One must still have chaos in oneself to be able to give birth to a dancing star.
I watched some youtube videos on Friedrich Nietzsche today, he certainly wasn't a person you could accuse of having everything his own way. From his dad dying during childhood to contracting syphilis from a brothel and then to be forsaken by the love of his life it almost seems a Greek tragedy of which the philosopher studied intensely. I find it interesting how Nietzsche discovered Schopenhauer's works and at first completely embraced the pessimism and sad outlook on life, until he wrestled the concept of the Will free of his fore bearer turning the will that was in Schopenhauer's philosophy the root of all human pain and suffering:
"Suppose that, with the exception of some sore or painful spot, we are physically in a sound and healthy condition: the sore of this one spot, will completely absorb our attention, causing us to lose the sense of general well-being, and destroying all our comfort in life. In the same way, when all our affairs but one turn out as we wish, the single instance in which our aims are frustrated is a constant trouble to us, even though it be something quite trivial. We think a great deal about it, and very little about those other and more important matters in which we have been successful. In both these cases what has met with resistance is the will" (Counsel and Maxims)
Into a positive and life affirming attribute, Nietzsche arguing that:
"One must still have chaos in oneself to be able to give birth to a dancing star"
The will of sorrow thus turns into un-ending source of fuel that confirms Nietzsche great belief that what all human beings really want is the power to transform our lives and achieve what we never thought possible. A dream turned into reality. A lonely German man who had almost no friends except Richard Wagner Nietzsche firmly believed in the ability to enjoy a second wind in life achieving things that we once deemed out of reach and only possible for others or before are lives went off the rails. The reason for Nietzsche totally embrace of our own particular life pitfalls, highs and lows warts and all was because he knew destiny came about in completely different ways and if one could only embrace one's life completely even if it meant living it forever and ever you would indeed find for oneself a life beyond good and evil above the masses of 'medocracy' you would become Super-human the true potential of humanity.
A great analysis of "Thus Spoke Zarathustra" by Philosopher Brian Johnson
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