Your consciousness is also capable of convincing you that the table in front of you is only a simulation, that it doesn’t really exist. Now, smack your simulat

Your consciousness is also capable of convincing you that the table in front of you is only a simulation, that it doesn’t really exist. Now, smack your simulated head into that simulated table as hard as you can, and your simulated body will explain that suffering is inherent to the act of living and no matter what your consciousness tries to do to delude itself, this will always be true. The consciousness, at best, is along for the ride, pondering the meaning (if any) of that suffering.