Endless Wisdom: Chapter 2
- What People Missed While Studying the Lucifer Effect.
People often speak of the Lucifer Effect as though it were proof that “situations corrupt the individual.” They point to prisons, wars, politics, or wealth as the cause of human downfall. Yet situations are not living forces on their own; they are created, shaped, and sustained by people themselves.
A corrupt prison is not born from stone walls, but from the cruelty of its keepers. An unjust system is not born from laws written on paper, but from the desires and fears of those who enforce them. Even wealth and poverty are not neutral states, they reveal the way a person chooses to act when given abundance or scarcity.
This means the root of corruption does not lie in the outer situation, but in the human heart. Circumstances are only mirrors, reflecting what already exists within. When people forget this, they blame the mirror for their own fractures.
From a deeper perspective, the Lucifer Effect is not simply a matter of psychology, but a reminder of how man projects his inner state outward. The world becomes a stage built from countless reflections of fragmented souls, and people are then surprised when these fragments collide and wound one another.
The true battle is not between man and circumstance, but between man and his own ignorance. If we can behold ourselves, then no situation, rich or poor, harsh or gentle can corrupt the soul. And eventually, one must also learn how to unlearn, efficiently, so that the mind remains free from haze.
The world bends as the heart bends, a ripple of a forbidden touch.