Creating Meaning in a Disinterested Universe

Many westerners still live their lives in this pathology that nitha refers to as the aschetic ideal. The type of thinking that can lead otherwise perfectly reasonable people into a hatred of themselves for feeling the wrong way. We see this tendency towards self condemnation show up in various religious practices through the ritual of asceticism. If you're going to try to create your own s, you'd better make sure they at least serve you in the world you're currently living.