Kafka- Investigations of a dog

Reading this on the way to the land of its author, I was struck by the apparent absurdity of the way in which the dog investigates, by how its rationality is bounded, by how it tries nobly but in vain to probe the meaning behind apparent truths by its quasi-scientific and rational methods. I witness the turmoil of the mind of the dog and how it embarks upon an interestingly (similar to Buddha's) path to reach a closer understanding of the truth.

Also, I am yet agian confornted by the quiet and content majority who are content to leave these important and seemingly unimportant questions unanswered.

Ultimately futile?...maybe.

Frustrating and lonely?...Yes.

Fruitful?....Undoubtedly Yes.

Relooking at "The Matrix"

Socratic wisdom
Gnostic Christainity
Mechanical society
Passive consumerism
Hyper Reality
subject VS object
Ubermensch
The "experience machine"
Free will VS fate VS Determinism
Divine love VS humanistic love
The Eternal Return

Putting yourself into perspective

The next time you feel self-absorbed and all high and mighty about yourself, remember this: Our earth is 4.6 billion years old, bacterium appear 3.5 billion years old, 570 million years ago marine life develop, 5 million years ago the first ape-men appear, common ancestor of modern humans in Africa lived 100 thousand years ago, first recorded human history is 6000 years old...there you go. You are but a molecule of dust among the specks of dust that make up all that we know.

The Happy among us

The more you know, the more you will know that everything is nothing and nothing is everything.

You will then know that you hold no importance over others and you will care less about external validation and care more for internal happiness.
And those who do not care for you will try to change you because they do not understand why and how you can be happy when you are not successful by their standards.

For they are angered at your self-sufficiency for you truly treat yourself as special, as above their games which is something that they cannot do. So they will scorn you and trip you by using their tools of domination. But they can never take away your true knowledge and happiness.

Do not hate them. Instead, understand them.

And when you are truly unburdened by humanly ties and negatives, try to guide them to be self-sufficient in their route to happiness too