Tuesday, February 17, 2009

Daimon

In every person, there is a 'daimon', a moral force of divine origin (as said by Socrates). You, yourself will be able to differentiate what is right or wrong, good or evil. Therefore, i agree it is also this same force that keeps driving you daily to get along with life. Whatever your mind thinks of, it has to be rectified by daimon. Daimon will let you know if you are doing fine through your conscience and feelings.

For example, a student can be studying daily from going for lessons in school to having enrichment programmes after school. These are what you are doing daily with a greater purpose in mind - to be somebody great one day or simply to live a better life in the future. Studying to you is a means to this purpose. This purpose is what you want in your life but you have yet to attain it and you know that by getting it, you will be happy.

Sometimes, daimon can make you decide to do things you've set your heart into it and you will do things that you never imagine you would do. Because you know that when there are missed opportunities, it is going to be painful. It must be crazy of me to do something i never thought i did today. At least, i was answerable to myself that i would never regret what i did. Instead, i felt that i did what i could.

That's why i believe daimon is something more than about telling right from wrong and vice versa. It is the driving force of everyone's life. With daimon aligning well with the ideas that you generated, life will be a miracle.

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