How many gurus, messiahs, cults, and other groups are vying for control and hegemony of Dinarland?
Many, it seems. It is the one ring to rule them all.
Here is the cast of characters:
Liberators: Those who help free the minds of those enslaved by Shadows and who bring people to true Light.
Shadows: Those who manage the Shadow Makers and keep the shadow show going 24/7.
Shadow Makers: Liberated Minds who wander back into the cave, help free others, but who accept a Faustian Deal and are brought back into the scheme to create Shadows to keep Dinarians asleep and enslaved.
Re-Enslavers: Liberators who turn down the Faustian Deal, but now work for themselves by preying upon newly awakened sleepers while they're dazed and confused, and dazzle them with Faux-Lights so they can be re-enslaved by a false light.
Why return to the cave?
Knowledge is power. It is either used for good or for evil, for purely self-serving interests, or for the betterment of all people. There are Cave Dwellers who have managed to leave the cave; they most often join the ranks of the Shadow Makers and subsequently benefit from the continued ignorance of the Cave Dwellers.
Shadow Makers know that Cave Dwellers have come to depend upon, need, and love, Shadows. Thus, Shadow Makers continue to create and provide Shadows to the Cave Dwellers. The newly-freed Cave Dweller is most often offered a place among the Shadow Makers, a station of prestige, a title of honor -- an acknowledgement that they have gazed upon the sun and understand the value of providing Shadows to the Cave Dwellers.
So.
Why would a freed Cave Dweller want to return to the cave? After all, returning to the Cave is a long, painful, and arduous journey of remembering what it was like to live in the darkness amidst his fellow Cave Dwellers. She knows that both the Shadow Makers and the Cave Dwellers will want to discredit her, each for a different reason. Having seen the Shadow Makers in the Light, he now knows why they make Shadows. Having lived among the Cave Dwellers, she knows how afraid they are to break the chains they have forged with the Shadow Makers. So, if he returns, he knows it will be at his own peril. However, if she does not return, she must ask herself if she is better of a human being than the Shadow Makers. After all -- knowledge is power! It is either utilized for good or for evil; for purely self-serving purposes or for the benefit of all the people.
To have freed oneself from the cave, first, curiosity existed, and then application had to be applied to truly see the sun. Thus, he/she/it now has a choice.
If there were already plenty of good like-minded people outside the cave, it might present another alternative, but hey -- maybe not! Can one truly not try, even via the Socratic method, to spark the curiosity of all the remaining Cave Dwellers, when one knows their only other choice is that which the Shadow Makers present them.
If the freed Cave Dwellers possess the same knowledge as the Shadow Makers, perhaps there must be a character issue of integrity concerning how that knowledge is used?
What awakens the sleeper could be something completely opposite of what he most desires. Sometimes, Near Death Experiences work wonders (although this is not the preferred method).
What prevents an awakened Cave Dweller from becoming a Shadow Maker?
If you mean "un"awakened Cave Dweller: Himself. He has the same opportunity to determine what to do with it.
If you mean "awake" Cave Dweller: Herself. She has the same opportunity to determine what to do with it.
Consider "Cypher" from the movie, "The Matrix". He wanted to return to the cave. The Machines lied to him.
The Bottom Line
There is no going back. You can't be plugged back in. You decide to awaken others, stop Shadow Makers, or become a Shadow Maker yourself with a Faustian Deal. Some even pretend to awaken others merely to re-enslave them as they awaken using Faux Lights.
Enki Adoniram