Illusion: stream of consciousness.

Illusion: a state or condition of being deceived.

Why is it that most of our expectations turn out but a far cry from how we had imagined them in our minds?

And although sometimes this may be a pleasant surprise, on every other occasion, it's just cruel.

For a moment, right now, just think about it.

Expectation:

It's the perfect illusion.

Gradually build up in your head the most logical impression of how things are going to turn out for you, and the next thing you know, you've fallen into the trap. Now you have this delicious looking expectation that you burden under for a while till the fateful day when it plays out to be something completely different from what you had in mind. Maybe better, maybe worse, but a product of illusion at any rate.

SO what is up with the world?

Why are we all running after mirages?

Aside: Makes me wonder whether things are predetermined; Whether the stars hold value apart from celestial aesthetics? Or maybe the correct question is, how much of it is predetermined?

And I'm tired of hearing, "there is no right answer". Because there is, there has to be.

Aside: We cannot be a product of randomness. There is rhyme and reason to everything. Science has shown us that beyond doubt.

So coming back to illusion. I am convinced that we are laboring under some subtle but gripping kind of spell. It convinces us that we need to "be successful", we need to "be cool", we need to be "sexy", and so on and so forth, and to be able to do those things we need to learn about celebrities and movies, and math, and economics, and go to the gym, and every other ridiculous human attempt at being happy. And finally it, ie illusion, doesn't stand up to its promises.

Oh wait, and then if we're "lucky" (which incase you haven't noticed, most people are not) we'll live to be a hundred. But we'll still die. And then no one knows? End of story, end of everything. Waste of a life? You tell me.

The right question is not, Where are these answers?

OH NO!

Consider this.

Suppose the answers are there, and we do find them, or rather, we discover them, probably in plain sight... will we still seek them?

Are these questions important enough to us, that we would be ready to let go of our preconceptions and step into the freaking light already!?