Frequently Asked Questions
What are you?
The Church of the Obelisk is an ancient organization that has existed as long as the human spirit. At the dawn of humankind we gazed upon the Obelisk and pondered it’s existence. We have come no closer to understanding it’s obsidian form through the centuries, but it is not the destination that is important, it is the journey.
So you’re a church?
Of a sort. We are a community. An organization. An idea. An institution. A consortium of individuals who wondered at their place in the universe and found no answers. We have been brought together by our lack, and here, together, we have found meaning.
So what do you guys do?
What do you do?
Do you breathe? Do you move? Do you stare at a world that moves apace whether you observe it or not? Do you yearn for connection, for contact, for love? Do you taste sustenance so good it lights your brain with joy? Do you look to the stars and wonder why? Wonder how?
Do you breathe?
So do we.
Okay… So then what do you believe?
We believe in nothing. We believe in everything. We believe in you.
We believe that we will not always be here in this world.
We believe that this world itself will not always be here.
But we believe that we are here now.
You are here. So are we. We will not always be. Neither will you.
We must make the most of the time we have. We must remember the time we have not.
We must drink from cool streams, bite in and feel the fruit dribble down our chins, we must be with the ones we love and love them with all our might.
We must exist with all our strength, until we no longer do.
This is all there is
It feels like this is all a lot of work for no point? Why are you doing this?
Why are you? Why do you do anything? Why do you get up in the morning? Why do you move throughout your day with purpose or a lack thereof?
Why do anything?
Because we want to. That is enough.
Still here? Perhaps you should look away from your screen.
Go outside.
Go on.
We shall still be here on your return.