Friday, December 01, 2006

My Essay. "Present Time". Please Review

“Crown of Success” Essay

PRESENT TIME


Since the ancient times, ages of great minds, Aristotle, Socrates, Plato, human race observed with utmost respect the mystic presence of “Time”. Time was always deeply analyzed and was a frequent topic of discussion and rhetoric speeches. Great people whose names are embossed in great book of human history tried to figure out the essence of what “Time” consists, they feared and admired something that never could be stopped, accelerated, nor turned back. They observed something that keeps on flowing, and in comparison to which, the human kind, and all its presence is insignificant. Great catastrophes, wars and epidemics left their mark on the lives of our ancestors, but time... it flows. Despite the sufferings, despite victories and defeats, it advances, it flows, and when we are no more, it will continue to flow.


Historical victories of mankind and great wars that are symbols of certain ages resemble mere grains in the sands of time. As man discovered fire, the wheel and the primordial society, across the ancient times when great people, thinkers and warriors ruled the lands, and great pharos with the help of their gods and religious dogma, human race was developing their own perception of the world we live in, developing the system on which lay the foundation of the human society, constantly being confident that the center of collision of time and space is in them alone and in the system of values they have built. The strengthen of Roman empire, great sufferings of Christianity recorded in the holly books and latter retribution under the shield of this Christianity and against the people of same race which opposed the religious dogma during the inquisition ages. The ages of great religious magistrates, warriors of cross and Templers, human kind continues to develop blindfolded not realizing that we are victims of great pandemics and great sufferings made by our own hand. The aftermath of wars and battles which ravaged the lands and people during dark and middle ages haven't been reorganized yet, when history repeat itself when human race perceive their leaders and gods emissary in religious and ideological fanatics which lead them to conquests and wars which were written in the pages of history as horrors which no riches, power, or glory could be justified. Nothing on this world can legitimate evil which lies deep inside people with only one purpose, to obtain the ultimate power to rule the system which generations of people have built.


Today, we are witnesses of time when all values, al ethical norms which make the essence of one person are being neglected because of one purpose, one which was present throughout the history always in different form and shape, but always had a common goal, the complete control of our lives and degradation of our ethical standards. Modern society has its bases on economic prosperity and technological breakthrough, but do we know who pays the price of this prosperity and great advancements in the field of science, medicine and the developing of social system? Do we see in our selves the followers of religious inquisition or as the blindfolded slaves of great Pharaohs of modern age, are we building the great desert monuments in honor of those who will find themselves post mortem in the fiery pits and swamps of lost souls like the ones Dante Alighieri wrote about. The price to pay for prosperity is equal to that which Bruno Giordano never accepted, but also our individual battle for better tomorrow is equivalent to one which Sisyphus had. Yet, we are living proof that the foundation exists and that we inherited the legacy to move on, developing further, that only we can contribute for good of today to be the better of tomorrow. Is there way to undone all the harm and injustice that were made? Hardly. But what we have in front of us is the time that gives us an unlimited opportunity to cure the incurable, to develop the undeveloped, to build further and expand the boundaries of human mind to unbelievable reaches. The present time resembles challenge, in the first place. The system and social norms evolve and develop thru time in correlation to the progress of human society. Although at still primitive level of development, we learn about ourselves and about our abilities and skills of which we are capable of and which are forged inside of us. Fast everyday life and tempo which frequently leave us breathless, are a certain requirement for living a modern life. Rules are simple, and human kind, nations as well as individuals in front of them have a crossroad. To work on developing the system and to make an individual and group contribution across society or to ignore everything that generations of our ancestors have built and the norms they've established.


It's up to us to push the boundaries of possible, to celebrate success and contribute each in our own way to what will one day be written as modern age history or distant past for some future advanced generations. We observe history as edification which helps us to understand what human society is and how it was developed, but even more important, to shows us what awaits us in our future and to what we are converging. In front of us are the rest of our lives and the time that is still here, still flowing, fully independent from the system, independent from mankind, and gives us the opportunity to build for ourselves and our future successor the chance for a better tomorrow.