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Light Over Darkness?

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Why is Light generally depicted as positive and Darkness negative? When we look beyond the light, what would we see? Is the origin of Light over Darkness rooted deep in religion or is it rooted deep in Race? This comparison is one of the greatest influences that has sublimely affected man-kind more than any known trend or move-ment in global history. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Feel free to dispute this, but think hard about this first before you do... . ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Some thoughts of Light are symbolic with a positive aura, while some some thoughts of Darkness are symbolic with the negative. Alternatively, Darkness could symbolize security and comfort reminiscent of the cocoon like environment, while Light in this circumstance could symbolize, starkness, exposure and vulnerability. Then, let us follow a physical logical thread: If the smallest flicker of Light is placed in the blackest of places, Darkness is dispersed. Even if i

The Minotaur in the Little Dark Room

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Pain is pain. No pain is too small to the bearer. The only reason we compare our pain to others is to make it seem in comparison, that we aren't doing so badly. There is no pain greater than the psychological. It tears at the root of our humanity and even manifests in the physical. It's one of the most destructive forces we can imagine. Some-times, we inflict physical pain on our-selves so as to distract us from our internal turmoil. But, that even compounds the problems more and more..... Now, at the end of the day; the only way to deal with psychological pain is to delve deep into our psyche- journey through the labyrinth, through the maze that is our mind and sink deep into our consciousness. We journey inwards till we arrive at the door to that little dark room that we never open, the one that holds the minotaur of our humanity. The little room that houses what we hold from the out-side world. The room we are afraid to open and look in-to ourselves.