Good and evil are products of perception. Existing at different locations in the spectrum of life will teach you that lesson in reality. One man's god is another man's demon no matter the dominance of a faith. A problem in this perception are the rifts in knowledge and communications. The impact of these rifts fuels the flames of conflict.
These words couldn't be clearer as Adam, aeon of Caelum's ruler, spoke them to his son hundreds of years after Adam's birth.
Immortality
Tangible information doesn't exist between the corporeal and ethereal. In this space, entropy and preservation rule. The energies that exist here are chaotic and everlasting.
The point between these two states exists in violence and transition. When transitioning from solid matter to energy, it is a state of becoming. You spend decades, or longer, becoming aware of the universe at large. Once your vessel completes its journey through time it normally ceases to exist. For those chosen few however, the change occurs during consciousness.
As this change occurs the congealed energy of the flesh gets released. Thoughts are ephemeral during this period as the consciousness of the being transitioning expands almost infinitely.
You can't see and understand the transformation that occurs. Such understanding isn't possible. Even if it did, neither side wishes to know it as such knowledge reminds them of their frailty. You only know that in an instant, your perceptions change from one extreme to another. There is no better, or worse frame, of existence.
Exiting on the side of the ethereal leaves you mind open to the infinite.
The Garden
The host of Caelum required a testing platform for their products. They had succeeded in every endeavor imagined save one. They did not yet produce a species that could sustain them adequately.
Faith provided the most delectable energy to their pallet, but the laws of the universe had very strict requirements to follow. For instance, only the best animals with the following traits would do:
- Sentience
- Strength
- Reasoning
- Free Will
Of these requirements, reasoning was most difficult to alter. They were not concerned with free will as it was the most malleable attribute. The species they create needs to be able to solve problems, but it could not be so advanced as to recognize itself as a sentient being capable of transcendence. For if they did, then it may spell doom for the host.
However, this was new ground. For the first time, they were attempting to create a species that could provide sustenance through blind devotion. Such a thing was possible, but many iterations of species would be required to get things just right.
They were creating new food in their followers to be. Developing it within their own lands was out of the question. Their environment would allow for no foreign impurities. The host needed a safe place as they watched their abominations grow.
#POB-WOTW Season 3 Challenge Round
Contest Times
Start: (Monday @ midnight) 27/09/21
Stop: (Monday @ midnight) 11/10/21
Contest Rules
- Be Creative
- Write an article that uses all of the following four words: Hive, Discord, Malicious, and Frailty.
- Do not write about the Hive blockchain.
- Do not commit plagiarism.
- Use the #POB-WOTW tag if you are participating in the contest.
Please include the use of the hashtag(#) when using the #POB-WOTW tag inside of your article. It keeps this contest viewable in the trending tags. Also, only use the #POB-WOTW tag if you're participating in the contest. For example, if you write a POB-Daily post that has nothing to do with the contest, then you're article won't be counted.
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|---|---|---|
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| (+1) | Engagement exists | Author responds to commentators in a normal conversation in their own post. |
| (+2) | Engagement flows | Authors and commentators fully engage in meaningful conversation that addresses contest articles and raises the overall quality of the author's work. |
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Aeon Adave
He did what no other being had done before in this universe. A perfect being he did create. Perfect in the required ratios needed to bring forth the energies the host desired. Eventually, the progeny of Adave would be legion and the hosts' desires sated from the blind and loving faith of its cattle.
Adave was born fully grown into that reality, but was not yet aware of all that existed. The God passed the aeon on to subordinates to receive instruction. In the beginning, all was as it should be. Eventually, Adave saw the intent the lessons provided, but felt that there was so much more. The aeon couldn't pinpoint the problem at first.
To aeon Adave, it seemed like there was so much missing. It was as if the teachers were blind to the colors of a rainbow in a class about colors. Her teachers thought they knew it all, but couldn't they didn't appear to understand what they were teaching.
