<< Luciferian sin

There’s a very interesting section of the bible that tells narrates the fall of Lucifer from the heavens; in the book of Isaiah (14: 12-15), we can read:

(12) How you are fallen from heaven,

O Lucifer, son of the morning!

How you are cut down to the ground,

You who weakened the nations! 

(13) For you have said in your heart:

‘I will ascend into heaven,

I will exalt my throne above the stars of God;

I will also sit on the mount of the congregation

On the farthest sides of the north;

(14) I will ascend above the heights of the clouds,

I will be like the Most High.’

(15) Yet you shall be brought down to Sheol,

To the lowest depths of the Pit.

This is clearly a cautionary tale against pride and arrogance, not unlike the greek tale of Icarus, who flew too close to the sun despite the warnings of his father.

Lucifer becomes the manifestation of one of the main flaws of human genre: pride. 

Blinded by our achievements we make ourselves gods and proceed to say “Only I suffice, there’s nothing but me”. There’s only one problem with saying that: It’s a lie. 

Given the shifting nature of reality we continuously need to adapt and relearn. Life is ever changing and the only organisms who no longer need to adapt are the dead ones. As individuals, we are on a path of constant improvement and  reshaping. 

At the same time we are also members of a social species and thus dependent on our relationships to others. Complete and utter isolation just won’t cut it and can even lead our bodies to self destruction, the degree in which we are connected to others is so deep that limitless economic resources would mean absolutely nothing if those around us decide to to turn us down as a group.

Life therefore, which implies constant change demands courage. Enough courage to accept with humility (and at the cost of our own ego even) that: we’re not done growing, not done learning and that for our worlds to function properly we need one another.

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