Demonstrating a Good Life
Demonstrating a Good Life
There are various incidents in the story of Gilgamesh that demonstrates the way to live a good life. Throughout the years that in many different things to enlighten your life. For instance, "Don't go where money is go where your heart is," Remove negative thoughts, and charity begins at home. The Epic of Gilgamesh was always considered to be the greatest work of ancient Mesopotamia and the earliest of the world literature. The main character Gilgamesh went through many trials and errors in the quest for immortality. The transformation Gilgamesh goes though under the mountain passage through Mount Mashu, is a true self-realization of walking through the darkest moments of your life. Gilgamesh telling the story of his friend Enikidu's death to the keeper, realizing all human life must come to an end. Chasing on something that we cannot have, demonstrates the ultimate way in not having a wonderful life. With further digging and studying in this great tale I font think no one can deny how magnificent this epic quest really was and still is.
When the scorpion monster opens the gateway to the mountain, Gilgamesh entered into utter darkness in which it was hard for him to find his way. “He opened (the scorpion monster) to him the gateway of the mountain, Gilgamesh entered the mountain.” Gilgamesh preceded without the company of anybody. After one hour the darkness was very dense with absolutely no light, he made his way to the end of that league single handedly. He continued his journey until the twelfth hour, which he finally saw the sun light. The journey made Gilgamesh deal with his inner thinking. The dark symbolized the unexplained, unheard-of, or unrevealed. With these characteristics we as human beings tend to aim our worst problems to them. Instead of dealing with them and facing them they create problems with our lives. Like a domino effect when one part shutdown it creates problems in our daily living. Making it to the end of the
There are various incidents in the story of Gilgamesh that demonstrates the way to live a good life. Throughout the years that in many different things to enlighten your life. For instance, "Don't go where money is go where your heart is," Remove negative thoughts, and charity begins at home. The Epic of Gilgamesh was always considered to be the greatest work of ancient Mesopotamia and the earliest of the world literature. The main character Gilgamesh went through many trials and errors in the quest for immortality. The transformation Gilgamesh goes though under the mountain passage through Mount Mashu, is a true self-realization of walking through the darkest moments of your life. Gilgamesh telling the story of his friend Enikidu's death to the keeper, realizing all human life must come to an end. Chasing on something that we cannot have, demonstrates the ultimate way in not having a wonderful life. With further digging and studying in this great tale I font think no one can deny how magnificent this epic quest really was and still is.
When the scorpion monster opens the gateway to the mountain, Gilgamesh entered into utter darkness in which it was hard for him to find his way. “He opened (the scorpion monster) to him the gateway of the mountain, Gilgamesh entered the mountain.” Gilgamesh preceded without the company of anybody. After one hour the darkness was very dense with absolutely no light, he made his way to the end of that league single handedly. He continued his journey until the twelfth hour, which he finally saw the sun light. The journey made Gilgamesh deal with his inner thinking. The dark symbolized the unexplained, unheard-of, or unrevealed. With these characteristics we as human beings tend to aim our worst problems to them. Instead of dealing with them and facing them they create problems with our lives. Like a domino effect when one part shutdown it creates problems in our daily living. Making it to the end of the