The Broken Record of Our Times
We are living in a world trapped in greed, hate, and ignorance — a world gradually sinking into a quagmire of decadence and destruction. The ouroboros, the serpent devouring its own tail, is an image of how we live collectively, if not personally. We are caught in a karmic circle, like a broken record where the needle is stuck in one groove, repeating the same line over and over.
The ancient masters of every tradition sought to break this cycle in their time. They offered teachings of compassion, wisdom, and balance, but today their voices are dismissed as outmoded or irrelevant. Instead, we plunge headlong into the rat race, glorifying speed and consumption while ignoring the spiritual cancer eating away at our core.
And yet, speaking of these poisons — greed, hate, ignorance — begins to feel like the very broken record I describe. The issue itself has become repetitive, circling the same warnings as though hoping for a miracle to appear with a solution. Does it make a difference anymore to keep harping on the same truths?
Perhaps not, if words are all we offer. Repetition alone cannot break the cycle. But silence too is dangerous — for silence lets the poisons spread unchecked. What is needed is not more preaching but more living examples. The world does not need another sermon on greed; it needs generosity embodied. It does not need lectures on hate; it needs compassion practiced. It does not need theories about ignorance; it needs wisdom lived.
Still, I return to the question: have I come to the end of my ramblings? When is enough truly enough?
Perhaps “enough” is not an ending but a doorway. Enough of words, enough of circling the same groove — and time instead to live differently, quietly, deliberately. Sometimes silence speaks more deeply than speech, and action more clearly than ideas.
Maybe this is where the rambling stops, and the listening begins. Maybe this is where the record lifts, and a new song waits to be played.
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