The only absolute attainment is absolute abandonment.
Write something, even if it's just a suicide note.
Religions sprang up among men to deal with the sometimes terrifying aspects of existence, to make sense out of the senseless, to explain things we find inexplicable.
In matters of faith, inconvenient evidence is always suppressed while contradictions go unnoticed.
Writing fiction has become a priestly business in countries that have lost their faith.
It is of no consequence to you what others think of you. What matters is what you think of them. That is how you live your life.