“Study the past if you would divine the future.”
Confucius
Once upon a time, at the peak of a high craggy mountain, there was a magical Crystal Ball whose creator had made sure was passed through the generations from the beginning until the end of time.
Seekers from all lands would journey up the mountain to question the orb, knowing that the answers would always reflect the truth. For this reason the wealthiest and the poorest would struggle up the mountain, sacrifice everything and pay any price.
“Oh, beautiful Orb, will I be rich?”
“Lovely Crystal Ball, will I find true and lasting love?”
“Oh, great Sphere, will I find fulfillment in a faraway land?”
And always the answers were true.
The Crystal Ball, sitting on its ornate silver base, grew very smug through the centuries and millennia, revealing truth to those who sought its magic. The keepers of the orb grew wealthier and wealthier with each of its predictions. They watched the deep mists gather, swirling inside the gleaming crystal, mesmerizing the questioners, before suddenly and mysteriously showing clearly the answer they sought.
While the Crystal Ball grew prouder and prouder and more and more self-satisfied and the seekers grew more and more astounded and amazed, the keepers of the orb smiled knowingly, for they alone were privy to the maker’s secret; the Crystal Ball was actually no more and no less than a perfect mirror.
"Wherever you go, there you are."
attributed to Confucius
attributed to Confucius
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