Lurking Fear

Jack was getting chased by some villagers from whom he had stolen, when he met the Devil, who claimed it was time for him to die. However, the thief stalled his death by tempting the Devil with a chance to bedevil the church-going villagers chasing him. Jack told the Devil to turn into a coin with which he would pay for the stolen goods (the Devil could take on any shape he wanted); later, when the coin/Devil disappeared, the Christian villagers would fight over who had stolen it. The Devil agreed to this plan. He turned himself into a silver coin and jumped into Jack’s wallet, only to find himself next to a cross Jack had also picked up in the village. Jack had closed the wallet tight, and the cross stripped the Devil of his powers; and so he was trapped. In both myths, Jack only lets the Devil go when he agrees never to take his soul. After a while the thief died, as all living things do. Of course, his life had been too sinful for Jack to go to heaven; however, the Devil had promised not to take his soul, and so he was barred from hell as well. Jack now had nowhere to go. He asked how he would see where to go, as he had no light, and the Devil mockingly tossed him an ember that would never burn out from the flames of hell. Jack carved out one of his turnips (which was his favourite food), put the ember inside it, and began endlessly wandering the Earth for a resting place. He became known as “Jack of the Lantern”, or Jack-o’-Lantern.

I was dreaming the other night that I was in a classroom full of people.   I was moving about and interacting with all of these people some of them in a very in depth manner and after I woke up I started to think about these people and how in depth their personalities and individual histories were.  This led me to start wondering who they actually were, are the entities simply constructs of the brain?  Are the faces from people I have seen in my past, are their stories tied to my personal life of brought about by sheer imagination.

The movement called passive actionism is still in its infancy although it has been around since the beginning of communication. So many people are involved in this movement but have yet to accept or recognize it. The basic tenant of this movement or basic conceptual statement is ‘It’s a good thing I was here/there’. For instance, you were with a friend crossing the street one day, your friend and you crossed and your friend didn’t get hit by a car and die. Seems normal right? Well the reason behind this is your passive action, meaning simply by you being there with your friend, he/she did not get hit by a car, and you actually helped them stay alive. The heroism of this movement is just uncommon surpassing that of firefighters and superheros. It also works at a less physical level, meaning, by just being there things happen, for instance you are at work, a meeting starts when everyone sits down, you can easily state ‘Its a good thing I was here’. Everyone might look puzzled, but any passive actionist in the room will understand and will probably counter, ‘Agreed, its a good thing I was here too’.

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