01-26-2008, 11:14 PM
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Chapter 4: In the Pages of Nayru's Book
Chapter 4: In the Pages of Nayru's Book
"Sorrow grows from within, it is but an illusion that peruades us to believe it is everywhere, out there..."
This quote tells us that sadness is not outside oneself, but within. This is true, because though terrible things happen on the outside, it is inside our hearts that sorrow grows like parasides. And, as a paraside, they eat your energy. Happiness and love seem to disappear in the presence of sadness, which is why illusion is mentioned. Our focus tends to go to the bad things and not the good things. Once you manage to get past that illusion, you can see clearly. People suffering depression or otherwise can sometimes be victims of sorrow, meaning that they must dismiss everything they thought they knew to proceed.
Believing your life is only pain is a lie. The wind on your skin, the hope in your heart and the grass beneath your feet. Sometimes being blinded by the sun is the only way to see clearly. Because the good things in this world is enough to match the sadness. Suffer not the only thing that pollutes this world, but the folly that is that is that sadness pollutes. Pain was sent to this world as balance, and without which there would be no happiness, which is endowed by the gratefulness for it.
"The moon is not evil, but the shadow of the light which is the sun."
This quotes talks about moon and the sun. The moon and the sun are merely comparisions to light and shadow, which are in themselves comparisions to happiness and sadness. "The moon is not evil," meaning that darkness, sorrow, does not cause pain for pleasure. "but the shadow of the light" the shadow of the light is an old phrase listed in ancient hylian textes. It is said that the shadow is meant as a lack of light, a haven for those who cannot bare the sun. A balancer so that the light dwellers and the darkness dwellers may live together. So, "shadow of light which is the sun" is a reference to that texte. Meaning that the moon: the night, is for relief of those who live by shadow. The sorrow is to protect those who do not live by happiness, is the translation of this quote. As mentioned several times, opposites do not only attract but balance. Sorrow is here for those who are required for balance. And sorrow itself is balance to happiness.
"Sadness is not the messenger of joy."
The messenger is thee who brings death to one. This means that sadness is not the murderer of joy, sadness does not devour joy. Joy is always there. Just because there is sadness, does not mean there is no joy. Sorrow and joy are not enemies, they balance and live together. The opposites of each other attract, that is why you cannot live with only one of these two. That is why when you ask yourself, "why does this always happen to me?" that you recieve no answer. It happens to everyone, EVERYONE. From the little girl living in poverty to the rich, respectable man. Accept this, and you know sympathy to all...
...Did this chapter help anyone?
CHAPTER 5: BLOOD ON THE FLOWER PEDALS
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