Suppose you are about to design an apparatus that should automatically

share its blueprint with future generations to come; what would your

conceptual design be?

You might want a machine programmed to observe, continuously learn, and

take preventive precautions in its environment, akin to fight or flight impulses,

as a form of security for its physical manifestation.

To make this machine last long enough to carry offspring, you'd have to instil

a feeling of optimism, led by the pursuit of joy and the avoidance of suffering.

You'll need to cultivate a persistent craving for pleasures, but the sensation

of achieving these pleasures should be fleeting because a continuous

sense of satisfaction will cause degeneration due to the unwillingness to

develop and change.

The final attribute would be that such a machine would be preoccupied

with accomplishing its goals, distracted by cravings, and not noticing

the irrationality of the constant, unrelenting race until it had passed.

Natural selection's fundamental goal is to design all living beings to pass their

genes to future generations, and all life is programmed to fulfil this mission.

If we want to be more than machines that transmit genes, if we like to live life

to the fullest, and want to leave this planet without feeling guilty or fear, we

must learn about ourselves and look beyond the code of nature.

This book aims to start you on a journey of self-discovery. This journey will

help you to learn why you're here and how to enjoy life to the fullest.

Only by discovering your true self will you be able to understand what real

love is, and only then will you bow to every living thing and respect the entire

manifested cosmos.