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>>10642883
I'm no veteran or expert on these affairs, but I'll take your statement here >>10643947 as a green light to comment.
I agree with the both of you that it seems almost bizarre that the world exists. Nonexistence would be something that seems almost "more natural", what with it's more simplistic (?) state of being.
Yet, here we are, existing with a consciousness along that which does not, all matter and energy existing in various forms, functioning in accordance with the scientific laws we learn to comprehend.

This is why I subscribe to palingenesis as a Stoic. Nonexistence is constant, and with existence, I believe it makes sense to be constant as well. We exist, things happen, so I will assume it to be as immortal and timeless as it's counterpart.

>>10287561
Buddhism like every other organized religion is "we have a piece of the truth, we understand some of it but pretend we know the whole". On the other hand Buddha was right. When human consciousness becomes still, one can understand the illusion of someone being in control. There is no controller, only one entity being aware or unaware of itself. The universe is playing an eternal game of hide and seek. When the whole universe is aware of itself there is peace-blank-nothing-emptiness, now we are in the stage of the hiding. The art and the artist are not separate.