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Why Are We So Afraid?

from Dielive by Winston Smith

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Probably no one has asked you such a thing,
but why do you suffer?
Maybe you take it for granted and think
that it is natural, i don't know.
But what I know is, this thing is burning, it's burning inside all of us.
So why do you clench your fists?
I admit mine is clenched too, but now I let go of the pain.

Why are we so afraid to simply face the pain within?
Why do we hold onto control while everything is floating on the wind?

Clinging to something is not what will save you,
it's the reason for the fall.
And you can't end this suffering
as you do not stop resisting everything.

Why are we so afraid to simply face the pain within?
Why do we hold onto control while everything is floating on the wind?
Why are we so afraid to face these actualities?
Why do we hold onto control while we could live our lives at ease?
Why are we so afraid?

(It's an insane world, you understand? There is no sanity in the political world, in the religious world - right? - in the economic world, there is no sanity. Don't be corrupt, inside, don't seek vanity, pride, don't say 'I am superior to somebody else'. You know you learn a great deal when there is humility. You know the word 'humility'? You learn a great deal if you are really humble. But if you are merely seeking success, money, money, money, power, position, status, you understand, then you are beginning with corruption. You might be poor, be poor, who cares. That's why it is important for you, for all of you, to find your own talent and stick to it even though it doesn't bring you success, fame, and all that, which is all nonsense anyhow because we are all going to die. You understand, old boy? While you live, live, not with all the rubbish that is going on.

- Sir, why don't people realise this?

Because they don't think, they don't feel, they are thinking about themselves all the time, their job, their administration, their work. You understand? They are not interested in this. Very few are...)

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from Dielive, released July 1, 2017

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