Quote (Scaly @ Aug 5 2015 05:11pm)
A great man, diagnosed with terminal cancer, once said, “The clear awareness of having been born into a losing struggle need not lead one into despair. I do not especially like the idea that one day I shall be tapped on the shoulder and informed, not that the party is over but that it is most assuredly going on—only henceforth in my absence. (It's the second of those thoughts: the edition of the newspaper that will come out on the day after I have gone, that is the more distressing.) Much more horrible, though, would be the announcement that the party was continuing forever, and that I was forbidden to leave. Whether it was a hellishly bad party or a party that was perfectly heavenly in every respect, the moment that it became eternal and compulsory would be the precise moment that it began to pall.”
I feel the exact same way. By far the greatest fear I have, and I think the greatest fear that can be had, is that the world is eternal. And unfortunately I think that may be the case.
That this world filled with the most heinous and unimaginable suffering may go on forever is the most crushingly awful thing I can imagine (trumped only by an eternal multiverse).
If eternity were heavenly, though, that would be miraculous. I'd gladly pick that over nonexistence if there was no suffering.
P.s. don't let my pessimism rub off on you lol. I've just been having a really hard time coping with the awareness of how severe suffering can be.
At least I'm not a mirror touch synesthete
http://www.psmag.com/health-and-behavior/is-mirror-touch-synesthesia-a-superpower-or-a-curseThis post was edited by Voyaging on Aug 5 2015 08:56pm