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Originally Posted by Architype
^ Every ascending generation tries to find new and better meaning through clarification, it's an explicating quest but it isn't effectual or absolute in resolution or people like Timothy Leary & Alan Watts would have huge religious followings rivalling Jesus. There is only so much you can do to figure out existence in a lifetime, short of hanging pictures of ones navel on the wall to facilitate such contemplation with ease of viewing. Relax & enjoy the ride.  |
It just is that, isn’t it?
When one reads about the Beat Generation searching for ‘it’, or Timothy Leary peddling enlightenment through acid for $3 a hit, or the jaded cynicism of Gen X as they already knew of the dead-ends before they even came of age, the theme is constant. The theme of searching for something more to life.
Even the Millennials - in that brief window before reality ran them over (moreso in the United States than here) - thought they were leading the charge for something greater. Not sure if the Zoomers even care, or hold that optimism though.
Alas, reality doesn’t care. The churn continues on.