I Hope This is Clear

Obscurantism is a tempting substitute for profundity.

What's more...

Authority is what you have when everybody who disagrees with you has left.

And if that wasn't enough...

We're generally too scatterbrained to notice how scatterbrained we are.

The thing is, you see ...

Reality isn't like anything; that's why it's called reality. Reality is that which is, our beliefs and desires notwithstanding. What is ... is. Thinking about reality is no substitute for the real thing. Thinking about the present is no substitute for being there.

Alas ...

My ego is as smart as I am, but isn't worn out by fighting my ego.