Eternity is both infinitely amazing and frightening

[Yunoschut]

Contemplating about how it feels to know that your existence have no beginning or end makes my head spin like nothing else. Something inside me (maybe its my higher self?) tells me that the real truth behind suffering is that its completely optional like every other experience. In order to play this game of human life we must forget everything and pretend like its not so we can experience how it feels to be a victim of external forces beyond our control. From perspective of eternal and omnipotent being that we all are human lifetime of human struggles could look just like another horror video game with interesting variety of difficulty levels to choose from. People love stories in many different forms because it helps us to escape from reality. The ultimate joke of divine comedy could be that what appears to be reality is just another escape from the true eternal reality.

Is there anyone who had some mystical experience that felt similar to this?

[Miss Hepburn]

Originally Posted by Yunoschut

Contemplating about how it feels to know that your existence have no beginning or end makes my head spin like nothing else.
Something inside me (maybe its my higher self?) tells me that
the real truth behind suffering is that its completely optional like every other experience.
In order to play this game of human life we must forget everything and pretend like its not so we can
experience how it feels to be a victim of external forces beyond our control.
From perspective of eternal and omnipotent being that we all are human lifetime of human struggles could
look just like another horror video game with interesting variety of difficulty levels to choose from.
People love stories in many different forms because it helps us to escape from reality.
The ultimate joke of divine comedy could be that what appears to be reality
is just another escape from the true eternal reality.

Is there anyone who had some mystical experience that felt similar to this?

I agree suffering is optional.
Could life be a learning to NOT be a victim; that we actually do have control?
I think so. That's what I'm learning!

I personally do not think the 'real' reality of creation is something we need an escape from.
Rather escape to! Satchitananda, yay!

[inavalan]

Originally Posted by Yunoschut

Contemplating about how it feels to know that your existence have no beginning or end makes my head spin like nothing else. Something inside me (maybe its my higher self?) tells me that the real truth behind suffering is that its completely optional like every other experience. In order to play this game of human life we must forget everything and pretend like its not so we can experience how it feels to be a victim of external forces beyond our control. From perspective of eternal and omnipotent being that we all are human lifetime of human struggles could look just like another horror video game with interesting variety of difficulty levels to choose from. People love stories in many different forms because it helps us to escape from reality. The ultimate joke of divine comedy could be that what appears to be reality is just another escape from the true eternal reality.

Is there anyone who had some mystical experience that felt similar to this?

I don't feel that way ...

Suffering isn't optional, in the sense that it's not what we decided to experience. It is the result of our mistakes, caused by our ignorance.

I don't believe that we are omnipotent and decided to forget everything in order to experience this life. We are up there at about the level we are down here.

This isn't like a video game, but like a training ground educational software / simulator.

I agree that the physical isn't more "real" than "non-physical", as the Sun doesn't revolve around the Earth.

Ideas of eternal and infinite don't concern me, as they have no bearing on what I have to do here and now.

In general, people believe that if they knew what the wider reality is, then they could reason better how to look at this life. I believe they're mistaken; they over estimate their reasoning capability.