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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Replying to @xstntlprvrt69
Yeah, there’s something really weird and messed up going anytime you try to become. Hard to nail down though.
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Buddhist response: Yeah, you're already enlightened, maybe if you work really hard at not working hard you'll realize it. Christian response: LOL it's all good bro God wrote it off already
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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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