Little is known about the civilization that dwelled on O’Ree-Jin (from now on Ancients).
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changedLittle is known about the civilization that dwelled on O’Ree-Jin (from now on Ancients). Despite all, two things are sure: they were a very advanced civilization in terms of technology and ethics; at the same time, they lacked any kind of space-faring technology and, as so, they lived confined to O’Ree-Jin. These two things can be explained if we take a look at what has been recovered from their archives. O’Ree-Jin is itself small, but even so, the Ancients inhabited a little portion of one of the major continents. The Ancients constrained their expansion by choice, as they had a seemingly unending life, and they kept tight control over procreation. That is strange if we account for the vast amount of uninhabited space and unexploited resources around them. That includes the protean substance known as ‘the essence’ that everyone craves now. This way of life is explained by their culture and moral beliefs. All these scriptures relied on a basic circular logic: i) One affects the environment through consumption. ii) One can consume because he/she can produce. iii) One produces as much as he needs. iv) One’s needs must be contained by his/her patience. v) One must nurture patience through diligence. vi) Diligence is learned by providing to the community. vii) The community is the ultimate protector of the environment. Everything we do must rely on this circle as the power of O’Ree-Jin works in circles.
changedThey understood life as an extension of unity (dependability among self-organizing organisms). As those ideas hold true, one should strive to live its life unattached to need and desire, as excesses may corrupt unity and destroy the systemic balance. The final conclusion is that one must strive to achieve his/her own desires, but that should never come at the cost of the desires of others or the community as a whole. The Ancients hold these beliefs as a moral imperative. That is why they grew so slowly until total stagnation at some point in their history. Although the Ancients were quite an advanced and free society, not having a communal goal more sophisticated than the respect for each other and the ecosystem hindered their apparent advancement and growth. In truth, they were primarily focused on self-knowledge and acquiring a deeper understanding of their community and their place in nature.
changedMost of the time, the Sages didn’t get involved in the decision-making process of most mundane things. In truth, it seems that most of the day to day life was ordained just by custom and the following of the scriptures. Despite all, the sages were admired as those with a better understanding of the scriptures. The Sages understood as no other intimate relationship between the planet as a system, and the essence as the lifeblood of that planet and all the interconnected organisms in it. In that regard, the Sages directed the expansion and evolution of their civilization. That changed during the last centuries of the life of the Ancient species...
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changedLittle is known about the civilization that dwelled on O’Ree-Jin (from now on Ancients). Despite all, two things are sure: they were a very advanced civilization in terms of technology and ethics; at the same time, they lacked any kind of space-faring technology and, as so, they lived confined to O’Ree-Jin. These two things can be explained if we take a look at what has been recovered from their archives. O’Ree-Jin is itself small, but even so, the Ancients inhabited a little portion of one of the major continents. The Ancients constrained their expansion by choice, as they had a seemingly unending life, and they kept tight control over procreation. That is strange if we account for the vast amount of uninhabited space and unexploited resources around them. That includes the protean substance known as ‘the essence’ that everyone craves now. This way of life is explained by their culture and moral beliefs. All these scriptures relied on a basic circular logic: i) One affects the environment through consumption. ii) One can consume because he/she can produce. iii) One produces as much as he needs. iv) One’s needs must be contained by his/her patience. v) One must nurture patience through diligence. vi) Diligence is learned by providing to the community. vii) The community is the ultimate protector of the environment. Everything we do must rely on this circle as the power of O’Ree-Jin works in circles.
changedThey understood life as an extension of unity (dependability among self-organizing organisms). As those ideas hold true, one should strive to live its life unattached to need and desire, as excesses may corrupt unity and destroy the systemic balance. The final conclusion is that one must strive to achieve his/her own desires, but that should never come at the cost of the desires of others or the community as a whole. The Ancients hold these beliefs as a moral imperative. That is why they grew so slowly until total stagnation at some point in their history. Although the Ancients were quite an advanced and free society, not having a communal goal more sophisticated than the respect for each other and the ecosystem hindered their apparent advancement and growth. In truth, they were primarily focused on self-knowledge and acquiring a deeper understanding of their community and their place in nature.
changedMost of the time, the Sages didn’t get involved in the decision-making process of most mundane things. In truth, it seems that most of the day to day life was ordained just by custom and the following of the scriptures. Despite all, the sages were admired as those with a better understanding of the scriptures. The Sages understood as no other intimate relationship between the planet as a system, and the essence as the lifeblood of that planet and all the interconnected organisms in it. In that regard, the Sages directed the expansion and evolution of their civilization. That changed during the last centuries of the life of the Ancient species...
Little is known about the civilization that dwelled on O’Ree-Jin (from now on Ancients). Despite all, two things are sure: they were a very advanced civilization in terms of technology and ethics; at the same time, they lacked any kind of space-faring technology and, as so, they lived confined to O’Ree-Jin. These two things can be explained if we take a look at what has been recovered from their archives. O’Ree-Jin is itself small, but even so, the Ancients inhabited a little portion of one of the major continents. The Ancients constrained their expansion by choice, as they had a seemingly unending life, and they kept tight control over procreation. That is strange if we account for the vast amount of uninhabited space and unexploited resources around them. That includes the protean substance known as ‘the essence’ that everyone craves now. This way of life is explained by their culture and moral beliefs. All these scriptures relied on a basic circular logic: i) One affects the environment through consumption. ii) One can consume because he/she can produce. iii) One produces as much as he needs. iv) One’s needs must be contained by his/her patience. v) One must nurture patience through diligence. vi) Diligence is learned by providing to the community. vii) The community is the ultimate protector of the environment. Everything we do must rely on this circle as the power of O’Ree-Jin works in circles.
Around these beliefs emerged basic precepts of how life was organized: They put extreme effort into educating on a systemic understanding of life and nature. All things are related to each other and affect each other. Self-reliance and independence were a significant quality, but society and the community must allow for it.
They understood life as an extension of unity (dependability among self-organizing organisms). As those ideas hold true, one should strive to live its life unattached to need and desire, as excesses may corrupt unity and destroy the systemic balance. The final conclusion is that one must strive to achieve his/her own desires, but that should never come at the cost of the desires of others or the community as a whole. The Ancients hold these beliefs as a moral imperative. That is why they grew so slowly until total stagnation at some point in their history. Although the Ancients were quite an advanced and free society, not having a communal goal more sophisticated than the respect for each other and the ecosystem hindered their apparent advancement and growth. In truth, they were primarily focused on self-knowledge and acquiring a deeper understanding of their community and their place in nature.
To order the cultural and societal affairs of the population, a caste of Sages functioned as an oligarchy. The Sages were mostly members of the earlier generations that formed the Ancient species. Some of them had thousands of years of life and experience. The caste of Sages that functioned as an assembly. The caste was very static, and only when a seat was vacated was another sage able to occupy it. A seat got vacated when a Sage got tired of his/her current life form. When a sage wanted to “return to the planet,” he/she started a slow process of essence extraction from the body, that got re-insufflated into earth pockets rich with the substance. The Sages, as the most longevous people on that planet, were vast containers of the essence that structured life on O’Ree-Jin.
Most of the time, the Sages didn’t get involved in the decision-making process of most mundane things. In truth, it seems that most of the day to day life was ordained just by custom and the following of the scriptures. Despite all, the sages were admired as those with a better understanding of the scriptures. The Sages understood as no other intimate relationship between the planet as a system, and the essence as the lifeblood of that planet and all the interconnected organisms in it. In that regard, the Sages directed the expansion and evolution of their civilization. That changed during the last centuries of the life of the Ancient species...
