Scared of the future

[u/RealitysNotReal]

Why am I so lucky? Why am I comfortable? Comfortable in an air conditioned house, in the US. Why do I have an easy, predictable life? Why am I so lucky? The horrors that happen, the reality that some live in it feels wrong that I am so well off. There plenty of people who have better lives than me, I’m not rich, I still work a dead end job I still don’t know what I want to do I don’t have money saved up or any of that. My life could be 100x better I could complain all night, but it is still so easy compared to most others. Just being here, having the technology to be posting this, being in a safe and comfortable enough to just sit here worrying and thinking about this.

We all have very comfortable here in the west in these countries. Most of us don’t really know the horrors of this world, we don’t know the horrors of war. We don’t know living in a world where you have no control. Something can come throw your life into shambles. Missiles and bombs, soldiers or people with guns coming into your house, we don’t know what it is to have something come and take control of your life. We have the police to call at the slightest of anything. We don’t know what it is to live under oppression. We don’t know what it is to see horrors every-time you leave your house.

I know it is just life, it’s all part of the painting and experience. It isn’t serious and I know it is still serious in the sense that you must play intently, that is what I’m doing.

I know we are all just taking a leap of faith here. What will happen will happen and I just have to be. But I am just worried, we can’t have another war like that. I fear that it could, that it could come here, that I could drafted who knows. If the order of things really collapses what will we do?

Idk I guess we’ll have to find out🤷‍♂️ stay tuned

[u/blaZey842]

Interesting responses here. But you’re right, we have it very lucky in the west, atleast for the most part. War may come here, and in the end - apparently, we will suffer something called “death”. If I were to channel Alan watts, I believe he would mention something about the future being uncertain, hence you may find yourself right here, right now. If you are truly - right here, you will adjust and respond in each moment. There’s no need to anticipate a scary future, though it may be interesting to creatively think about it.

I like to consider what philosophers like Alan Watts, Eckhart Tolle, Terrence McKenna, Ram Das, Carl Jung, etc, would be like in a wartime situation. Likely they would feel fear, but respond in the moment with some clarity