Comments | moonlit_mirage: 17 - Who are we when you take everything away?

moonlit_mirage

17 - Who are we when you take everything away?

Jul 22, 2008 13:44

Lately it seems to be a time for introspection. Indeed, there have been many valid questions and points raised about the nature of our quests for the past or our quests for the future ( Read more... )

introspection, the monster is me, memories, -vanilla-, -aurora-

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1artificialgirl July 23 2008, 01:17:57 UTC

Crow... Are you alright?

moonlit_mirage July 23 2008, 01:20:34 UTC

Why would I not be, Vanilla-san?

1artificialgirl July 23 2008, 01:21:20 UTC

What was the price?

moonlit_mirage July 23 2008, 01:30:10 UTC

Price?

Vanilla-san please do not fret. I am simply musing aloud, as it were.

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earth_uninstall July 23 2008, 20:15:29 UTC

I don't believe there is one answer for everyone, as it's doubtful we all share histories with each other, but you are making things out to be more difficult than they are.

Whatever price we pay for self knowledge, it is nothing more nor nothing less than what we must sacrifice in order to remember.

moonlit_mirage July 23 2008, 22:50:22 UTC

Even if we did all share histories, it is unlikely we all wish the same things from our life here.

Likely you are correct Aurora-san. Self-knowledge is likely the only way to self-mastery, and what price can we even attach to that?

earth_uninstall July 24 2008, 00:22:58 UTC

We all wish to remember, do we not? That is why we strive to constantly put together the pieces we know are from our past and look for other people from our histories. Everyone wishes to gain the answer to "Who am I?".

It is possible we may have to sacrifice these false persona we have taken in order to become who we should be; both "Aurora" and "Crow" may be wiped from our memories the moment we return to our true selves.

moonlit_mirage July 24 2008, 00:33:42 UTC

Do we wish to remember? Do we really, Aurora-san? I admit that remembering is desirable for many reasons, but I wonder if some--or all--of us are perhaps better off not knowing. Yet we still seek answers--because if we don't remember, how can we know? It's a dilemma.

I wonder how false Aurora-san and Crow are--It's possible they are illusions built to hide our true selves, but what, then, are our true selves like? And is it really worth destroying these people we have become, to recover these people we once were? Perhaps it is, but what if it isn't?

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