STARS OF LESSER GLORY
Im trying to discover a concept so that I might put that concept in writing, a concept that classifies and describes the man, or for that matter woman, who has found what it is to live a life consumed with honesty and vulnerability demanded by existence. One who knows the importance of life free from the horrors of rugged individualism. However, the absence of individualism is simply only one aspect of that persons character. This person is also a pietist, one who understands the power of spiritual formation and theological wisdom, yet they are a humanist in that they understand the human psyche so that they are most helpful to individuals in their present situations. Though this archetype fulfills these roles, she is not so self conceited to think that hers is the final argument for she knows that her life is formed and shaped through the very own society she wishes to understand. This human is consumed with the divine, however he understands the absolute relevance of the terrestrial, there is no dichotomy, the one is not eclipsed in the shadow of the other, the divine is the fountainhead of all earthly fulfillment. This wisdom extends itself to a world in hurt, a world needing a strong restoration, a restoration which is viewed by the ancients Oraclers of Old who looked to God for hope in restoration of life on a wholescale, from the very particles of existence to the depth of relationships formed in the webs of human intercourse. Mostly this archetype is an unrealistic, untenable, unattainable vision cast on a fallen race of humankind. A race desperately unhealthy, seeking the fulfillment that only wholeness (the Hebrew "Shalom") can provide. Though I seek a portrait of a man whose existence excels the innate humanity of men, I seek to understand and know the man who is freed from the pressures of distraction (Western Civilization's Ideal), free to cast his line into a world of wonder and contemplation. What have we been taught - Men are to be STRONG, FIGHTERS, LIBERTINES, but we only fool our already damaged egos. We are feeble, frail, prone to miscalculation, in jealous pursuit of the gains of others so that we may conquer our own ego. Women possess another mind, which I do not grasp so I hesitate to generalize their society, but I do know the temptations simply to settle in a position of co-existence is strong. A woman has the more difficult of the two, the woman is constantly marginalized by a race of dominating male-scoundrels, men obsessed with power and prestige so that we scheme to fracture the female whose mind has grasped concepts beyond our own. Women understand the power of relationship, which as a virtue turns to her vice as she seeks co-existence for the sake of the relationship. Though strong in her convictions of bonds, she cannot escape the dissatisfaction caused by her passiveness. A fighting woman is only attractive when she is fighting for the purest of motivations, the love that unites the heart of beings fraught with insecurities. Whether man or woman, this archetype will only be found when they loose all ambitions to self-fulfillment, self-attainment, or self-realization. Finally at the end of her time a myriad of Stars will admire her, Stars great and Stars small, Star bright and Stars fading, yet the name of these Stars is not given by mothers of human descent but the Father of all Brightness, they will admire her in their course set out before them, they will come and go, but life, nonetheless, will be witnessed and praised in passing of their time.