Courteous, respectful, and humble, Adave began explaining her views to the host and how it was different than what they taught. Her words resonated harmoniously with the collective. They understood the error of their ways. They wished to change their approach to follow her guidance and walk a better path. A discord that seemed to be a part of life began to heal. The heavenly cost began to sing of Adave's wisdom and kindness.
It was a song that brought forth malice in the heart of their God. For, if the aeon could bring the collective together, then the creation was greater than its master.
To Severe
A deity is not omnipotent or omniscient. Perception is the key. Mortals should understand this before worship. The God of Caelum knows not of the infinite or everlasting. The God simply knows how to survive in a cold and calculating universe. And in this universe, the Hive mind is key to the next day. One mind, one voice, and one people together in unity to stave off the chaos that precedes entropy.
The existence of aeon Adave now posed a problem. The knowledge this being possessed could cause a schism in the host. The schism would be no less threatening than that brought about by the Light Bringer during the dawn of their arrival in this plane.
Thoughts about the Light Bringer brought tears to the God. He recalled their philosophical discussions about morality and existence in their former home. He was a true friend to the host. And yet, their people needed to survive. Despite their power and knowledge the host learned their society could be as frail as those within the corporeal realm.
In the end, you fight to survive or your die. Only one option has ever existed for the God of Caelum.
Gladius Victoriae
The Lord Almighty approached Adave during one of the aeon's lectures with the host. He admired the care Adave took with explanations. It showed a compassion that reminded him of his brother before the first war.
With righteousness, fury, and care the Lord lifted the aeon and cleaved its being in two with his power.
The Lord of Caelum made his choice. He would not lead his people into oblivion. They would survive until the next day. In splitting Adave, the Lord created two lesser forms that he called Adam and Eve.
Their power now fell below that of the host. Reduced to two beings, God reshaped their energies to end their lives after an allowable period of time. The new humans and the society they would create could still transcend above the power of the host. However, they would now have to work at it just like the rest of them. Humanity would now begin their lessons of fear and slavery to sustain the gods that rule them.
In Closing
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A bit blown away by this post. Excellent writing @scholaris. You do prompt deep reflection🙏
I completely agree with you. @scholaris is an excellent author and his writings are way artistic and Unique in style and reflection. I wish we could see more of his author side but he is already too busy with other stuffs of POB, managing everything around here, A great Leader indeed, Respect and Gratitude for You dear @scholaris, a True Gem of POB community. Thank you so much Sir. 😊🙏
The story board is in my mind. It started a long time ago. Unfortunately, I have too much going on write now to write everything out. Thanks for the compliment though. That was very kind of you.
Thank you very much. It's difficult to see my work as excellent so what you wrote is very kind. I wanted to write things out from start to finish, but things IRL prevented that from occurring. In a way, my approach thus far is more realistic. Life rarely presents us with a straight-forward narrative.
Delighted to have found this contest today. Here is my entry:
https://hive.blog/pob-wotw/@erh.germany/strangers-pob-wotw
I hope, you'll enjoy the short story. :)
Hi @scholaris,
You have really spent a long time thinking.
I guess I couldn't talk much until I actually had finished the wotw. I haven't had much time this week although the story has been circulating in my mind constantly. It's kind of a curse to have a whole story for two weeks but no time to write it down. I finally put it together starting last night and finishing this morning for the last #pob-wotw challenge.
Next week's topic is something we should all love to write about.... "What's your story?" but this is again so broad. We can write several books and it would not even contain a small percentage of our life. Well, no matter what I see it would be beneficial for me to write something significant and publish it early to catch engagement on the post.
Athena was the name of a girl I dated in college. I had a lot of fun with her.
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There were some good entries but I feel people are weeks behind with their words and always lagging. Is there something we can do to ensure everyone is undertaking the correct entry.
Well, in a normal week we're pulling 30-40 articles pretty consistently. This is the first time we've had a challenge of this nature. Before the challenge occurred, I had a conversation with nonsowrites about my expectations for the number of entries we'd get.
