That's the point of view of people living in Prince Gautama's secluded palace, spared the sight of the suffering that support their leisure to indulge in the contemplation of the soul's perfection. But of course, one day the prince ventures outside and encounters the face of human mortality, and thereby embarks on the road to wisdom. The "transformative moment" of which the transcendental Harvard blogger speaks, however, is precisely this attempt to wall out the world of suffering so that we can enjoy our precious individuality in peace, as an "army of one" obeying the imperative to "obey your thirst."