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WHAT was the FORBIDDEN FRUIT?
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[quote:-=Akitosh=- 77329:MV8yNDEwNDJfNDM3NDYwOF9DQkI1NEQ0RQ==] -= The Parable of Conflict =- There was only bliss. There was only love. There was no pain, misery, fear, doubt, or trouble in any kind. Everyone respected one another as themselves and if there were any miscommunications they were understood for what they were and not despised for what they were not. Despite it all, there was something missing from life itself. Each individual began experiencing it in different ways but it always equated to the same thing: There is something missing! Since each individual collectively came to the same conclusion, a solution was created instantaneously (and thus, had always existed to begin with): The Coliseum Arena An individual could wager an item for an upgrade. Upon the wager a battle would ensue that would involve the participant/wagerer as the Hero and a mirror reflection of themselves, along with the worth of the item they wagered, as their Nemesis. The rules were simple: The Heros could use all of their items against the Nemeses EXCEPT the item they wagered. The battle was engineered so that it could be won without the wagered item, thus no matter how impossible the Nemesis might seem it was always possible to defeat him. However... a warning was written upon the entrance to these battlegrounds. "To all ye who enter here know this: you have nothing to gain and nothing to lose. But if you do, never wager what you cannot afford to lose." What did such cryptic words mean? Well, they felt there was something to gain and something to lose (for the time being) and so they would heed the latter advice (for the time being). And so there were many battles. And so there was much conlfict. And yet... a completeness began to fill the hearts of the participants. Upon victory, they would look at their wagered item in newfound light: it was better! They were 'profiting' even though the former state had been bliss itself! There WAS something to be gained just as there WAS something to be lost! The warning MUST be false, and it appeared to be contradictory anyway. So the participants wagered their most precious of items, something they KNEW they could not afford to lose but did so anyway: Their Own Souls Why would they do this? Quite simple logic actually! The more worth of the item they bet, the more pronounce the gain was! IF they wagered their own souls and won... The Gain! The Benefit! It would be beyond all comprehension! It was worth the risk! ... Wasn't it? Ah, but a simple rule was forgotten amidst the greed: For the duration of the battle they would lose their own souls! They would lose all awareness of the real world outside the Coliseum Arena and all that would be percievable would be the battle. The Battle of All Battles. The Battle for your own Soul. *** Upon completion for the Battle for your own Soul, they realized the truth and the riddle of the Coliseum Arena: The only thing which changed was their perspective. Their items remained unchanged. So were the battles pointless? Yes and no. Did they gain nothing from them? Yes and no. Was there any benefit at all from this? Yes and no. They did not gain anything they did not already have... but they DID gain something they did not have! And that was perspective. They APPRECIATED the items they had now, because they had LOST them! Their items had never improved at all! It was only their perspective of the item that changed. And so it was. Perfection existed in perfect equilibrium again (for the time being). [/quote]
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