I wouldn’t say that “contentment [is] a greater sign of enlightenment than horror, awe, and disgust in light of the magnitude of God’s joke”. As I’ve said after the “revealing point”, this is a thing of preference in my book. It’s obvious to me that once contentment is realized it is present exactly as horror, awe, and disgust. The joke then obtains an “I’ve been fckn’ had,” kind of feeling to it. For me the laugh came partly because of the presence of contentment and partly because it was hilarious to see how stupid I can be. Very humbling experience I must say.

When it comes to suffering, I wonder how far we could go to alleviate it completely. If I get it right, you ask why we should do it in the first place when everything is the same (or, as you imply, the tragic view corresponds with reality more than the naive optimism of exoteric perspective).

Well, maybe because we can? Or do you think we should not be content? Is it something that should be left untouched?

So, if you know contentment but still like to walk the path of horror, disgust, sensual pleasure, or any other absurdity, it’s absolutely understandable and it would be most probably that path with heart I have mentioned. If you, on the other hand, discard contentment even after you known it yet go with the other approaches, it’s a delusion because you deny the wholeness of the picture you have realized. The other reason is that if you dismiss contentment you obviously cannot be content or satisfied. And lack of satisfaction without the privilege of potential contentment always turns into strife, thus suffering. Unnecessary, because one already knows what’s the “deal”. Yeah, sometimes the strife can be fun and not necessarily suffering. I can also believe that some people simply prefer suffering without the option of contentment even if they know it, but that’s completely beyond me, especially if they complain and ask why they are not satisfied. That’s pure idiocy in my utterly humble opinion.

And no, the deluded false optimism of exoteric “take on this spiritual monism” is not what I’m talking about when I imply that peace is the default “modus operandi” of the universe. Simply speaking, when one discards hope and faith, one must also discard despair and disbelief. When one discards contentment one must also discard suffering. Thus, one ends with peace (but that is, too, just a word).

So, maybe sulking about the nature of reality makes sense, but I’m a lazy person and sulking is a lot of work — hence, I prefer acceptance of things I have no influence on or are not for me to meddle with. Well, sometimes my assessments completely miss the mark, but whatever, I still learn.