The prison lay in the center of the busy city. The stale air that hung about it foretold the gloom. There wasn't anything in it that gave its inmates hope. A cold silence hung about the place.The prison was not real of-course. It was a prison of emotions,thoughts and goals.
The mind has this amazing capability of making it real. The prison boundaries were determined by the limits of fear. The protagonist of this story opened his eyes as he did everyday. He was the sole inmate of his cell.
He sat up and looked around the walls of his cell. He looked confused. Like all men who had lost hope he remembered nothing. He then started to stare straight at the wall facing him.
The damp wall of misery that he stared upon was marked by emptiness. Still he stared at it the whole day like a man who had no will to escape. Outside the prison, life went on as usual. If the inmate had listened closely ,he could have heard the outside life. But he was lost in thought.
What did he think of? Nothing. He couldn't think about anything.
He just kept staring at the dark wall . Like a man who had no soul.
Slowly, the wall started to grow in his mind. Hours turned to days and days to months. The wall soon became a mountain. Still he kept on staring into the emptiness. He was the inmate of his own prison, the one who had no memories.
Years later, even the wall which became a mountain took pity on the inmate.
"Climb to the peak", a voice echoed through the prison.
The inmate was scared,he hadn't listened to a voice in years.
Years of seclusion meant he had forgotten to speak.
"Rise and climb to the peak",the voice kept echoing in his mind.
He clasped his ears with his hands. Still the voice kept on echoing..
The inmate had no choice. He started to climb the mountain.
But he failed. He fell.
He tried again. Still he fell. No matter how hard he tried, he always fell.
Then he gave up and started staring at the mountain again.
But the voice grew louder. It repeatedly asked him to climb.
Finally the inmate had a thought, "I will shrink this mountain", he thought.
The guy took a shovel and started digging the mountain. He would remove a portion of the mountain earth, but it would immediately grow back.
Then the inmate had another thought, "What if my world isn't real?"
Then he looked at the mountain. There was no mountain. In its place stood a black stone. It looked so hollow and was rectangular in shape.
He touched the black stone. He didn't feel anything. He had watched the movie "2001: A Space Odyssey". He knew what it was. It was the monolith.
Monoliths are fictional advanced machines built by an unseen Extraterrestrial species.
Suddenly he tried jumping straight onto the black slab.He hoped it would be a portal to another world, like in the movie. But he crashed onto the monolith and nearly broke his jaw.
Nothing happened. He then tried climbing over the monolith. He succeeded. He looked over the other side.
He saw life. He saw the universe and everything. He learned its secrets. The knowledge affected his mind. He didn't like it.
He climbed down and went back to his prison.
But now he didn't have a body. If he had tried he could have moved across galaxies at blinding speeds by mere thought.He had been transformed into the Starchild.
The inmate continued his stare at the monolith for eternity.
He just wanted to be in his prison. He didn't care about any aliens controlling him. He simply kept on staring into the black wall.
The mind has this amazing capability of making it real. The prison boundaries were determined by the limits of fear. The protagonist of this story opened his eyes as he did everyday. He was the sole inmate of his cell.
He sat up and looked around the walls of his cell. He looked confused. Like all men who had lost hope he remembered nothing. He then started to stare straight at the wall facing him.
The damp wall of misery that he stared upon was marked by emptiness. Still he stared at it the whole day like a man who had no will to escape. Outside the prison, life went on as usual. If the inmate had listened closely ,he could have heard the outside life. But he was lost in thought.
What did he think of? Nothing. He couldn't think about anything.
He just kept staring at the dark wall . Like a man who had no soul.
Slowly, the wall started to grow in his mind. Hours turned to days and days to months. The wall soon became a mountain. Still he kept on staring into the emptiness. He was the inmate of his own prison, the one who had no memories.
Years later, even the wall which became a mountain took pity on the inmate.
"Climb to the peak", a voice echoed through the prison.
The inmate was scared,he hadn't listened to a voice in years.
Years of seclusion meant he had forgotten to speak.
"Rise and climb to the peak",the voice kept echoing in his mind.
He clasped his ears with his hands. Still the voice kept on echoing..
The inmate had no choice. He started to climb the mountain.
But he failed. He fell.
He tried again. Still he fell. No matter how hard he tried, he always fell.
Then he gave up and started staring at the mountain again.
But the voice grew louder. It repeatedly asked him to climb.
Finally the inmate had a thought, "I will shrink this mountain", he thought.
The guy took a shovel and started digging the mountain. He would remove a portion of the mountain earth, but it would immediately grow back.
Then the inmate had another thought, "What if my world isn't real?"
Then he looked at the mountain. There was no mountain. In its place stood a black stone. It looked so hollow and was rectangular in shape.
He touched the black stone. He didn't feel anything. He had watched the movie "2001: A Space Odyssey". He knew what it was. It was the monolith.
Monoliths are fictional advanced machines built by an unseen Extraterrestrial species.
Suddenly he tried jumping straight onto the black slab.He hoped it would be a portal to another world, like in the movie. But he crashed onto the monolith and nearly broke his jaw.
Nothing happened. He then tried climbing over the monolith. He succeeded. He looked over the other side.
He saw life. He saw the universe and everything. He learned its secrets. The knowledge affected his mind. He didn't like it.
He climbed down and went back to his prison.
But now he didn't have a body. If he had tried he could have moved across galaxies at blinding speeds by mere thought.He had been transformed into the Starchild.
The inmate continued his stare at the monolith for eternity.
He just wanted to be in his prison. He didn't care about any aliens controlling him. He simply kept on staring into the black wall.
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