Passion is about life. Our passions are born from our need to go beyond the purely material towards the transcendental: to reach for, and hold something that defies time. Passion is what makes it possible to survive defeat and our weapon against loneliness because it has to be shared. Passion therefore forces us to bind with the world. We seek to be recognized as a separate, distinct individual, and to be accepted by others as a person of worth.
But respect has to be given; it cannot be taken. So reach out to others, form relationships, get involved, each involvement brings fulfillment.... but also fear. For awhile passion is exhilarating... it is also terrifying. For every overture holds within it the possibility of failure, of non-recognition by others.
When the mere possibility of not being recognized and accepted scares you so much that you prefer to destroy the object of your desire, then you destroy even the possibility of fulfillment through passion. But being able to take revenge makes a person feel powerful. Revenge is the opposite of passion because it seeks the final and total destruction of the other that is why revenge is so incredibly seductive..................
The contemporary mantra of this highly competitive world made us think that what matters most is winning. So if winning is everything, losing then becomes unbearable. And the only way to accept losing is to look for someone to blame. This is where hatred comes in.
If we are to break out of this vicious cycle before someone figures out a way to destroy us all in a senseless act of revenge, we need to end the obsession with winning, to bring back passion as the prime motivator in life – not competition. If we want the world to survive, we need to change……………………….
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