Falling Out of Orbit

To move the world, you must first move the heart. Not through brute force, but through resonance — because the heart is the world. It is the beating center of human endeavor. Just as the Sun is the heart of the solar system, our own hearts lie at the center of all that we are and all that we stand for.

We often speak of the heart as the soul’s symbol, and for good reason — our heart is what allows us to live, to feel, to be. It is the piece of the puzzle that fits anywhere, because in truth, it is the board. Your heart is the soul of your vessel, moving your body through life so that you may experience what it truly means to exist.

Your heart is where your soul sleeps — and when your heart awakens, so will your spirit. Only then will you accomplish whatever it is you truly desire in this life. Only then will you make it happen.

But too many people refuse to acknowledge their human existence. It’s as if the very technology we’ve built has begun to erode our sense of identity. Not that technology itself is bad — but I believe humanity is better. Or at the very least, can be.

We are slipping into an uncomfortable reality, where human connection is fraying. Where relatability between individuals is fading. Too many opinions now collide like wild animals in a frenzy — each one desperate to dominate the rest.

We focus on things that don’t truly matter, while things that do seem forgotten. Status, greed, superiority — these have taken center stage. But status is an illusion. Power, when pursued without soul, becomes emptiness in disguise.

Society’s structures, too, are illusionary — constructed barriers that we are told cannot be questioned, altered, or reimagined. And yet, these same structures are reshaped daily by the very few who’ve handpicked themselves to govern the rest. They are no different than us — they are human beings, just as we are. And while it’s natural for humans to govern other humans (as history has shown us time and again), in surrendering to that structure, we often lose our drive to govern ourselves.

And still — there is so much hate in the world today. So much division between people who have never met, who know nothing about each other. Rather than seeking to understand someone’s views directly, we judge them through the filter of our own. But I will tell you now — this way of thinking will not survive the future that lies before us.

I cannot fully comprehend how we arrived at such a tumultuous time, where thoughts, ideas, and ideologies govern our lives to the point of separation — even from those who might otherwise enrich us. We live in a world where every person shares one great commonality: the uniqueness of their being. And yet we trade that uniqueness for conformity — aligning ourselves with ideas that don’t fully reflect who we are.

When people speak of individuality versus collectivism, they often forget: a collective is only formed by individuals. And those individuals — diverse, contrasting, alive — must find common ground within the same universal circle. Without individuality, the collective becomes hollow, using and discarding the very people who gave it life.

Think of our solar system. It does not contain eight Earths orbiting a larger Earth. It contains one Earth. Several unique planets. One Sun. Countless moons and fragments in motion. This is how I see human society. A Societal System. Our society is the Sun — and we are the celestial bodies that orbit it. But we are beginning to fall out of orbit. And we are starting to collide.

It pains me to witness this. Because I am just an ordinary person, like you, like anyone. To understand society as a whole, you must start by understanding the individuals within it. Yet when we hyper-focus on individual traits, we forget the wider pattern. We divide society, forming smaller, more exclusive groups — each with narrow interests, limited influence, and rigid boundaries. Like cults in miniature.

And while those smaller collectives may offer belonging, they often become irrelevant when you zoom out to view the larger human picture. And that larger picture — the one that truly matters — always begins with the individual.