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Narrative Essay On Reestablishing Order

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There are many situations in which one is presented with the necessity of establishing order, such situations arise from a complete lack of orientation. In cases like this one comes into direct contact with the void, that is, a one and undifferentiated state. When one directly interacts with the void, or rather, is presented with a complete disorder and must reestablish order to reorient themselves within the void. Like all worldly things order is conventional, that is, it is based on societal predispositions and what is generally held to be acceptable or custom. Nevertheless, when order is made to be disorder and that very same societal convention is broken, confusion and disorientation result. There is of course a method to reestablish order …show more content…

Several years ago, I was on a routine hike through a particular section of forest near my home in Far Northern California (Eureka, CA), and feeling particularly adventurous, I decided to trek into an entirely new area of the wilderness I had never been before. I always bring a compass with me on my adventures so I would never have any issue with being lost, as if I simply head towards the direction I know civilization is in, I would eventually find my way back. As fortune would have it, the one day I decide to venture outside of my familiar surroundings, is the same day I unknowingly misplace my compass. About an hour or so into my wanderings I decide to sit down and eat a bit, reaching into my backpack I realize that my compass is missing, panic immediately sets in. Despite likely only being a few miles away from any road or house, being lost without any sense of direction was terrifying. This was the confusion and disorientation that comes with an introduction to the void. Without direction, I was left staring into trees and brush that once appeared as friendly and benign as any road or street sign, as completely foreign and mystifying. When one gives into panic, one is subjecting themselves to the void and the complete mystery of it. I am embarrassed to say I gave into this panic, if only for a brief

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