let's take off the sugercoated glasses, shall we?

The world is simply what it is, and our understanding of it as good or bad is purely subject, and relative to our position within that world.

I'm sure quite a lot of our contradictions in understanding do arise from the ego. And as much of a fan of mushrooms as I am, I don't think they're a quick solution to the problem. Rather, I think they can create whole new problems in which one thinks they're becoming enlightened, but through the use of mushrooms rather than through development as a person. What a bitter trip that would be, huh?