i thought i was casting off illusion when i left christianity, and indeed i was, but it would seem that i left one veiled world for another i am told that the mind is itself a veil, constantly filtering a cacophony of inputs into a disorderly stack of papers –
/then we are separated only by (and in accordance with) our own (misguided?) perceptions about ourselves and about each other. /but if we gave those up, we would cease to be ourselves and each other. /that is why we cannot let go, cannot eject;/we endeavor instead to steer our own
When kids ask ‘Why’s the Sky Blue’, adults give them bullshit about the way light refracts through our atmosphere. But that’s not WHY the sky’s blue. That’s how. Right? The mechanics of sky-blueness are interesting and relevant, but they are not WHY the sky is blue. The sky is blue