I checked my phone and thought: this girl looks nice. Oh, she likes Shpongle! She must be something not so ordinary, like all the girls I've dated over the years. I instantly messaged her. I was so happy at the time I shared the most important things about me almost immediately.
I'm really buzzed right now hahahah 8)
We have the technology to make the lives of every human being wonderful and worthwhile and yet we turn away from it.
What is that technology? And what if the life of every human being is wonderful and worthwhile, even if it's filled with suffering?
Life is not wonderful and it's going to take a lot to change my views about that. Many have tried, but none have convinced me that the glass is half full rather than half empty.
I'm sure the both of us will cheer up when we can move somewhere new and get a fresh start; when I moved away to college and got my first fresh start, knew no one there, could make myself anew, I was certainly much happier. Living at home in the town that harboured all my worst memories in life is unhealthy for my mental outlook.
And I'm just gonna say let's agree to disagree, because while I do love all of you, the positivity here sometimes sickens me; I've never known it my entire adult life. Every person is worthwhile but the vast majority of us do live a life of suffering in various forms. Life is not wonderful and it's going to take a lot to change my views about that. Many have tried, but none have convinced me that the glass is half full rather than half empty.
Everyone/everything suffers, IME. Being positive certainly doesn't mean you don't suffer. But, being positive can actually have a knock on effect to the level of suffering you experience because our thoughts can shape our reality. Not the actuality of reality, but the 'flavour' of it.
You're right though, life is suffering. Look how beautiful nature is though! Filled with animals avoiding death by eating by eating other animals to death. My dear gentle cat who loves murdering things. She loves watching birds through the window, imaginging their violent deaths under her claws. She's a monster. No, she's not, she's a cat.
Nothing in life actually has a negative or positive value, it is humans who project this onto reality. Considering life to be of negative value is just as mistaken as the opposite.
Maybe I just like wallowing in self pity because perhaps I just enjoy being sad so I have something I can hold over people. I dunno. I'm working on it best I can.
Nature certainly is neutral. People are often terrified of the fact that I A- have a pet snake and B- named her a cute disarming name like 'Sunflower' because they perceive her to be a monster; she's the furthest thing from it. She's gentle, ditzy, and well, can't say loving, but I love her.
I fully realize that perception of reality shapes it. I'm just really bad at mind over matter stuff; it's weird that I so enjoy psychedelics when people I know who are happy in life are terrified of them. I guess people fear what they don't understand... I fear positivity because I don't understand it. Maybe I just like wallowing in self pity because perhaps I just enjoy being sad so I have something I can hold over people. I dunno. I'm working on it best I can.