The world wants me to die.
My incurable disease diagnosis became global news. It was omnipresent on social media and 1,900 articles were written in a matter of days.
Many were saddened.
However, joy dominated the commentary.
People pointed to schadenfreude, the pleasure of another's failure. Yes, thereâs that. There is a special place in peopleâs hearts that loves to see others fail, especially when that personâs presence threatens their own psychological stability in some way or helps them feel better about themselves.
But, if you look over the social media commentary about me, youâll see that pattern:
âhe deserved it.â
I deserved it because I challenged death. The crowd was running a deeply rooted psychological script that represents the oldest, most deeply embedded stories of human culture.
This was the first story ever written down, 4,000 years ago. Gilgamesh sought eternal life after losing someone he loved, only to have the plant of youth stolen by a serpent as he bathed. Leaving him to accept his mortality.
Asclepius became so skilled at rejuvenation that he raised the dead. As punishment, Zeus struck him down with a thunderbolt to enforce life and death authority.
This is the story of Jesus. Pontius Pilate offered a choice between a thief and the immortalist, and the crowd demanded the execution.
People need this story conclusion to keep themselves sane. The challenger must lose and the loss must appear deserved. Itâs a shield of self preservation.
For if death is inevitable, their existence and that of their loved ones is justified and unavoidable. If death is not inevitable, nothing about their reality is safe.
I occupy the same philosophical and archetypal position as Gilgamesh, Asclepius and Jesus.
This statement will draw outrage and accusations of blasphemy, hubris and narcissism. Nevertheless, itâs the pattern that has repeated itself for thousands of years.
Death has been the omnipresent concern of the human race. It encapsulates our greatest fears, joy and curiosities. The discourse around it changes over time; however, the fundamentals remain unchanged.
Whatâs different about this moment, that is unlike any other moment, is that physical death may no longer be inevitable.
What if I didnât deserve it?
And what if I am your ally, and not a threat?
@Flick1_ Yes but what youâve done is illustrate that that itâs a heatwave is unrelated to global warming and conveniently missed out that the base temperature is higher and so the effects are more so itâs hotter than it wouldâve been.
You stopped looking because it backed your theory