***** nd. As near as I can tell from a lifetime of study and practice, the only reason we are here, from every credible perspective, is to personally pay the price, 100% of our lives, for the advancement of the neediest humans, all of creation. Full Stop. Joy is the reward for making the attempt. Pleasure, meaninglessness, boredom, apathy, addictions, frenzy, depression, anxiety, debt, fear, hatred, loneliness, psychosis, emptiness... are the rewards for not.

***** nd. As near as I can tell from a lifetime of study and practice, the only reason we are here, from every credible perspective, is to personally pay the price, 100% of our lives, for the advancement of the neediest humans, all of creation.  Full Stop.  Joy is the reward for making the attempt.  Pleasure, meaninglessness, boredom, apathy, addictions, frenzy, depression, anxiety, debt, fear, hatred, loneliness, psychosis, emptiness... are the rewards for not.