From the mind of critic: “If the rain is pouring down with no end in sight, do we believe carrying an umbrella will prevent us from getting wet? Do we think a big giant umbrella will keep us bone dry, never to be affected by the rain no matter how hard it falls, specifically so we can ignore it? If this umbrella is brightly colored with flashy designs, that emit our personal disdain for precipitation, will it make the water bead off, allowing the speed of drying time to display how much more powerful we are compared to the rain? Or do we say screw the umbrella and just walk through the rain with a good coat on, because we know the rain will never stop unless we allow it too, no matter how torrential it becomes? To wear a raincoat or to not wear a raincoat, is like asking whether we should seek protection against atacks on our free speech and way of life. Questioning whether or not to carry an umbrella to sheild us from the rain, is like asking if we want every depersonalized aspect of our future to hit us all at the same time, completely obliterating the last remnant of our soul. Ofcourse we need protection, we don’t want to lose before the fight even begins. But simply locating the right protection isn’t going to stop the rain, it isn’t even going to slow it down. We must take it upon ourselves to move forward with light. When we let it engulf our soul, it spreads with every single interaction. Once we realize that not only will this light repel the rain, but greatly lessen it as well, we’ll see that an umbrella or raincoat won’t stop the rain, we do, by not aquiesing to it, but by undoing the illusion of its power through continous conscious action. Who needs an umbrella or raincoat when we have our heart and soul?” 🙂