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My Personal Search for a Meaningful Existence


I am the representative embodiment of my nihilistic culture. I am
narcissistic, insatiable, petty, apathetic and I am above all an emotional
invalid. Yet, up until very recently, I was not consciously aware that I was
guilty of having any of these wholly pejorative attributes, because I had
unconsciously suppressed my inherent will to attain a meaningful existence, in
favor of the comfort and security that complacency and futility provide. There
exists in me a void, that is not uncommon to find in the members of my
Eurocentric society, which is derived from the conscious or unconscious
knowledge that our culture is entirely devoid of meaning. This is, more
specifically, the plight of my generation, which has been defined by its
disillusionment, apathy and inaction, rather than its accomplishments, beliefs
or ideologies. Escapism is the safety mechanism that enables our flight from
actuality, and subsequently our ability to exist,......

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