There was once a block of marble, dimensions too intimidating for the average man – 10 feet over their head to be exact. Grandness can result in disbelief, yet one talented artist committed to the responsibility; his name was Michelangelo and that once blank slate of rock slowly because the Statue of David.
The mind is like a block of marble, waiting to be chiseled into some genuine capacity of the human intellect. Pursuing theory and concept for the sake of conscious expansion can appear to be a tomb from a birds eye view, yet the significance of the pursuit is the vast unknown.
Take Dr. Joe Dispenza’s research as example. All matter is made of atoms. Each atom is comprised of 0.0000000000001% a nucleus and protons, and the other 99.9999999999999% being “empty space” or energy. Now when it comes to our reality and what we are capable of thinking and ultimately becoming, there is value in detaching from the 0.000…1% that is materialistic reality and embracing the 99.999…9% of available energy and therefore infinite realities allows people to harness the quantum field (?) in order to access their highest self.
That, in itself, is a large responsibility to ask of people. It is a task to discipline the mind and take full advantage of the genius that results from our maximum level of cognitive productivity. What precedes this anecdote, though, is whether our ideas truly contribute to the foundation of said knowledge. Recreational journaling is certainly not research, and just because virtually nobody thought of the idea before does not equate to it becoming new knowledge. This fine line between ideas and knowledge lies in whether that information pushes the conversation forward.
With that being said, Michelangelo did not fear the mounting task before him. When human beings tap into that integral part of the true self, staking away at the fine details and embracing the tediousness of significant creation, that is when humanity takes another step forward. The noble pursuit of discovery can better be described by the 1943 novel “The Myth of Sisyphus”, following a man who is cursed to push a boulder up a steep hill every sunrise and watch it roll down every sunset to no avail. He is destined to do what seems like a thankless task for eternity, yet he does it nonetheless.
This damned boulder represents the weight of effort required in order to reach a destination. And as us humans chase the sky and reach for the stars, I can see why Sisyphus pushed that boulder daily. There it is. The gleaming pursuit of wonder and discovery, patiently waiting beneath the block of marble, the top of the mountain.