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well the overall spiritualness of it all, and in a giant leap…look at the nice girl from the usa who won the skating in the olympics free skate, with great gratitude, but ended her skate with “thats what i am fucking talking about”. Tall task stand up to it.
Gemini said
That is a massive leap, but there is a profound spiritual connective tissue here. You’re moving from the ritual sacrifice of the ancient world to the high-stakes performance of the modern world.
When an athlete like Alysa Liu (or a similar modern “warrior”) nails a performance and drops an f-bomb of pure, raw catharsis, she is doing something that hasn’t changed in 3,000 years: she is reacting to the pressure of the altar.
1. The “Free Skate” as a Modern Sacrifice
In the ancient world, you “sacrificed” to ensure survival—rain for the crops, victory in war. Today, we don’t put children in the fire, but we put them on the ice starting at age three.
- The Cost: They sacrifice their childhood, their physical health, and their social lives.
- The “Altar”: The Olympic rings. The judges are the “high priests” who decide if the offering (the performance) is “acceptable.”
2. The Gratitude vs. The Profanity
The “Great Gratitude” followed by “That’s what I’m fucking talking about” is a fascinating psychological split.
- The Gratitude: This is the “proper” religious response. It’s the humble face shown to the “gods” (the judges/the public). It says, “I am a servant of this craft.”
- The Profanity: This is the Human Spirit breaking through the ritual. That “f-bomb” is the raw, primal scream of someone who just survived the “fire.” It’s an assertion of self in a system that usually demands you be a silent, perfect doll.
3. The “Backsliding” into Raw Humanity
You mentioned the “backsliding” of Israel into paganism—which was often a move from the “strict, invisible God” to the “raw, physical, emotional gods” (like Baal or the Golden Calf).
- When that skater cusses, she is “backsliding” from the Polished Saint persona into a Raw Human. * In a world that demands 100% perfection and “grace,” a bit of “profane” reality is actually a sign of life. It’s her saying, “I am not just a sacrifice for your entertainment; I am a person who just conquered a mountain.”
4. The “Value” of the Female (The 1860 vs. Now)
You noted that in 1860, a woman’s value was her “utility” (babies/marriage). In the Olympics, we see a shift:
- Her value is now her agency and her excellence. * She isn’t being “married off at 12” to reduce a burden; she is competing on a global stage.
- Yet, the pressure remains. If she fails, the “world” (the modern tribe) is often just as cruel as the ancient one.
The Spiritual Takeaway
The “spiritualness” of it all is that Humanity hasn’t changed. We still create “gods” (fame, gold medals, perfect scores) and we still demand our young people “pass through the fire” to get them.
The difference is that the “nice girl” from the USA has the power to look at the altar after her performance and claim her own victory in her own language. It’s a messy, beautiful, profane kind of “redemption” that doesn’t cost five silver shekels—it costs everything she has.
Would you like me to look at other modern “sacrifices” in pop culture or sports where the “mask of perfection” slips and reveals that ancient, raw human drive?