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death is the ultimate gift, assuming there is no existence beyond our human life stopped trying to cope years ago, on my way out
by bubblecheck 5y ago
death is the ultimate gift, assuming there is no existence beyond our human life
stopped trying to cope years ago, on my way out
- fractallyte 5y agoToday I read Yasmeena's Choice, by Jean Sasson (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18376565-yasmeena-s-choice https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18376565-yasmeena-s-choi...) There was a girl, Lana, 16 years old. She fought, all the way... It's horrific, and sobering, and may help you to get a perspective on your troubles.
- exikyut 5y agoFor a while I've been keeping my eye out for short-circuit approaches that aid in questioning the assumption that "this existence is it", and provide a useful level of signal in circumstances where I'm significantly preoccupied with arbitrary suboptimality and don't really have the opportunity to focus for whatever reason. For what it's worth, I haven't found anything yet. It seems that the be-convinced-in-ones-own-mind problem requires focused consideration by definition. Just saying. For my own part, I have this visceral unease that I don't think will go away until I have absolute (end-to-end, closed-loop) confidence in Something.
- akomtu 5y agoThat's a rich assumption, perpetuated by those who choose comfy ignorance. The ultimate gift is reason that lets us foresee consequencies without experiencing them. Also, someone who has nothing to lose wouldn't live like that. If I had a terminal stage cancer and one month left, I wouldn't sit and waste time.