There are two kinds of sufferers in this world: those who suffer from a lack of life and those who suffer from an overabundance of life. I've always found myself in the second category. When you come to think of it, almost all human behavior and activity is not essentially any different from animal behavior. The most advanced technologies and craftsmanship bring us, at best, up to the super-chimpanzee level. Actually, the gap between Newton or Einstein and the average human, is greater than the gap between that chimpanzee and the average human. The realm of the real spirit, the true artist, is rarely achieved.

Why so few? Why is world history and evolution not stories of progress but rather this endless and futile addition of recurrent events? Look at philosophy, look at spiritualism, even law and justice for that matter, No greater values have been developed. Hell, the Greeks and Egyptians 3,000 years ago were just as advanced as we are, today. What are the barriers that keep people from reaching anywhere near their real potential?

The answer to that can be found in another question, and that's this: Which is the most universal human characteristic - fear or laziness?