Thread by @FireOfColossus, 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗠𝗼𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗻 𝗣𝗮𝘁𝗵𝘀:𝗕𝗲𝗶𝗻𝗴, 𝗔𝗻𝗱 𝗗𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗵 𝗜𝗻 𝗟𝗶𝗳𝗲.Modernity has granted us with plenty [...]

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗠𝗼𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗻 𝗣𝗮𝘁𝗵𝘀:
𝗕𝗲𝗶𝗻𝗴, 𝗔𝗻𝗱 𝗗𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗵 𝗜𝗻 𝗟𝗶𝗳𝗲.

Modernity has granted us with plenty of opportunities;

Opportunities that permeate the horizon with potential,

but it also raises the possibility of consequences, therefore, responsibility.
(...)

This is something that quite inadvertently passes through the mind of modern men;

Which often transmutes possibility and potential,

into his own doom!

The cure to this, I believe, comes by reflecting upon the main two pathways that modernity offers to us.
(...)

𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙥𝙖𝙩𝙝 𝙤𝙛 𝙙𝙚𝙖𝙩𝙝 𝙞𝙣 𝙇𝙞𝙛𝙚

Contrary to what we try to depict on social media,

Our life is mostly constituted by sadness, agony, and desperation;

This, because we have created civilization to bring security, but we have let passivity lurk into our soul.
(...)

Passivity, which breathes conformism.

It is normal to think that in order to keep our sanity, our time out of work is best spend on relaxation, resting, consuming;

Therefore, playing games, watching Tv, talking about that which has no relevance, is considered "normal".
(...)

and, at the root of our normality, of our “sanity”.

By talking about the comings and goings of life, by living with no further aspirations beyond the day,

We have already embraced death.

Thus, making us feel hollow, desperate, full of sorrow, pain, sadness.
(...)

It is no surprise that even with all our prosperity, the worst feelings are the ones skyrocketing in modern times

Listening to normal people; That would be true madness,

For they hate life, they have surrendered it, they have given up on it, they are dead in life.
(...)

The normality of which I just talked about is only a standard of modern times...

Before the industrial age and the advent of modern technology, men were accustomed to struggling with survival 24/7.

Now we are free from this daily struggle,
(...)

This opened the gates of potential,

But this means it also did with the gates of comfort...

Make sure to not dilute yourself in it,

for you will become one with the herd,
you will embrace the material, the finite;

𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙬𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙬𝙚𝙡𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙚 𝙙𝙚𝙖𝙩𝙝 𝙞𝙣 𝙡𝙞𝙛𝙚.
(...)

𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙥𝙖𝙩𝙝 𝙤𝙛 𝙗𝙚𝙞𝙣𝙜

Which is also called “the path of the virtuous”, “of men of great deeds”.

It is called the path of being because it's primordial characteristic is that you are present, going with the flow of life;

But living for the transcendent.
(...)

You understand that boredom, passivity, comfort... That's a modern mental illness.

Therefore; you are acting, you are at the siege of life,

not waiting for greatness to knock on your door,

but rather by manifesting it with your daily actions.
(...)

You understand the only safe path there is to life,

Is the path of death.

You understand your mortality, the finite quality of your existence in this material world.

Therefore, you decide that no matter the odds, the siege of life in the pursuit of infinity, of beauty,
(...)

of that which you value the most,

of those who you love the most,

On your craft,

On your children.

Is what makes life worth living,

𝙞𝙨 𝙬𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙗𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙨 𝙞𝙣𝙛𝙞𝙣𝙞𝙩𝙮 𝙩𝙤 𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙢𝙤𝙧𝙩𝙖𝙡𝙞𝙩𝙮.
(...)

So, as I told you before...

Do not pay attention to those who are dead in life,

Those who have clipped their own wings,

And those who due to their hatred of life...

Want to clip the wings of others.
(...)

Follow the path of life, the path of being.

Burn yourself with your craft, with your passion,

Enhance the life of others,

Be a light for the world,

A torch in the darkness.

A man of greatness, of virtue.

𝙂𝙊 𝘼𝙇𝙇 𝙏𝙃𝙀 𝙒𝘼𝙔.
(...)

𝙏𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙞𝙨 𝙣𝙤 𝙖𝙘𝙩 𝙤𝙛 𝙜𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝙣𝙤𝙗𝙞𝙡𝙞𝙩𝙮, 𝙤𝙛 𝙜𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝙨𝙖𝙣𝙞𝙩𝙮;

𝙏𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙞𝙨 𝙣𝙤 𝙜𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝙧𝙚𝙗𝙚𝙡𝙡𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙖𝙜𝙖𝙞𝙣𝙨𝙩 𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙢𝙤𝙧𝙩𝙖𝙡𝙞𝙩𝙮,

𝙏𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙞𝙨 𝙣𝙤 𝙜𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝙛𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩!

𝘿𝙊 𝙄𝙏!

𝙏𝙧𝙖𝙣𝙨𝙘𝙚𝙣𝙙.

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