nature, euphemism for patterns.

You perceive your existence here, not anywhere else. Can't get rid of your local existence, unless you are enlightened, as it were.

Except vodka?

"Me" does not recognize or identify with "brain"?

Since Turner sold CNN, it has been losing its even-handed, fearless, uncompromising journalistic class. It has steadily embraced a more woke agenda with relentless determination. Only a few journalists, like Zakaria and Golodryga, maintain world-class standards, while the rest are rather mediocre.

LET THE PAST REMAIN THERE...

When harmony and radiance are envious of each other, the result is grace.

It takes three to tango.

To have doubts is uncomfortable,
To be certain is absurd.
~Voltaire

Try:
Inhale through your nose for 1 sec, expanding your abdomen with mouth closed, like a baby.
Hold your breath, count to 1001.
Exhale through your nose, emptying your abdomen.
Repeat, increasing each step by 1 sec til reaching 10 seconds. Then, reverse the counting down til you reach 1001 again.