Unreachable places lie beyond the material world. That is the Ether.
Severing connections to the material world and/or the connections with society and the people around one will not make one closer to the Ether. Enclosing oneself inside of the empty shell of individuality that is the human soul is to be condemned to the fate of emptiness that is reality itself.
The act of subverting reality is what consciousness itself is made of. The uniqueness of a soul is made of the conncetions that subvert the empty shell of individuality.
Attaining the way to the Ether is beyond human capability