The Weaver’s Songs, 161-63, Kabir

To conquer the world is to live in it freely. And to live in it freely is to end attachment to the earth and its people. As if their might will ever bend to your will. It is best to walk alone with dharma.

What is it?

Updated definition of masochism from the works of Lowen and Reich

Against skepticism

The lower half masterfully explains the lack of separation between the object and the experience of the object, as empiricists warned about centuries ago. There is surely a separation, and with no buffer between one’s attitudes, preconceptions, and biases and the world, we may slip into an insidious type of nihilism that leaves one largely distrustful and cynical of the world around them.