THIS HEAVIEST OF BURDENS
January 23rd, 2024 | San Francisco, CA
Free will.
The burden of self-awareness. I grapple with it. With the true nature of it. Of doing things, not just because I want to- there’s a certain obligation there too. I find that, upon the discovery of self-awareness. Of one’s ability, there comes with it, a choice.
Will I use my ability? If yes, then for what? That is the burden of free-will. Most use free-will only so far as their choice of master. After they have chosen a master, they then relinquish it. Happy to be led. To be told. To be free of choice, and it's paralyzing burden.
But what of me? A man for whom the yoke chafes. Who will suffer no master? What do I do? With this heaviest of burdens?
