Yet the gnawing desire to understand the meaning of life drives him on to explore and research and study. They contend that men in general are living a lie, talking one way and living another. Their drugs are as phony as their parent's materialism. So they try the mystic religions of the Orient. In desperation they strike out against everyone and everything.
Life is a farce, a counterfeit.
There is no reality, no meaning to our existence. It's clear, as we approach the 21st century, that we have become the age of spirituality. Even Hollywood is into it. Tom Cruise and John Travolta crusade for scientology. Actor Richard Gere embraces Buddhism, and many of our teens embrace reincarnation.