maybe in another life

[nothingbutyou]

Why do people comfort themselves by saying "maybe in another life" or "in our next life things will improve"?
Will the next life turn nine billion humans into Elon Musk?
It is foolish to fantasize about a better outcome while forgetting that you are not the architect of existence. You are a weak being, constrained by natural laws. Rationality demands that you expect the worst, and leave the possibility of the best to the universe not to your imagination.

 

[StrawberryBlood]

Elon Musk is not happy. Stop thinking of immense resource hoarding as the end goal of happy, healthy, and peaceful human existence. He does what he does and hoards his wealth exactly because he is extraordinarily unhappy. We are constrained by the confines of modern society. A broken society. An outdated society. A pathetic society. Life, nature, Earth, and spirit are beautiful. I just need to find a way out. If I can't I will leave by death.

 

[DeathSweetDeath]

Elon Musk is not happy. Stop thinking of immense resource hoarding as the end goal of happy, healthy, and peaceful human existence. He does what he does and hoards his wealth exactly because he is extraordinarily unhappy. We are constrained by the confines of modern society. A broken society. An outdated society. A pathetic society. Life, nature, Earth, and spirit are beautiful. I just need to find a way out. If I can't I will leave by death.

True.

 

[Forever Sleep]

Why do religion's have concepts like heaven? I suppose because it comforts us to hope that things will be ok one day. Even if it has to be after this life. I suppose people also want to hope that their suffering here and now will be recompensed some day. Plus, maybe that their good deeds will be rewarded.

I suppose it can potentially be harmful to think like this- if we neglect to do things that could help us now. If we pin all our hopes on the next life.

There again, just how damaging could it be? Either there's nothing more. In which case, maybe those fantasies gave us some hope in this life. But, we won't exist to be disappointed. Or, we do get reincarnated but into an even worse situation. But, will we even remember our hopes now to feel disappointed or, let down about?

I think the hope with things like religion is that believing that good deeds get rewarded will make us kinder in this life. That can likely be a good thing- so long as we aren't being exploited.

I don't know really. Maybe it's more realistic to crush people's hopes but- does it help them?

 

[pthnrdnojvsc]

To me nothing in life is worth even one second of the worst pain

I don't think i'm that different from other animals or other humans in the ability of my brain to cause me unending constant unbearable pain

when a human is doused with gasoline and set on fire the first few seconds are unimaginably painful.

You might think it's the fire causing the pain . But it"s the brain creating that pain. Because if a human is dead they can burn the corpse and the human won't feel anything. While alive and conscious only then will being set on fire be excruciatingly painful

The brain can create that unbearably disgusting evil feeling of excruciating pain as in the first 30 seconds of for example having legs being burned as one is pinned in a car.

So why would anyone wish for this to be a brain a torture chamber? I didn't ask to here . I would never want to live even for a second and the probability of unbearable pain or extreme suffering is only one reason for me to never want to continue living

But the more horrible thing is the brain can create the feeling unbearable pain for 30 seconds. So it can keep that agonizing torture of unbearable pain Constant every second not just for 30 seconds but minutes, hours , days years every second unbearable pain with not a second's relief

I saw a video of a guy trapped in a car legs burning screaming for 30 seconds. After a car accident. So very bad things can happen to anyone at any day

Same thing why they do surgery with anesthesia. The brain is shut down in Death and anesthesia so it can't create the feeling of unbearable pain or suffering.

And I guess people think nothing extremely horrible can happen to them. else why wish for more living in this life or some Non-existent reincarnation or afterlife?

Imo to want more life one would have to believe several things on top of each other. Not understand how bad pain is or can get. And that nothing extremely horrible will happen to them. But many more on top of these beliefs . When i think about it rationally I hold the opposite of these beliefs

I watch these videos to teach my brain the reality of this hell. so i can win the battle in my brain to see reality for what it is for one thing.

This is the video of the guy screaming in pain for 30 seconds after a car accident. the guy was just driving his car and then one moment later in extreme agony:

https://watchpeopledie.tv/h/burning/post/307109/man-screams-in-pain-as-hes/6078636#context