if you want freedom, sit still

life in highly industrialized, high-income societies is emotionally and physically overwhelming. most people don't know, nor recognize this. humans are animals, subject to conditioning as any organism with a nervous system is. you are not free. you have been lead to believe that you are, but you are not. can you truly do whatever you want, to get whatever society tells you that you need, without any consequences? there is a cost to all behavior, yet we have been conditioned to not consider that. when confronted with any challenge to what we are "supposed" to be doing at any given point, we get scared, angry, resentful, dismissive.

the human organism is not adapted to modern, urban, social life. we have not evolved enough to live in cities and be comfortable. our bodies are wired to live among small groups of people that all know each other, not massive urban areas, where everyone is a stranger. ever wonder why people spend so much time shopping, doomscrolling, drinking, watching videos, using porn, gambling, driving fast, and overeating? it's their attempt to find comfort amidst the relentless sensory bombardment of sound, visuals, kinetics that are the hallmarks of urban environments. they think they are free because they can do any or all of these things as often as they can afford to. sadly, they will never find the comfort, nor the freedom that they think they enjoy.

to get that comfort, that freedom, that peace, all people need to do is sit still, that is where comfort, freedom, peace lives.