When H.H. (Hephaestus Han) Lowbeam first opened his eyes, he saw the world as it was: beautiful, loving, sweet, caring, prejudiced, jealous, angry, evil and so much more. He could not resist the temptation to draw himself into the open, vulnerable to attacks by the things he saw. So he closed his eyes, and said to himself, 'I shall open my eyes and face the world once I am ready to fight it. For now, I shall enclose myself in my own world, viewing the rest with a third person's eyes.' Thus it began, the long journey of self-denial, self-fufilment, and self-enlightenment.
Of the goals of life
What do we do in life? Is it not the fulfilment of the body, and thus the fufilment of the mind? Or are we bounded by other duties, and must fulfill them too?
First we want to eat, for we need it as nutrients to keep ourselves living. Then we want to taste, for the mind need a sense of satisfaction. Soon, we have stringent preferences because of duties like religion. The purpose for eating evolves throughout the ages, and new thinkings bring about new purposes to eat. I admire those who eat because they're hungry. They are the happy ones.
Is it not true then in any case? Now, we often do things without seeing the need. Unnecessary actions have a new name now: Rules. We follow rules, simply because they are rules. Certain rules may have their moral purposes, but some others are just there for privileged groups to enjoy the benefits. I say: Forget the rules and behave! A true civilised man should not be bound by rules, but be born with them and follow them naturally.
Therefore, the goals in life should not be to follow the rules conscientiously, or even to break them purposely. We should live beyond rules, and see them as milestones, and not checkpoints.
