Have you thought about the fact that when you see something, it's already done and gone? By the time your brain processes it and it's time to react, the thing is in the past. You are reacting to things well after they occur.

"Well after" is relative, but when you step outside of time, time as a concept, a single second can be an eternity

I consider it... humbling? Like co-existence with others requires all this complexity, and even then we have all these things in the way. Us existing is amazing but complicated.

But I love being able to *hug* someone... that we take for granted more than we know. Just the experience of holding onto someone for comfort takes all sorts of physical meatbag steps and sensation

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Let me put it this way: basic contact with others is a superpower in the cosmic scheme of things. Being here in this reality with these physics and being able to touch another soul you love, is amazing when you compare to not being able to do it... to do that you need this body, with its complex brain, circulatory system, everything. You aren't your shell, but your shell has a lot of abilities in its limitations

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