[Suki]

I have read some of Albert Camus'works, such as the "The Stranger", and in Spanish "La Peste" as well as some of his essays on existentionalism. It hypnotizes the reader into the psychological states of the author. But I can not believe in its essential premise, "That this is it, and once you die...that's it as well." That life can be empty and meaningless, and that all of us live in an existential void. In our modern, Western civilization-oriented society we do feel a void, and so the existentialists ring true, in many respects, but I believe in the ancient, eastern religious philosophies, they make sense to me. If you want an explanation of why eastern philosophy and religion makes sense to me, read a small, powerful book entitled, "The Science of Religion" by Siri Yukteswar. It concisely explains why religion and science are working together to reveal essential truth, and how human beings can reach spiritual liberation through yoga practice and absolute focus. It is very difficult to become liberated according to the eastern philosophers because we create our own prisons, through our false beliefs, perceptions, earth-bound desires, and through information we constantly receive through our five senses. Try stopping your flow of thoughts in your mind for five minutes, and you will realize how difficult it is to discipline an unruly mind. Yet if you try, you start getting great rewards. After all these philosophies, have had thousands of years of human knowledge synthesized at its core, and it has become refined and effective. The important thing is to have a philosophy and to start implementing it in your life. Otherwise what the existentialists talk about will become your only reality (and to me it is very disappointing).