A flipbook is a pretty good analogy to life. Moments pass frame by frame and it takes intense energy to continuous draw and redraw the "Self" over and over again in difference scenarios.https://youtu.be/e_74LSopc5E?t=312 …
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Imagine the amount of work necessary to redraw this so that Hulk is powered by happiness instead of anger. Imagine *all* that erasing. Then see how it's *impossible* to change history. Making Hulk powered by happiness requires drawing out the process of change.
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Not every frame consists of the Self however. There are some scenes in the flipbook that show the environment or other characters. These can be a refreshing break from the monotonous recreation of self. These are akin to flow states. The self disappears.
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When you're drawing the destruction that Hulk creates the destruction and the landscape are shown more than Hulk.
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However, because the story is oriented around the protagonist the protagonist always has to show up intermittently. This can be a source of anxiety for the author i.e. "Shit, do I draw blood? Dirt? Ripped pants?"
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This is true even in a story of self-annihilation. The self pseudo-exists in every frame and can come out unscathed at the end. The length of the journey doesn't matter at all to self-annihilation though it *is* correlated since there's more stuff to trip and "die" on.
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An intense and long spiritual journey taking many years can utterly fail to purge this sense of self (and create unassailable knowledgeable narcissism) while finding a pea can kill it in an instant:pic.twitter.com/eqDHTAVl3L
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The "danger" of the journey correlates with chance of death yet knowledge and preparation reduces this danger. Someone who is well prepared for skydiving or "mental" skydiving gains proficiency and ability to act in dangerous situations (which is a useful skill) but never "dies".
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Ironically, those who seek death from a desire for victory prepares well and emerge MORE difficult to kill. "Alas, as the World's Greatest, I am so lonely at the top."
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Trying to kill the identity that exists even when it doesn't have to be drawn is very difficult. It's like trying to kill Santa Claus and not thinking about a pink elephant.https://twitter.com/a_yawning_cat/status/1324069431975141377 …
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The trap of the lonely World's Greatest is trying to kill God. It's like trying to climb the tallest mountain and then calling the sky a mountain. As a metaphorical quest it's inspiring. As a literal quest it's pretty stupid.
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It tries to extend the analogy. If people look small from a tall mountain then the Self will search for behaviors that make people even *smaller* dehumanizing them. If climbing the mountain gets harder, seeking God becomes a masochistic fetish for hard work & disdain for leisure.
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