December 2013
This is not the most well written piece, but it occurred to me last night.
I figured out why man is afraid of the dark.
As a child, its because the dark holds our nightmares, unknown monsters, scary things. And we want to be safe and warm and protected.
But as an adult, the entire dynamic changes. The monster is within.
As we get older, we change a lot. We lie a lot. We hide from our fears and hide from our own harsh truths.
During the day, we're under the massive spotlight of the sun, we throw up walls to prevent our weaknesses and fears from being exposed to those around us.
But when the sun goes down, and under the cover of darkness, the walls fall. And our inner demons come out. We can't stop it, we stop lying to people and to ourselves. I have noticed other people admit to things they denied all day at 1 in the morning, 2 in the morning.
People genuinely are more honest at night. I know I am.
I thought of something,
"The sun makes us narrow our eyes in suspicion, the moon makes us open them to take in the world"
Makes sense doesn't it?
People commit terrible crimes at night. Unassuming, normal, good people will turn into monsters at night... A type of lycanthropy...
And the worst part of it is waking up the next DAY, under the burning gaze of the sun, and having to face what you have done. Maybe not externally, but an internal realization and the shame you feel at having given in to your weakness.
We all live in hypocrisy of some kind. Whether or not we'd like to admit it.
Try this, if you're reading this in the day, and you feel like I'm spouting nonsense, read this again at night. When everything is quiet, nobody around, just you alone in the dark. I guarantee you'll see things differently.
I think that the true test of character is darkness.
Only in the dark, where nobody can see us, do we allow ourselves to take off the mask we wear all day.
That's why man is afraid of the dark, why he prefers the light. Because man fears what lies deep inside him, what bubbles just beneath the surface. Man fears letting his demons out, because man fears what his true nature might be.
As is turns out, man doesn't fear the dark, man fears himself.
I figured out why man is afraid of the dark.
As a child, its because the dark holds our nightmares, unknown monsters, scary things. And we want to be safe and warm and protected.
But as an adult, the entire dynamic changes. The monster is within.
As we get older, we change a lot. We lie a lot. We hide from our fears and hide from our own harsh truths.
During the day, we're under the massive spotlight of the sun, we throw up walls to prevent our weaknesses and fears from being exposed to those around us.
But when the sun goes down, and under the cover of darkness, the walls fall. And our inner demons come out. We can't stop it, we stop lying to people and to ourselves. I have noticed other people admit to things they denied all day at 1 in the morning, 2 in the morning.
People genuinely are more honest at night. I know I am.
I thought of something,
"The sun makes us narrow our eyes in suspicion, the moon makes us open them to take in the world"
Makes sense doesn't it?
People commit terrible crimes at night. Unassuming, normal, good people will turn into monsters at night... A type of lycanthropy...
And the worst part of it is waking up the next DAY, under the burning gaze of the sun, and having to face what you have done. Maybe not externally, but an internal realization and the shame you feel at having given in to your weakness.
We all live in hypocrisy of some kind. Whether or not we'd like to admit it.
Try this, if you're reading this in the day, and you feel like I'm spouting nonsense, read this again at night. When everything is quiet, nobody around, just you alone in the dark. I guarantee you'll see things differently.
I think that the true test of character is darkness.
Only in the dark, where nobody can see us, do we allow ourselves to take off the mask we wear all day.
That's why man is afraid of the dark, why he prefers the light. Because man fears what lies deep inside him, what bubbles just beneath the surface. Man fears letting his demons out, because man fears what his true nature might be.
As is turns out, man doesn't fear the dark, man fears himself.
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