As I see it, people keep developing mental constructs to make the experience of their own existence feel more meaningful, more important and potencially eternal, because the thought of insignificance and eventual death is just too scary.
For all the words we can use on it, it’s lost on people who never had thoughts and experiences that prompted them to be curious about the nature of consciousness and reality.
It’s like discussing the bitterness sourness of a lemon with someone who never tried one.
As I see it, people keep developing mental constructs to make the experience of their own existence feel more meaningful, more important and potencially eternal, because the thought of insignificance and eventual death is just too scary.
But on the other hand: have you tried psychedelics?
For me, this is less an emotional support philosophy, and more an earnest curiosity about the nature of consciousness and reality.
For all the words we can use on it, it’s lost on people who never had thoughts and experiences that prompted them to be curious about the nature of consciousness and reality.
It’s like discussing the
bitternesssourness of a lemon with someone who never tried one.deleted by creator
I don’t think “eternal darkness” is a good descriptor. Was there “eternal darkness” before you were born?