On the farm we live only on the purest level. We never think. We only
do what needs doing. We plant. We harvest. We eat. We plant again. In the
intervals, we do nothing. We sit in silence.
Some of us have only just arrived, while some of us have been here
for our whole lives. But regardless the duration of our stay, we are all here
for the same reason: to live free of the bonds of anything that is not the
most basic necessity of persistence. We do not bother ourselves with the
outside world because it only breeds dissatisfaction.
There is nothing to be gained from a sense of gain. Any concept of
anything larger than the immediate necessities is extraneous. We strive to
experience life in its true and unadulterated form, free of constructs,
concepts, and relative perceptions. Our only goal is to live in perfect
harmony with our own instinctual nature.
On occasion others, from the outside, come to visit us and
experience our way of life. A few of them choose to stay but most of them are
too attached to the transient pleasures of the outside world. They get bored.
They do not understand that true fulfillment arises from not seeking
fulfillment in the first place. All of the answers lie right in front of
us.
In these modern times, fraught with petty attachment and undirected
passion, it's hard for people to see the value of the way that we live. They
always demand some kind of explanation. They do not understand that the
existential platform on which we rest is one of self-evidence.
They always crave something "more" than what they actually
need without realizing that nothing "more" will help to fill the
gaping voids within them. All their arguments are baseless, and all their
priorities unfounded. They do not realize this. We, of course, do. If all
arguments are baseless then do not argue. If all cares are unfounded then
caring will only lead to frustration. So do not care.
Sometimes the people who erringly choose to cut their visit short
accuse us of delusion. Fools. They cannot possibly see that they are the ones
living in delusion. They say that we are missing out on many
"fundamental aspects of the human experience." How can they truly
believe that their shallow and superfluous endeavors are vital to the process
of life?
We do not let ourselves be swayed by such confused prattle. For we
know that ours is the only way to liberation. Why involve one's self with
silly social interactions when all that they lead to is pain and suffering?
They are the ones who are missing out by insisting on pulling the wool over
their own eyes. They are wrong. We are right. So let them go their foolish
ways while we remain in constancy.
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