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Aussie105

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12. It needs to be a mystery.

Reply to GenThePerservering (Reply #7)

Thu May 28, 2026, 01:03 AM

Thursday

Any voyage of self-discovery and realization of the sham we live in needs to come from within, from introspective cogitation and analysis.
Questioning the basic things you have accepted all your life.

I'm 77 and have been on that journey for about 20 years now.
Before that, I blindly accepted the way in which I was told to accept and act in the world.

It's all a bit of a con, and realizing what it is and how to work through and around it is up to the individual.

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