Tikhung

@Nahm I have to say that "false nostalgia" touches something deep inside me. It's a sensation that is, though related, way different from actual nostalgia. The best word that I think could describe the feeling is bittersweet. I could find the beauty in things that I yearn about, but at the same time I feel down that I'll never get to experience them in my life time, that they're now in the past, even though I know pretty well there's no such thing as past and future. With nostalgia about something that I personally experienced, my ego seems to get a good pat on the back knowing that such events happened (they're a part of my identity) and there's still a brighter future to look forward to so there's no reason to be down.

Nostalgia has always been one of the most interesting emotions that I tend to experience every once in a while. Sometimes nostalgia occurs even when I think about the past that, funnily, I never got to experience. Such as when I'm listening to an old song or watching an old movie...sometimes the yearning get so bad I cry a little...which got me thinking; is the feeling of nostalgia an evidence for reincarnation? Is it a sign of overattachment to the ego? Why do we get nostalgic anyway?