Galm Fae
Eskola Ergonomics
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Posted - 2014.07.16 09:44:00 -
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Where to even begin...
Well, as a child my father was quick to introduce me to the Way of the Winds. I made a point to familiarize myself with some of the most popular legends, songs, and fables of the Raata Empire. This proved to be no easy task (I am pressed to remind all of you that the first Caldari civilizations predate that of any of the four major empires, leaving quite an extensive amount of material to be covered and memorized) but I still endeavored to prove my loyalty to my ancestral heritage. Yet despite my father's strict dedication to the Winds, our family would freely recognize certain Intaki traditions that my mother had learned when she was younger. This lead to a household culture that stood as an unorthodox amalgamation of preestablished Caldari descent and sparsely placed Ida customs.
I struggled for many years to find meaning in the literal message of both beliefs, attempting to justify notions of Wind spirits and reincarnation. This was an internal battle I fought right up to the time of my parents' deaths, which drove me into a bit of a downward spiral until I collectively decide for a time that both systems were nothing more than wishful thinking. I fancied myself an anthesist for some time while I continued to observe traditional Caldari ceremonies out of simple respect. Once I had finally gotten past the brooding and matured slightly, all those ceremonies slowly began to make more and more sense in hindsight.
You see, in this world there are certain forces of nature that doubtlessly shape our world. Through the transfer of energy in this universe, powerful storms can lay waste to dense forests and ancient shores. All of this energy is never destroyed, it can only change state. A storm may dissipate, but the water it has left will flow into a mighty river, that river shall carve out a canyon, that canyon will provide men shelter, and those men shall live on to see yet another storm. When a creature dies, it's body will go back to the soil and provide life for another, which will provide life for another.
Who is to say that this process isn't capable of recycling the soul just as one recycles carbon? Who is to say that the concept of the 'soul' is merely an illusion we use to gauge the amount of life this reality has granted to one organism?
Now before I get too misty eyed... Let me attempt to sum up my point. At the most basic level, there is no fundamental difference between gods and physics. Therefore, the personification of these forces as characters in legend and religion is not only acceptable but an essential ability for any society that hopes in increase its understand of the world around them.
This means the Intaki system of the Ida is just as valid as the Caldari personification of nature spirits and the Achurian spirituality that manifests fear and negative emotions as demons and foul spirits. As long as an individual can understand this concept, then whatever religion they develop is just a different interpretation of the universal truth: that we are all a small part in a much larger machine.
As you can imagine, this makes me rather tolerant of most outsiders as long as they show an equal amount of respect for other's customs as their own. As far as I am concerned, even the Sabik have some merit to them as long as you don't take the message too literally.
Kirjuun! Uakan!
Teknikiara!
Kanpai kameitsamuu!
Ra ra ra!
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Galm Fae
Eskola Ergonomics
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Posted - 2014.07.18 18:36:00 -
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True Adamance wrote:I never really took you for the spiritual type Galm...... knew you kept some of the tenets of The Way of the Winds.... perhaps you have potential after all.
Yes Kador, I suppose it would be shocking for a judgmental audocrat such as yourself to discover that there is more to me once you take away the Mindflood and Frentix. Still, I will take what you have said as a compliment and not push much further than that. Though I must admit templar, you've sparked my interest for good conversation and a theological confab. Perhaps someday you could visit the Summit Temple and we could discuss such matters in more detail. Unless, of course, you would rather it take place in an Amarr church.
Quote:Galm you must join me in the Kaalakiota mountains for meditation. It's one of the few places I feel peaceful in after all these years
Admittedly I've never actually visited the Homeland. I think I would enjoy that Cayton-haan.
Kirjuun! Uakan!
Teknikiara!
Kanpai kameitsamuu!
Ra ra ra!
> --Keepin' the peace!--
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