The Master Of Us – A Thought For The Day

The Master and Margerita by Bulgakov, more than a political commentary is a farce for us all.

In the book the devil, accompanied by a giant cat wreak havoc across Moscow. It is however by the insanity in us that that the madness ensues, and they, like the devils they are do not tempt, but watch as we fall victim to our own madness.It is us who play into their hands, not the convenient temptation presented to us, and how much more like life is this picture than the stories we learn as children.

The book reminds me of Democritus  who was known as the laughing philosopher laughing at the stupidity of mankind. The sentiment is the same; through an exaggeration of our own natures, exaggerated for the purpose of the book minds are lost to frenzies.

It is that dream we all have, watching the world  loose sanity, or at least the appearance of it to chaos. But we are fooled even in thinking that, the insanity was ours to begin with. It was only our need for security, for some kind of certainty in this world that led to the illusion that there was a sanity to begin with.