14 lbs of gravitational pressure per square inch the whole time, plus you end up getting shredded? Yeah, you mean the other things, but it's a package deal; the fish goes for the bait and gets the hook.
But my good-news point of view now is, we're are not here, we only dream we are. And that's because, in one way or another, we're all going for some dream bait. But we CAN get lucid and think differently.
Richard, the thread with your post about "no subject/object" is closed, but I wanted to say I agree with you. I also have experienced this state in meditation.
Full stop, no motion of any kind. No subject or object, just a powerful, pervading sense of "astonishment".
1. My mental health 2. My physical health 3. My spiritual health 4. I am not my thoughts 5. Today is the only day that matters today 6. Be authentic without hurting people 7. Meet people's eyes and smile
Be kind for everyone around you is involved in a Great Struggle (Pliny)
Feeling a bit down tonight. My point of view is "The Mormon Church caused my daughter to do things in life she never should of done or would have done if she had finished college" and I am P_____!!! She shared with me some of her anxiety today....not that she should not have converted but it is more about her hubby's choice in careers. He is into the multi-level garbage!! She thinks it is a mess and she is right. She is struggling with thoughts about her future.
My current POV is looking at gate A24 in the sky harbor airport. If anyone else shares this view point at this same moment in life, please walk over and say "hi" to the tall guy tapping on his cell phone. ... No, the other tall guy.
Yesterday doesn't matter. It is gone Tomorrow doesn't matter. It is not here yet. The only thing that really matters is what kind of person am I here and now. This I can do something about