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Amusements, sports, gossip, theatres, even sex protect the thoughtless masses from having to confront the higher challenges of life, from having to let into their minds basic questions. It allows them to escape all through the length of their incarnation from the one thing they were put here on earth to face. In short, they hide from the Quest.

-- Notebooks Category 1: Overview of the Quest > Chapter 2 : Its Choice > # 359