NPC - 1. An introduction.

I like how this term is being used. Those that defy know an NPC when they see one. Those that don't, merely laugh at the term or think that whatever hierarchy of value they've subscribed to grants them an authority to disregard any consideration of what little control they have in the game, the game of life. They disregard any profound thought or deep contemplation of what it means to exist beyond the narrative we are being told matters, the narrative that forgets those in history who's names live on well beyond their time.

For those that defy. It is you that I speak to. It is you that understand me. And it is you that I hope will pass the tests I submit myself to.

I am not special. I do not pass any test with flying colours. I merely understand, through the wisdom of the greats that lived before me, through the wisdom of the few that I have met and developed a genuine respect for, as I have followed a journey not similar but, in a way, equally enlightening.

A man I once respected said something profound to me, its profoundness only came with wisdom I developed and it is merely his last line of this exerpt of what was said that I mean to finish this post on.

"Most people who have attained some semblance of what they think is power do not value real honesty and as a result do not enjoy being around someone who is. It would involve acknowledging that they actually perpetuate mediocrity. Not that this should stop you or anyone else from trying to help others ...just the opposite."

And now to quote an undeniable great (in my own words).

It is the task of the enlightened, to descend to the level of those not yet awakened, and to share their troubles and honours, whether they are worth having or not. And this they must do, even with the prospect of consequences dangerous, and thought, beneath others. - Plato.