If you are a fentanyl addict, you have lost touch with your true self; likewise, if you are obsessed with a political ideology or a religious cult. You can also be lost because you are convinced you are a spiritually awakened being. You may be filled with hatred or bewitched by the idea that you must, at all costs, get rich. You may have a personality disorder or suffer from neurotic guilt and shame. There are endless possibilities to lose touch with oneself. Where do all these crazy ideas come from?
I am not a right-winger, not a left-winger, and not something in between.
I am not a believer, not an atheist, not an agnostic.
I am not a materialist, not an idealist, not a nihilist.
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