The task of finding reality is easier said than done.

It requires seeing how everything is connected to everything else.

It requires sacrificing both dependence and independence to interdependence.

It requires seeing past cultural conditioning, religious indoctrination, and societal brainwashing.

In short:

it requires doing as Miyamoto Musashi suggested, "Think lightly of yourself and deeply of the world"...

The cosmos created the star that exploded to create the carbon that created the earth that evolved to create life which evolved to create you. It's all connected...

The acorn's task is to fulfill its purpose and become a tree. The caterpillar's task is to fulfill its purpose and become a butterfly. The eaglet's task is to fulfill its purpose and become an eagle.

Likewise, the immature (egocentric, uninitiated, unenlightened) human's task is to fulfill its purpose by becoming a mature (soul-centric, initiated, enlightened) human.

Human maturity requires seeing reality the way it is. The reality is that nature made you a human.

And becoming a mature human requires living up to your fullest, most virtuous potential.
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This kind of character creates an anti-fragile spirit despite an otherwise fragile and spiritless world.

With a character such as this, you can stand tall, strong, sincere, and fierce. You are a true force of nature to be reckoned with. A dynamo amidst dominoes. A lion amongst men.

With the sharpness of your mettle, you're able to cut through all 'golden calves', superficial hierarchies, and delusions of grandeur.

You're able to cut through all so-called 'authorities'...

Indeed,

the only authority is "to cut."

The only answer is to question.

Everything is a building block.

Everything is a whetstone.

The only sin is unfulfilled potential.

It is the darkest place you can sink.

It's the only thing worthy of fear.

The only true failure is to abdicate the responsibility of fulfilling your potential...

So,

you abdicate to no one.

No authority.

No State.

No God.

Not even Death…