We live in an illusion-somewhat 'cause of our senses.Hinduism-maya (illusion)says so, too, although I don't believe in religion.Does religion not give people a firm grip at life? Does it not lie out all which life has to offer, and deprive individuals of wondering? Religion keeps structure in our insane world. People do not wonder, they do not question Truth because for them, they “know” what to live for, they believe they know the truth, written in their holy scripture-they are conditioned to believe certain reasoning, say, from their caregivers. But they are not to blame. Mankind cannot stand not knowing. For if they did never know the truth, it would drive them insane wondering. They need to be confident that they are stable in life, that they do not live in an illusion, that they are experiencing ‘reality’. What they do not know, they make up, they lie, they deceive themselves. I think mad men (geniuses) go insane and commit suicide because they get to close to the truth.
2007-04-29
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