I thought it was funny! It seems to me that the average person is inclined to distract themselves with a constant stream of content and activity because they know that, in its absence, a gnawing sense of existential dread will emerge. This existential dread reveals that, fundamentally, they have no idea what is going on in life. Suffice it to say, that uncertainty is terrifying. As a result, the average person is very busy constructing and protecting their worldview and the beliefs that it is made up of. Honestly acknowledging to oneself that you don’t know what is happening in life requires a great deal of courage.
That is why, as far as I can tell, getting onto the path requires equal measures of open-mindedness and skepticism. Open-mindedness is essential because there may well be more to life than what meets the eye, and skepticism is necessary to begin appreciating the ways in which you may be deluding yourself.
