All the world's a stage
And all the men and women merely players.
They have their exits and their entrances
And one man in his time plays many parts.
Shakespeare
Consider Shakespeare's famous lines that the world is but a stage. Then it follows there must be a plot and starring roles for each of us as players.
What is Most Popular Plot For Last Few Millennium?
Look at the most popular plot of any era and any civilization, the one all people rave about and flock to star in. The titles of the movies, the plays, the books may all be different but the story line almost always amounts to: Goodness Triumphs Over Evil. This show has run for the last few millennium, and not only in the cinemas and theatres of the world, but in our homes, no matter how grand or humble hey may be.
What is Underlying Theme of Every Drama?
Go back as far as you want to the first written words in the Indian Vedas, the Upanishads, and you will detect this plot carefully recorded. Indeed, in all religious scriptures, including the Bible and the Koran, you will find the same story line. From the ancient tales that are passed down orally by priests and shamans to modern-day morals, the struggle between good and evil is the underlying theme of every drama and every school of thought throughout the world. All deal with warding off and defeating evil.
Plot Not Restricted to Movie Avatar
Whilst any Hollywood movie, television show, Broadway play or novel is a variation of this plot, violent emotions, hate, jealousy, and envy are not restricted to the world of the Steven Spielberg's or James Cameron's Avatar. Unfortunately, this same story line results in criminal statistics, civil wars and in the history of armed conflicts between countries from Nero to Napoleon, from Hitler to Saddam Hussein, to Osama Bin Laden. The plot fills our asylums and drives people to therapy sessions, bulimia and suicide
Rest Assured Another Sequel Will Follow
Even though life and fiction are full of different dramatic situations, the underlying plot is almost always Goodness Triumphs Over Evil. Should one book or movie end with the bad guys in charge, you can rest assured that another sequel will follow in which the hero wins the day.
Live Happily Ever After
In the movies, on stage and in books, the credits roll across the screen, the curtain comes down, and the book ends. We never see how the protagonists actually live Happily Ever After once the excitement is gone, but it is our hope to live in bliss as well eventually.
Real World Is The Same
The real world out there works in much the same way. The game is rigged. We are not quite the independent agents that we flatter ourselves to be. Time and again we catch ourselves making the same mistakes over and over again. We follow the script, whether we are aware of it or no. We play the roles, and with good reason, or so it seems. We all want to be happy, full of smiles and joy. So it is the happy end that we are after. The hope for that reward keeps us toeing the line.
This script is acted out behind every kitchen sink and in every bedroom in the entire world. It is the manner in which each of us deals with our relationships whether we are ready to admit it or not. Wherever two or more people get together and conflict arises, be it at a picnic, around the campfire, in the sleek boardroom or in front of a dusty conveyor belt the plot is being played out. Of course, you would never say your partner is evil maybe, but bad, yes. The battle is really between two people trying to prove each are innocent, and the other one is the bad guy...classic, century after century.
You are a Duality Also
Just imagine for a while that there is some good and some bad in everybody on this planet, including you. After all, this world full of dualities - night and day, light and dark, positive and negative. Why could you not be a duality also? Imagine that therefore the script you are handed at birth for your own personal growth is the same as for everyone else. You and all other human avatars in the world are to discover the good within you and develop it until you are strong enough to face the evil within you, and triumph over it. Will you win for long? Of course not, as you dark or evil side will use your own force against you, to triumph over you. And when you are going down again for the last time, maybe you will muster up the strength and go for it one more time.
Thirty-Six Variations to the Plot
There have to be some variations and adaptations; otherwise you probably would not want to play on the world stage of planet Earth for very long. You would probably get bored and go look for another game. But once you understand this plot, it can be really exciting, quite an adrenaline booster if you play it consciously.
Actually there are thirty six adaptations and variations to this plot, which are mixed and matched to keep you fully engaged, playing the game with all your might. For now, really grasp that every conflict you have ever had centers around this one basic world plot, Goodness Triumphs Over Evil.
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