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Eternal rest...
SDAI-Tech1 — (archived)

...would be a form of hell. The universe never rests. It's constantly changing, building up or crashing down.

The afterlife, as in life, requires you make constant decisions and chart a course. Sure there's time to smell flowers, but a life of merely smelling flowers wouldn't be much of a life now would it?

A life of all pleasure, no challenges and nothing to strive for would be a form of hell as well - no resistance. Floating around and playing a harp on some pink cloud with God as some white robed Santa Claus overseeing all the indulgence and wasted minds would be equally undesirable.

Rest for me, is when I'm doing something I like to do and overcoming obstacles while learning new things. Sitting or lying around doing nothing is impossible for too long. I need to read or wrap my mind in some new information.

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