being part of the world, not an observer

Feeling gloomy is normal. People like him, who want everything, are destined to live unhappily.

Yes, I actually understood everything—I just preferred to pretend I didn’t.

Just like how I was truly in pain, but liked to act as if I wasn’t.

I wasn’t truly foolish.

It was just that Master had taught me that living too clearly, too knowingly, was tiresome.

In this world, it’s much happier to play the fool and enjoy life.

“People who are direct are generally in touch with themselves and their desires. People who are habitually indirect usually aren’t. This is because people who are indirect don’t have much experience with their inner world making contact with the outer world. They sit and theorize instead of saying it out loud and seeing... See more