What if everything you take for granted about the world has been quietly inverted, and the Resurrection is the only thing that can turn it back right side up?
In his Prologue of Ohrid, St Nikolaj Velimirović mentions several times that people are wanting to "play the comedy", which seems to mean "play the fool" — as in ancient Greek theater. Just like today, Greek drama was intended to convey cultural values to the people, and consisted of tragedy (frowning crying mask) that expounded the tragic nature of human life, and comedy (laughing mask) that exposed the foolish side of human life. Fools were not meant to be imitated, but to expose human foolishness so it could be avoided.
Today fools rule and are highly valued as role models, and the cultural values taught by modern media are Self love, and pleasure seeking through material things (Mammon worshipping love of money).
"All the world’s a stage, And all the men and women merely players . . ." — William Shakespeare
Amen🙏. May the risen Lord disrupt my delusions also.
In his Prologue of Ohrid, St Nikolaj Velimirović mentions several times that people are wanting to "play the comedy", which seems to mean "play the fool" — as in ancient Greek theater. Just like today, Greek drama was intended to convey cultural values to the people, and consisted of tragedy (frowning crying mask) that expounded the tragic nature of human life, and comedy (laughing mask) that exposed the foolish side of human life. Fools were not meant to be imitated, but to expose human foolishness so it could be avoided.
Today fools rule and are highly valued as role models, and the cultural values taught by modern media are Self love, and pleasure seeking through material things (Mammon worshipping love of money).
"All the world’s a stage, And all the men and women merely players . . ." — William Shakespeare
Play it well.
Yes, it truly is "A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World"
https://dstall.substack.com/p/madness-of-modern-life