Each day passes, more or less the same. The world is apparently in chaos and crisis. I am not. So, what can the world learn from me? First of all, one should mind one’s own business. Don’t step over other people’s boundaries unless you want them to step over yours. We are only passing through. There is no need to die prematurely by living far too energetically in desperate vanity. No-one really cares; nor will anyone in the future. Just focus on things that give you meaning in the here and now – that’s about as close to any certitude or joy you will ever come. Realize that you are a sentient part of a sentient nature/ the overall biosphere. If you think you’re on top and somehow separate, the biosphere will correct you until you get it right (or perish). Never trust anyone who claims there is only one god. That person just hasn’t traveled enough yet. Many of these people also take a pride in their infantile insularity. They should therefore be shunned or re-educated. Integrate...

  To what degree should one engage with one’s surroundings and with so called current affairs? The extreme positions of Pro and Contra can absolutely be satisfactory in the short term. But most often these positions aren’t kept for one’s own genuine benefit but for show. People who are very Pro or very Contra very much like for that to be known to others. It’s not enough to have the opinion in question – the world also needs to know. Could it be that opinions – and especially strong opinions – are actually nothing more than desperate signals; signaling a need for acknowledgement? Could it be that some people want attention – negative or positive – to the degree that they adopt a point of view and an attitude that might not even be fully resonant with their genuine self? That this is true for the Pro angle we already know: people will join an opinion in a group to be able to fit into the group, and thereby find acknowledgment and Zusammenheit (togetherness). What about the Contra...