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Why is my existence not more basic?
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[quote:numewenon:MV8yNjg2NTg2XzQ3MTg4MTUxX0Q3MDdDNEVG] [quote:Cat Barf:MV8yNjg2NTg2XzQ3MTgzNDUzX0U4QzNFMDI5] [quote:numewenon:MV8yNjg2NTg2XzQ3MTgzMzI5XzQyMTg4OTc1] [quote:Cat Barf:MV8yNjg2NTg2XzQ3MTgzMjY4XzUwQjExNkQw] Now, get lost in the wonder of "now". Watch all of this complex shit with detached amusement. Let it play before your senses. Enjoy it, "good" or "bad"... it just is. Enjoy it while it lasts. [/quote] And maybe this is the secret? [/quote] I like to pretend this is all one great cosmic acid trip. There is no time but now, find wonder in everything, don't take too much too serious, let sensation wash you out to sea. [/quote] I often 'try' to think that way. Its easy until you feel pain. Like the other poster said, this reality is forced upon us in this moment. I would also add that pain is forced upon us. We will inevitably feel pain from time to time. how does one remove her/himself from pain? Take physical pain for example. There have been millions of people tortured or killed in horrible ways in human history. How could they have removed themselves from that while in that moment? Yes, I know that is not 'now', but it is a potential 'now'. It may sound fucked up, but i have tried to experiment with physical pain. Intentionally causing high pain situations for myself. Observing it as just another feeling. I even do this with itchy skin, trying not to scratch it and just observe the itch. Maybe it is something you have to master? because it still hurts/itches like fuck. [/quote]
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I exist in this world (whatever the world may be). I am something. From my perspective, this is a solid fact; the only fact I know for certain.
I do not know what came before, I just know 'now'.
I am baffled by this every day.
If this is the only existence, then why is it the way it is? Why is my existence not more basic?
I popped up in this world with other strange fleshy creatures that use strange machines and seem to have strange practices. The practices are very brutal. All the fleshy creatures here seem to be so fragile and subject to great pain. They seem to require the life of other organisms to fuel their bodies.
Why is it this way? Can it not have been any other way? Brutal and beautiful and complex.
I am the only constant and this is all i know. What the fuck?
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