I keep coming back to this essay. Thank you for writing it.
I'm also reminded of this passage from "Against Spirituality" by Tyler Alterman:
"PAGLIACCI: Ha! Buddy! Do you even know what you mean by “healing?” You know, bodies, when they heal? They just go back to being the way they were before the damage. But you’ve been damaged your whole adult life, chief, just like the rest of us. So what are you even healing towards? Becoming a friggin baby again? Who you gonna be when you’re healed? Have you thought about that?"
I keep coming back to this essay. Thank you for writing it.
I'm also reminded of this passage from "Against Spirituality" by Tyler Alterman:
"PAGLIACCI: Ha! Buddy! Do you even know what you mean by “healing?” You know, bodies, when they heal? They just go back to being the way they were before the damage. But you’ve been damaged your whole adult life, chief, just like the rest of us. So what are you even healing towards? Becoming a friggin baby again? Who you gonna be when you’re healed? Have you thought about that?"
https://tyleralterman.notion.site/Against-Spirituality-a-manifesto-f8cf2c31463c418b97f36ff85b9e7842
Oh man, that was fun! Thanks for sharing!