"DB is essentially the same principle; once you step away from all the awful stuff, eliminate your dependencies, and become happy again, then you and the R become viable choices again."
That's the worst description of DB I've ever heard. Have you actually read the books?
M-43 W-40 2D - 9 and 5
Emotion, yet peace. Ignorance, yet knowledge. Passion, yet serenity. Chaos, yet harmony. Death, yet a new life.