OMG I just got it. The point is to enjoy *being* without the need to *become.* Immortals, Gods, and non-sentient matter *already* enjoy this. It's just us, brief, flickering sparks who have to grapple with agency and extinction.
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But "enlightenment" or any kind of religious realization seems to revolve around taking this *eternal* perspective instead of the perspective of the earth bound, flickering mortal with all of its anxieties.
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An immortal being has really, really different priorities and interests, so this perspective necessarily seems nihilistic to us.
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