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The ultimate tragedy: We now have the opportunity to change our nature and escape the animal realm forever, but instead of taking advantage of it, we are taking our situation for granted and trying to live with our eyes closed.
When the truth is realized, people will stop worrying if parts of their bodies are too big or too small, or if they are popular, winners or losers etc.
Fools paradise: We are missing our opportunity to escape the animal realm. We are burying our heads in the sand and hoping some myths will save us. We are busy playing mind games, pleasure seeking instead of truth seeking, and missing an opportunity that we know only comes once every seven-hundred million years. For what? We are not happy living the lie.
All we have to do is acknowledge the truth, but we are doing the opposite and trying to live in a lie. Could anything be more stupid or tragic?
From pages 229-230 of The Present (with religion)
http://www.truthcontest.com/entries/the-present-with-religion