The Greek debt

Memory is a quality of the human mind with a particular, twofold feature: oblivion, the power of adjustment and remembrance, the ability to judge, understand and advance.

It appears to me that humanity is being led towards a lethargic snooze of oblivion, a long and indolent siesta. The Western world has been delayed for some time, but it is its turn to rest again in the peace of oblivion . Slowly but surely it bends its head and knees to the Lord of Lords. It is very natural and understandable. It is human nature.

As I was taking my own nap, for some long years, like Rip van Wilks, I woke up suddenly and it seemed to me that I was living in a country of miracles. I was surrounded by ruins of a glorious past, still emanating their breath of magnificence. I could hear round words that defined the abstract and described the undescribable.

I watched around with my eyes half asleep and saw mythical monsters arising from the depths of the subconscious, taking form and talking with a stentorian voice.

Then I turned my ear and heard the enchanting sound of the womb, lived the birth and its labour, the fear, the anguish of the unkown. I crossed the narrow passage, a white dove before me, and finally saw the clear, luminous sky. It seemed to me so clear and transparent that I could reach the stars with my fingertips, and draw with them shapes of people and animals on the wall of eternity. It was looking straight at me and I was looking straight at it. I was a PROSOPON because I was looking (ORO) towards (PROS) it. I did not feel lonely, since I was not an ATOMON, an individual.

At that moment the stars started to stir. Planets emitted harmony, rivers were flowing but I could never step in them for a second time.

Finally, my steps led me towards a dark cave. I entered it and saw people tied up with bonds, their backs turned opposite to a big fire. Long, trembling shadows fell on the wall, forming reflections of the reflections. I stayed there watching them for hours. Behind my back, the light. Then, my head fell wearily on my shoulders, I yawned deeply and went back to my own lethargy.