CRUNNELLA
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Was reminded of a journal I wrote last year. It’s not formal or too edited. More like a slightly more focused stream of consciousness on paper. —— February 14, 2024: Earlier I was thinking about whether I consume or produce more and whether I have consumed or produced more thus far in this concious lifetime of mine, and the implications of the answers - which pose some philosophical questions - which then just pose more philosophical questions. If I initially try to analyze myself, I may find myself biased trying to find all the reasons and excuses to find myself in the box I want to find myself in. All that confirmation bias having a party with itself. Basically am I a + or - on a wide scale domino effect in terms with the betterment of easing suffering. Have I eased suffering more than benefit from the backs of those that have suffered? And then the age old question, but is any of this even important?
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CRUNNELLA
@crunnella
It feels important somehow depending on a multitude of factors. → Are we in love? → Do we love something more than ourselves? → Hobbies? Projects? Pets? Children? Spouses? Family? There are those moments where we have little or none of those things which will make us rethink the answers to our questions. We want so badly to find affirming answers for things we already believe. For our confirmation bias to have another party with itself of course. Suppose religious humans will be judged at the end of this life and how they act matters for that moment of death and forever after. Religious teachings have never scared me into being a decent human. It has always felt innate. Although I do think religion can be of upmost importance that many humans are held by fear to behave with human decency now or else what would society collapse into? More creatures suffering? Let’s not think about the religious individuals who are still not very good humans. Hypocrisy.
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CRUNNELLA
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Not every human is me not every human is like me not every human brain thinks like mine. My kindness. My compassion. My ability to FEEL. It’s something to be embraced of course but it also makes life a little different to navigate. It’s an upmost honor. Wait.. what’s an honor? To hope to contribute to ease suffering upon living creatures we are living among? Hmm… That’s a big ask. What’s the salary range?
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