Reality Is Fragile

James Kahng
1 min readJan 31, 2022

There’s a reason why people feel compelled to defend themselves instinctually.

Or are afraid of moving out of their communities.

Or prefer to listen to people who agree with them.

It is because our objective sense of reality is false.

Reality is not so simple that you can know you have the “right perspective”.

Our egos know this and would rather not send you into an existential crisis. So it encourages you to hide in self-reinforcing environments.

There is one problem with this approach. It is inherently untruthful.

You protect your ego for the short-term. But you remain stupid.

The only solution? Go the complete opposite direction. Expose yourself to ego-destroying perspectives.

Descend into doubt. Change your life and your relationships. Be sent adrift because you don’t know what is true anymore.

My promise is this. We are built to persevere. So your ego will reform after all of this… with the new perspectives included. And you will gain the wisdom that allows you to interact in truth with reality.

Now, I’m not sure if EVERYONE finds their way after this journey. So I should also recommend that you find a guide.

A teacher who can convince you that this journey is worth taking. And then, take it.

This will be a necessary step for every person who seeks peace in the world. We are all enclosed in our egos.

And to gain a worldview that includes more, this fortress must be demolished to make way for a more modern building.

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James Kahng

Living with abandon. We are born into life, skydivers without a parachute.