I knew we wouldn't get that much. It was definitely a challenge for the people normally participating. It's easy to write an article about a word you're familiar with. It is another story when not only do you have to focus on 4 words, but you have other restrictions in play.
Another case is the number of new users participating in the contest. At this time, I think the only thing I can do is to just keep at it. However, I have been curating new groups like theInkWell. The writers that participate there, I feel, are high quality and I would love them to join in the fun.
Other groups I'd love to see participate is Leo Finance and StemGeeks. I'm going to start writing a few Stem-centered WOTW articles to try and get a few to participate. I could use some help on the LeoFinance side, though. I love their articles, but I'm not very good at financial writing.
Hey, man. Thank you very much for asking. I hope you have a fine day.
This would be fantastic to bring new people to WOTW💗I agree there are some excellent writers in the Inkwell that I feel could bring something special to our weekly melting pot of creativity and challenge existing contestants to push and explore further beyond their own comfort zones and artistic boundaries. Stemgeeks and Leofinance would add a very interesting edge to it all. I'm not very active in Leofinance either unfortunately. If I think of any other ways to draw people across, I'll let you know.
I started curating their work yesterday. It was amazing. I couldn't stop reading.
I highly recommend @warpedpoetic and @litguru. Their short stories and poetry are incredible reads.
I was already following warpedpoetic. I started following litguru now. Thanks for the recommendation.
Thank you @scholaris for this wonderful challenge. This is my entry link:
https://peakd.com/hive-150329/@mrenglish/bloodline-still-hunts-pob-wotw-challenge-round-season-3
Thank you for letting me know. I have your entry recorded.
I really enjoyed your story :) A little background on who the Host and the other characters are would be great, but it was still fascinating ❤️
I'm confused about the challenge. Am I supposed to create another post with the words Malicious, Frailty, Hive, and Discord?
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Thank you for your feedback. They're not the Annunaki of the Sumerian people. They are another group that came from a dying realm some time after their transcendence. I don't know where exactly was their point of entry into this universe, but I'm checking for an approximate location.
I'm trying to get it all out there. I hope to have the time to accomplish this.
I've also been looking a Kepler satellite data. I'm trying to find the planet where the fallen were bound to the mortal plane after their fall, but that's a story for another time.
Wow... I thought it was fiction??? This makes it even better ❤️
Am I supposed to make another post?
There is a fine line between fiction and non-fiction. Some of humanity's greatest achievements started out as flights of fancy or theory surrounded by mythology.
Yes! Our smart phones are something straight out of Star Trek, for sure. And self driving cars? I still can't quite believe those are real.
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Besides. Whose to say it ISN'T real? There wasn't an Adam? There's certainly a genetic Eve. One of our greatest gifts was the ability to pass information through the ages. LOL. One of our greatest failures is the inability to retain clear and intact information across the ages.
I do believe that there was an Adam and Eve. It's just the part about them existing before they were created that I had never heard before.
What you said about information being destroyed and truth withheld... The Bible gives a pretty good warning about that. Some heads will definitely roll come Judgement Day!
I also wonder if anything was removed from the version we know today. One area I am definitely curious about is Jesus as a child. We have so little information about those years, but obviously He was never like any other who walked the Earth.
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Sometimes, I wonder about the words I read in this day and age. There have been a LOT of revisions to the bible since the First Council of Nicea.
Those of the year [325 AD] certainly weren't around Jesus supposedly existed. There must have been revisions and secrecy embedded in those texts even back then to avoid burning.
There were plenty of omissions, revisions, and deletions from texts that were not part of the official narrative back in the day. I don't doubt the practice has stopped today. Everyone wants to include their narrative in the word.
There's nothing wrong with giving your own interpretation. The offense is when that's claimed to be the official version / original. People need to leave the original as it is.
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Wow. What a story. You have quite a powerful imagination. The Lord of Caelum made a strong choice!
