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11.2.09
do you ever get this feeling that you are living in this BIG glass bottle that is sardine packed with people. the whole world you perceive is merely just the interior of the bottle. and occasionally when you happen to squeeze yourself past the human wall, you can look at the outside world via the side of the glass bottle. and then you will wonder what is on the other side of the wall, wondering how come it defer so much from the so called world that all along you are living in. but the moment of thought is not long because as soon as you caught a glimpse of the real world, you will be pushed back by the human wall. just then you are curious about the sight you saw, so you try to squeeze past the human wall again to catch a second glimpse of the scenery beyond the glass wall. this eventually form a motion where everyone is trying to get as close to the wall as possible. like an endless cycle of squeezing, trampling on people, getting pushed back and going back to square one again. what are we looking for? the moment of truth? something which is beyond the horizon of our imagination? just what is outside the glass bottle that makes it so special? or are we merely trying to escape from the mundane lifestyle we grow up in? but how far can we escape before we are shoved back to square one? or maybe we don't even realise that the spot we end up in is the exact same spot we started from? but lets remember, it is a glass bottle. a glass bottle has an opening, right at the top, down the narrow neck of the glass bottle, barely enough space for majority of the people. However, there will be a few lucky one, enlighten one, special one who get a chance to get near to the neck of the bottle. from there, the world outside is merely a doorstep away. just a little help from below, and perhaps a little strength from their forearm, and poof, they will be out of the glass bottle. but again, how many actually have the courage to jump out of the container. right now, they are standing on the top of the world. to those beneath them, they are the subject of the envy. some may even regard them as the chosen one. they are standing closer to the outside world, so seek forth by the human wall below their feet, than any other person inside the bottle. but outside the confinement of the glass bottle is a brand new world, a world that might be totally different from the glass bottle. for those on top, stepping out of their comfort zone takes courage. who will be willing to sacrifice the top spot they have, to step into a world that might take everything away from them. outside the glass bottle might be another interior of a bigger glass bottle, climbing out of it might make the top one reverse their position in the bottle society. they might find themselves becoming the human wall of a bigger glass bottle. fear of loss, restrict their advancement. fear of change, stop their movement. fear of the unknown has made them a natural cork for the bottle. because the top one stop moving out, they eventually block the exit of the bottle for everyone below. the cork is formed due to the fact that they are afraid of losing everything they have. due to the natural cycle of human shoving, some top one will be replaced, but even those newly ascended people will stop in the tracks in view of the avalanche of change coming for them if they uncork the bottle and move out. so what is outside the glass bottle? is it an idea? a new world? a place people perceive as heaven? or is it merely a fragment of our imagination? have you spent so long as a human wall inside the bottle that you forgot of the endless possibility outside? or is it you are enlighten enough to seek the truth, but found yourself hindered by the people around you and also the cork? or is it you lack the courage to even open your heart to understand what is actually going on? in the end, do you even know what is outside? or is it, you are just following the inevitable push of the crowd around you. or perhaps, you are just satisfied with staying in the same spot forever. for those who seek for the exit, do you have the courage to step out of it? or the selflessness to come back to tell the glass bottle world, what lies outside the delicate glass prison they lived in. or maybe they wont even believe your words. to each his own, maybe having a unreachable imaginary goal in their life can fuel the human world better than anything else. just don't burst their thoughts. let them have hope? hope for? do you even understand what i am talking about? maybe it is time for you to continue to squeeze towards the glass wall. this is just an abstract idea that is yet to be refined. |