UnbornTao

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And it seems to apply to living beings in general; we humans are just very prolific at it. It goes deeper than resisting one's experience, doesn't it? Asking "What in our experience isn't completely at ease, free?" creates a contrast to better see the dynamic of struggle.

You do, for the most part. For example: Doesn't it seem that in the very act of dividing things into good and bad experiences -- which is necessary for you, by the way -- it already gives rise to struggle, among other things that you do? A rock doesn't seem to struggle. Why is that? What is the case for us such that struggle can occur?

Stop the drama already.

I’d suggest that survival isn’t just an ancillary process, it is your life. The experience you’re having right now is survival in action. For instance, consider that your very perception itself is a survival occurrence. Sorry I'm not addressing the play part in here. Might do that at a later time.

Uh-oh.

It's much more profound than a mere manifestation or a psychological explanation.

You perceive. What is it that you call, or hold to be, perception? Practice perceiving something, and clarifying what that is for real. A few things to take into account are what is not perception but often gets conflated with it, such as interpretation, meaning, and association. For example, look at a simple object and try to set aside anything that isn’t a mere sense perception of it -- I presume this would translate to totally meaningless sensory input. Notice, for instance, that "language" comes immediately after your perceiving of an object (hard to catch, for us it all comes up as one vague "experience") -- many associations show up for you right away: "This is language, it is in English, these words mean this and that," and so on. This process, albeit a lightning-quick one, isn't about perceiving what's there. So what is it?

"Is there room for one more?"

Notice that it is much more than just an intellectual exercise. You center yourself on your current experience, and get real with yourself. If you haven't experienced it, you don't act as if you have. You aren't artificially adopting ideas and affectations for any reason but are instead willing to search for what is true, regardless of your conceptions, presumptions, or opinions about the subject matter. You keep your feet on the ground--on functional perceptions.

"God, who is asking the question?"

@Rigel Nice! Go have some insights.

It would be a matter of you serving something that isn't yourself, not something else serving yourself, as if.