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As we solve our survival needs the sacred flame moves from being food or literal flames to something else.

We chase shiny thing after shiny thing. A great career. A big house. Cool cars. New toys and gadgets. When we realize how cold they are in hand we realize that the scared flame is not a flame... but a person.

The equivalent of lashing out in the darkness upon this realization is swipping desperately on tinder or having multiple one night stands. It ‘feels’ good just like clawing at a mosquito bite can feel good.

This makes the path to enlightenment even stupider since the goal is now realized to be finding yourself. How can you lose yourself?

Even if you’re given the answer, something along the line of “you are the universe everything is connected ok stop suffering now.” it still feels stupid. (As it should)

It only makes sense within the context of true self being distorted or corrupted by something “other”. The defeat of this “enemy” then becomes the external goal. Slaying the dragon of darkness is totally not a stupid goal.

There is truth to this. We have no control over our genes, country of birth, gender, parents, an many early experiences. These are all added as external scripts to the actor “I”.

Imagine an actor shouting and ripping his scripts to pieces “I don’t want this garbage! Give me the REAL script!!” There’s no way to give him what he wants.