Stories - The Gateway to the Mind

One of the most influential mediums on our lives according to ancient philosophers like Aristotle are stories. Why would that be?

But, what is a story?

Its not to be confused with “a plot” a plot is the imitation of action… the arrangement of incidents… the story is essentially life itself… it is the origin of all movement… it is sentience, a, an idea, a thought, the will … the spirit.

Aristotle said of stories,.. in this case, tragedy, is that it “is the imitation of an action: and an action implies personal agents, who necessarily possess certain distinctive qualities both of character and thought; for it is by these that we qualify actions themselves, and these - thought and character - are the two natural causes from which actions spring. … Tragedy is an imitation, not of men, but of an action and of life, and life consists in action.”

Our inner character, our spirit decides an action, actions create stories, stories make up our lives, they become the expression of our character which molds the spirit, it loops in an upward or downward spiral.

It is important to note that because we can then see how stories affect every aspect of our existence.

There is a well known phrase...

“Politics is downstream from culture” a well known phrase, but culture has its roots ultimately in stories that unfold. Storytelling is the way we relate to the world and communicate it to others, how we convey how things could or should be, what was and what is. It builds our culture, from that, it builds politics, then even the sacred and untouchable science… even it obediently follows all too often the whims of politics and most certainly always culture (it passes from an editor and interpretation, to steer inquiry based on a particular belief or narrative.

Stories shape our being, they are the foundation of everything we absorb and learn… Stories are the strongest gateways into our minds.

Hollywood knows this, advertisers and those that want to manipulate your behavior, know this… our ancient forbears knew this…

Story is not simply the telling of a tale… we have to ask what a tale is… at its root, it is life in motion… imitating life in a certain way to others informs them about reality, it isn’t a perceived reality, it is reality… television, movies, and film, aren’t perceived reality, they are reality… shaping your reality, …

Through these stories, we know life, we learn life, imitate others and our environments, we grow, we learn from stories… they provide our outlook on life, our character, our personality, it gives everything around us context and what we use to reference anything. That is why stories are so crucial and influential to us

In Michael Walsh’s book, The Fiery Angel, he stated… “Homer has more to teach us about governance than Harvard, and always will.”

Our minds think by playing out scenarios in our imaginations. What we imagine, how we imagine it, and the scenarios we create come from the world, we are so drawn to movies and television because it works in the same way our imaginations do… we use these stories as a reference for our thoughts and imaginations and the scenarios we create… imagination and thoughts are the mortar to the bricks which are actions that create a person..

Stories aren't just entertainment, they arise from action and the mind, of consciousness, they are the fabric of life … what makes life, living...

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