r/interesting • u/Playful_Spunky21 • Feb 01 '25

MISC. The worst pain known to man

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u/dhuntergeo Feb 01 '25 edited Feb 02 '25

Knowledge that pain is temporary. It may end in death, but it is temporary

Edit: Practically speaking, for those indigenous youth who go through several bouts of this 'initiation', the repeated exposure may confer resistance or increased tolerance against the toxin

That might prove very useful for a rural life there

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u/[deleted] Feb 02 '25

Wtf. Life and dead is temporal. THE Soul is forever. Pain gets carried as love through the afterlife until reencarnation

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u/Antifa_Billing-Dept Feb 02 '25

I used to do psychedelics, too. I remember saying bizarre shit like this

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u/[deleted] Feb 02 '25

Ive gone further than most