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by MichaelEstes 1634 days ago
Spending time reminding myself that there is no soul, god, afterlife or anything likewise as a reminder that we’re just animals and our consciousness’ need to be anything more is ego getting in the way of being truly empathetic and reverent of the time we have here.
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I would add: stopping to realize and appreciate that the universe and our existence is incredible.
This. And having done so for so many years, the process becomes automatic, and the time required to execute it mere nanoseconds.