We have a society that is unbelievably good at at escaping/avoiding/differing the difficult questions in life. We have every distraction under the sun to comfort us (but only temporarily) and we have every solution in the world to fix the symptoms of an incomplete existence, but never the source of the darkness in our hearts.
Self help this, Oprah help that, mind over matter this, good advice that... for those of you who like Oprah please forgive my cynicism, but like Frederick Nietzsche, the best intended thoughts and advice will admittedly take you some distance, but if they are ultimately hollow... when fulfilled to their full consequences, you will be left more broken, more lost and reeling at the pain of the betrayal of what was suppose to be your salvation.
That is why we need to think! We need to look at what we believe and truly apply it not only to the fires of reason and logic, but to the questions of our heart, and their day to day application.
Why do we exist? Who are we? What is the ultimate meaning of my life? What is my real purpose in this world? What happens when I die? Does it really matter what I do? what I think?
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