 * If you know the rules, you can break them. But you have to know the rules first.**

//-Joanne MH//


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