The author’s point is an excellent one.
Man has pretty much mastered self-medication. Alcoholics, drug addicts – even shopaholics – abound. We look to numb our feelings rather than explore the source of our discontent. And so we never heal. And far too often, we leave a trail of other lives destroyed as we go about avoiding the truth.
Instead of turning our thoughts inward and upward, searching for what might make sense of “what should not be” in our lives, we look for answers in the world or from our fellow fallen man. And it appears the scientist is once again stepping in to offer his solution.
There’s almost a shallowness to the sound of “happiness” – is the heart involved? Or is there a deep and abiding “joy” that we might have instead – no matter our circumstances.
