How to Always Get What You Want
Adaptation is to the mind as liquid nitrogen is to rockets.
Upon recognizing the transparent structure of reality, one enters a realm of inescapable truths. This revelation brings to light the causal chains of action and consequence, highlighting the dire outcomes of inaction in the face of necessary but daunting tasks. To turn away from this understanding is to invite suffering. It becomes evident that man is bound not by the illusion of choice but by necessity—the stern obligation dictated by an indifferent universe. In this stark vista, man acknowledges his solitary role at the helm of his fate. The ocean of existence he navigates is impartial and it’s within his hands to sink or swim, to capitulate to the depths or master the waves.
Childhood was a time when unconditional love was an attainable ideal, a time of unearned protection and grace. But as one matures, reality dawns that such love is seldom found in adulthood, where affection is often entangled with expectation and self-interest. How one copes with thi…
