The Matchstick

PART-I It was a critical phase in the rise of human consciousness when ancient men learned to exploit the secrets of nature. They started seeing patterns in the world; from days and nights to seasons, the movement of stars, weather, and human life itself. They observed that nature works in cycles. Every beginning is followed by an end, and every end leads to a new beginning. They started symbolizing nature and its repeating cycles. However, this consciousness was not risen in every human being. In fact, most of the early people were unaware of these truths and were almost unable to comprehend the reason behind things. Only a small fraction was receptive to these new ideas and they were considered being crazy by others for having these very kind of strange ideas. For the common folks, there was no pattern, it was just as it was. The concept of an almighty creator God was not yet fully developed in that primitive human culture but mankind has started to believe, that there was a super...