This post is probably ridiculous to many. Before conclusions though, I need to note that I have spent some time last week reading some esoteric type sites with talk of this and that from twin flames to the evolution of consciousness and more. I don't remember what the trigger was and how I stumbled upon them, but I did and kept reading and catching up or refreshing my memories on the Egyptian pantheon and much more.
The mind may in any case be making even more leaps than normally due to the influence of the material read. I also have to note that I don't necessarily care what the starting point is if there is something to learn from it or some insight in or through it.
So I'm forced to talk about the TV series Mortal Kombat: Conquest and the depiction of the thunder god Raiden in the series and movie continuity. I am not familiar with the games aside from reading summaries about the character and should anyone stumble upon the blog due to the series hit, this will probably not interest you or be relevant.
Raiden is the protector of Earthrealm in the series, set in a mystical past. The premise of the Mortal Kombat situations is that every generation a fighter or a few are chosen to defend the realm against Outworld and anyone else threatening to take over and basically make life a submissive hell for us. Raiden is the god who protects the realm should rules of Mortal Kombat be broken or anything else go wrong, but we have to fight for the fate of our planet and us ourselves in mortal combat against the formidable and often unfairly advantaged warriors of Outworld. After a certain number of victories by them over generations, the Earthrealm is forfeit and Outworld can take over.
The series touts "In each of us there burns the soul of a warrior" in Raiden's voice in its opening credits. This may be, but I suspect that the realm and everyone would be in deep trouble if the choice to fight fell upon someone like me. I forgot to note that Enya also on my Ascendant from the previous post, but while the Greek Enyalis and her Roman equivalent Bellona and some mythological Amazons may feature strongly in my chart, I also find myself bereft of an actual reason to fight.
As I was thinking of things, the conclusion seemed to be that mere living for longer and not dying seems little reason to fight. People die, life goes on. To quote Raiden from the series: "You're mortal, mortals die".
I also seem to fail fighting for other humans, since some of my opinions about the actual goodness or reasons to save us don't necessarily support that either. The second movie has Raiden spouting the writing humanity's idealized notions about humans being more worth saving than anything else he knows, and giving up his immortality for us. I keep wanting to have a slight philosophical discussion about the decision and what he actually bases it on every time, limited as his choices are when it comes to it.
None of it excuses others enslaving or harming people which the inevitable conclusion is, but that is someone else's decision and on their head, not yours. Though you may not have shining opinions about the worthiness of humanity, it doesn't mean you choose harm for humanity, if you see the difference? It's just that in your case there isn't particular fight for whatever good there may be in humans either.
A loved one then? Well, sign me up for the Failboat and population of Sucksville, because I may have to fail on that front as well. It is unfortunate and may change if I fall in love, but since I currently don't have loves in my life, there isn't any superior impetus to fight for the sake of someone like that either. I could offer to go instead of them to spare their life if it was for death or similar things, but it still remains that they're just as mortal and human as you and you failed to fight for those reasons already. Were the scenario to come up, you would probably just have to remind them that they took on that as an existing risk when first deciding to be with you.
It makes little difference if you're the last in line or if there are others to follow you. It becomes either a "Oh well, someone else will sort it out" or "Nobody else managed to do anything either, so there is no point to stress over it then".
The last episode of the Conquest series sees things looking grim for everyone. Raiden is a god only if he remains outside Outworld, but he has through the twists ended up in unfortunate circumstances precisely there and is powerless to do anything. So why should that matter? Because it does. I have more of a "That ain't right" reaction to his being in such circumstances than anything else. It seems more imperative to potentially fight or otherwise aid him there than anything else in other potential situations.
What is the difference? The fact that while (presumably) not perfect, he is the best that there is and something that should be preserved or saved. Humankind may have potential, but Raiden the god is an actuality in the series. His choices throughout things reflect goodness, intelligence, strength and integrity on levels that deserve to be preserved and given every chance to continue existing. To let something like that be extinguished from the world is a crime beyond anything else. There is practically no choice involved if you know how he is and value that at all. Also for self-preservational reasons, to be returned to further below.
Aside that, there is the factor of seeing little point to fight for something lesser, whether "lesser beings" or otherwise. Perfection or bust translates to asking why you would want to save anything other than the best. This is an attitude that an actually worthy person would no doubt find an anathema, and to keep in-universe, Raiden included. You've however never precisely claimed to be a good guy or that, so maybe we can negotiate around it.
Your abilities or the lack of a suitable solid ground (the reason and will) to push up against from with your feet may not have changed per se, but strangely enough, you appear more willing to fight for the sake of a god you value than humans. Because there may be admiration for what someone like Raiden may do, even when you don't necessarily see why he would risk his life or even opt to maybe die with humans when faced with mortality, given the way humans can be. It seems clear enough he's not fighting for humans precisely like you. But do you win in any case for having sense enough to know that someone or something like him should be saved, so as to be there and if necessary to rely on or protect even your unworthy ass? And does he acknowledge that it allows for him to save everyone's ass in any case, whatever your motivations?
If there are epic dreams or anything where the side of good is either outnumbered by evil or it otherwise seems pointless to continue fighting or being on the side of good, as you're occasionally told, there is never a choice about it. If you know what evil is, you actually can't go for the option. I don't know if it holds true for other people, but at least in my personal dream-case in such scenarios, you're never on anything but the side of good. So you would expect it to translate even to a theoretical scenario like the Mortal Kombat one, but the waking mind fails to see humans as reason enough. Fails to see your own survival as reason enough, when you're nowhere near levels enough to qualify survival. Fails.
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