the everyday world is an illusion. i don't mean this in a metaphysical sense; the atoms and walls are "really there". what i mean is that the ideology of the everyday world is illusionary. for example, people strive for money and buy things and think that would make them happy; but it won't. or they think if they would be famous, like a rockstar, they would be happy; but they won't. so people in this society live a life fueled by illusion from the cradle to the grave.
a lot of groups in the 20th century realized this; the surrealists, the hippies, the punks, a lot of ravers... they realized how shallow and empty the everyday world is. but the more sophisticated amongst them all made the same error: they thought in order to escape the everyday misery, they needed to go *below* the illusion; towards bare reality without the societial ideology. and this was the deadest dead end one could imagine; and a lot of them quit these efforts very fast and rotated back to the illusions of the everyday society; if they not found a worse fate and wrecked their lifes in this quest for "reality".
the truth is that this attempt can be compared to a person living in prison, who is fed by the dream of being again free some day in the future; if he quits that dream, all he has is the everyday prison experience; horrible. if you believe in societies lies while being stuck in them, at least you have some solace; if you're disillusioned but still have to face society each day, this is worse.
so what is the solution? not going below the illusion, but *above* it. to free yourself from the limits of everyday society; to became an idealist. to dream, to believe in adventure, in freedom, in justice, in liberty, in hope and truth; and sticking to these dreams and ideals. this way you can truly rise above everyday society, forget about the boredom and dread of the so-called "real world", and truly be free.
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