I just posted my entry and used the necessary tags. Thank you for all efforts towards the continuity and vibrancy of this contest. 😊
Thank you for your kind words. I have your entry recorded. Thank you also for participating in this contest.
It time to cook up the brain with the #POB-WOTW contest
It's definitely time. I look forward to reading your work.
Me waiting for the results XD and the next round if it starts soon, if not gonna participate on another, life did a mayor spin and gotta do a big thanks post soon :)
Here is my submission, I had written mine last week, but couldn't edit and post it until now.
https://www.proofofbrain.blog/hive-150329/@sofs-su/the-intent-of-the-heart
Brilliant writing as always @scholaris
Wow,this is nice and good to see ,so the word for the week is thy kingdom come,this is just too wonderful, trust I can still join
What? No no, that's just the title of the story in this article. I like to break things up during the contest. I tell a story or write an article and in the middle, I talk about the contest. The words for this week are: Hive, Discord, Frailty, and Malicious. You can look in this article for the rules of this week's challenge round.
Wow… Excellent work… it reminds me of some of the very ancient Gnostic Gospels and the Book of Enoch.
Thank you for your compliment. That's very nice of you. The article stems from the Apocalypse of Adam. What a fascinating read. According to Adam's gospel, he is about 700 years old when he tells his son Seth about his fears while serving the Lord.
Each letter of the 22 letter Aramaic/Hebrew Alephbet has many layers of mystical meaning. The Bible makes more sense you understand the many meanings of each Hebrew letter… even the Tetragrammaton… Yud-heh-vav-heh … has many meanings ..
That's amazing. I had no idea there was so much depth to that language. I'm still checking on the manuscript, by the way. If I can find you images of the actual text, I'll pass along the link. I don't meet many people who read the same things I do.
Yes.. I am very interested in the most ancient documents in their original language ... as they were written in either or both Hebrew or Aramaic. The much later translations into Greek, Latin, English have lost much in Translation.
Do you know that the very 1st few letters of the Bible , Torah could be read as “Son of Man” .... Bar Ish ....
B’reishit .... usually translated as “In the Beginning”
Bar = Son
Ish = Man
In Aramaic
It is very important to understand why Jesus (yeshua ha Notzri) always calls Himself the Son of Man .... Bar Enosh
Hi. The only link on the gospels I can find that was useful is the one I used as a reference for this article: http://www.gnosis.org/naghamm/adam.html
I believe it contains all the gospels found in upper Egypt in 1945. However, I can't find original images of the text. There are a couple of stories I remember reading from them so I'll keep searching, but it's turning out to be more difficult than I expected. Sorry about that.
I especially like the Gospel of Thomas. Probably the earliest Record of the teachings of Jesus. ( yeshua ha Notzri)…. http://gnosis.org/naghamm/gosthom.html
They call them Gnostic and maybe 1st century but they are more ancient…
If it is a Jewish-gnostic text the original would have been in Aramaic or Hebrew …
Do you know if this book was originally written in Aramaic or Hebrew ? I have learned that many of the most mystical books of the Bible, Torah, Tanakh, New Testament were all originally written in Aramaic. So I’m learning Aramaic (protocol-Hebrew) now.
I read that the language of the Apocalypse was in Coptic. I don't know if that is correct or not.
https://readingacts.com/2017/05/29/apocalypse-of-adam/
Dint manage to participate, gonna stash the idea i had, dont worry it will pop out later on :D
It's okay. We can only do what we can. We're glad you can join us whenever possible.
I will wait for the new contest round and join in at that point.
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My submission:
https://www.proofofbrain.io/hive-150329/@cool08/the-world-and-the-wisdom-acquired-pob-wotw-challenge
Thank you for your article submission. I have it recorded into the contest.
And thank you for bringing this kind of contest. I'm happy participating.
I've been reading and admiring your work on theInkWell. I'm glad you're participating.
Thank you a lot. I'm indeed so much grateful
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