Education in Arrogance

The other day Shusli and I were watching "Instinct," a movie inspired by the book "Ishmael," by Daniel Quinn.

I made the comment during a very emotionally powerful scene, "the book is much more powerful."

I immediately got a headache and a stomach ache and the voices in my head started telling me, "that was arrogant of you."

Who am I to say where people do or don't get their power from? It was indeed a powerful movie. It was indeed inspirational. It was indeed Hollywood. It has, indeed, made people think and explore further this reality called "civilization."

Who the hell am I to tell people where to get their power from? We are all human beings. We all find inspiration in many individual and en masse ways. This was an important lesson for me, and one I will try to keep working into my life.