Imagine a train, going at full speed towards an unknown destination. This train appears to be going on since forever: No one truly knows its point of start. Most of its passengers, though, do not seem to worry about the matter, for they are well busied with the roles that have been assigned to them: Some do the cleaning, others serve the meals, some write books and other stitch the seats' tissues. There are even some who explore the train to understand how it works.
But there is an individual whose behavior seems rather strange and awkwardly disturbs the others. He loiters from wagon to wagon, interrogates the people on board about the nature of this train, its destination, its origin, the sense of the trip. He demands that the other passengers halt their activities to meditate about these questions which's immediate utility seems doubtful and which's answers do not seem very accessible. Even if we call him of all names, and that we perceive him as a beast and fool, nothing stops this individual in his quest for truth. He can not, in any way, understand how can these people busy up so much without knowing anything about the voyage they are making.
He decides then, one day, to leave the train, and take some distance to better see what there is around. He wearily heads towards highest mount so he may find the spot to contemplate the panorama. He glances towards the train's origin, and towards its destination, but his view is blocked by the horizon. This constatation makes him realize that reality is not resumed by the train itself, nor by the journey, nor by the immediate environment... His conscience tells him that without these horizons, the train's movement itself would not have any meaning, any direction..
He must then decide whether to stay on the mount, or integrate the train once more. IF he decides the first option, it means that the fascination for the above takes it over any other thing. On the other hand, if he reintegrates the train, he would do so to help others take a few steps backwards at their turn, in order to situate their quotidian activities in a larger and more significant perspective.
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