The ironic truth is that at the same time as we seek to learn about how to be happy alone, within ourselves, not due to external circumstance; we must simultanously seek to attain deeper, more authentic, and more intimate relationships with others.

It’s a balance act.

And it is not something we should ever attempt through a process of imitation. Imitation of the good, is never goodness, it is only imitation. I do believe, based on evidence, that it is in reality the truth which ultimately sets us free. And we have to be authentic to who we actually are, not who we want to pretend to be, or what we pretend to know, in order to even begin the first steps on that journey.

The truth I have experienced in my life so far is this, the realization that those moments of peak experience give us, and the depth of their profundity, is actually cheapened by the inclusion of superstition.

And when we let go of all that we hold no evidence for, we are actually given a freedom we would otherwise not experience. A freedom which offers us the volition to move forward to a greater, and deeper understanding of the universe we live in, and the way we live within it.