For the sake of insanity.

The rules are simple here.

You pray to the gods. You don’t ask for much. You get all you want.

Quite absurd right? It’s lovely though. It’s exactly what we wanted. When I say we, I mean specifically our human civilization. It’s all we ever dreamt of. A life of ease and leisure, not just for a few but for all. We reached the true utopia, right? Right.

But let me reverse a little. See, as you very well know, the world is a little sadder where you are reading this from. It’s not as easy for you to survive there, as it is here. Actually, it must be pretty fucking horrible where you are. Pardon me if that offends you, I’ve never been good with deception. I’m not sure from which time you are reading this and how aware you are of what has taken place so far. I couldn’t tell you exactly which year it is anymore, things as such have lost any relevance. It feels quite obscene that we ever felt the need to track time via seconds, minutes, hours, days or months or years. It might be hard for you to understand but your fixation on time is a really primitive human characteristic sweetheart. Once you reach my stage you will understand this, don’t sweat it.

I do apologise, you ought to be quite confused. You don’t really need to know who I am, so I won’t waste time on an introduction. I don’t have a personal story to tell you. You don’t need to know my name. You don’t don’t need to know anything that you feel you ought to know about me. This fascination with personal details is not needed. All you really need to know is that I’m a fragment of the future world in which you too shall live in one day. Be excited!

I do like to ramble. I have preferred ramble inducing subjects but this is not the time, nor the place for it. Let me give you the shortest, briefest rundown of history you are on your course to encounter and the destination you will arrive at.

This may be my ego talking but the developmental stage at which you are at is a primitive and violent one. You may think of yourself as being so very far from the ape in the evolutionary cycle, but you and I are much further apart. You are guided by human desire and greed. I don’t mean to put you down but there’s no point in lying to you. You must be prepared, life will get much harder before you reach me here. There will be civil wars, genocides, class wars, world wars. Don’t be too scared of a violet death. Everyone here has had one at least a few times on their way here. Your body will disconnect from your entity before you feel any physical pain anyway, that’s a little secret for you that should bring you at least a little comfort.

Wars are not the only thing to anticipate, weather will do it’s usual thing of destroying the majority of humanity every now and then. It’s all part of the process. You must trust the process. It’s necessary. Don’t try to outsmart the weather, that’s just silly. You can’t outsmart Gods.

One beautiful thing you will witness is the artificial intelligence revolution. It’s probably not what you have always been brainwashed to anticipate. No, it’s not robots taking over. It’s going to be magnificent. God, I wish I could live through it again. The glorious end point from which it will all get easier for you. Once you believe you have reached this stage, you can finally reap the benefits of your suffering. Do not fear technology. Your poor human fellows die from illnesses that are an ancient history for us here. In my present, all it takes is a blood test at birth to detect and destroy any future possibility of cancer. It’s all powered by artificial intelligence. They look after our health and well-being. It’s a sweet deal and so much more trustworthy than any human doctor.

I’m not sure exactly how much I am permitted to reveal to you. There’s no punishment here so it doesn't affect me how much I tell you, but my concern is for your own sanity.

Life here still has remnants of the past. We still wear clothes! Clothes stayed with us, or on us, throughout our journey here. It doesn’t take precedence in our lives though. There’s no expression of wealth or individuality through clothing. I threw away the last of my sentimental pieces some three lives ago. Last piece to go was a heart shaped locket, I was sad. It matters not the sentiment it had attached to it. Sadness is not permitted. I mean, it’s not banned, there’s no laws. But, sadness is not good. It’s indicative of low development. Sentiment is materialistic and that I am not. I am not materialistic.

Apart from clothes, you may identify with one of the activities that we still do. We still go for walks. It’s relaxing. Keeps us feeling human. We don’t walk for health reasons, we don’t need to worry about weight management. It’s all managed for us. Remember, I told you our well-being is managed by machines. So no stress about being able to fit into the dress or the suit, you don’t even need to worry about wearing suits or dresses. There’s no weddings, it’s outdated. I told you we don’t track time, so there’s no birthdays. I don’t really remember the last life I wore a dress or a suit in.

I’ve been both genders, many times. You will start remembering your past lives at some point in your distant future. I reached a stage where gender doesn’t exist. You’ve been both genders, as have I, as has everyone. It’s not that we are fluid, it’s just that it doesn’t exist. Just as time ceased to exist, so did genders. Gender no longer serves a purpose. You don’t need to worry about finding a partner, having children or building a home. We don’t date, we don’t spend unnecessary time on this. It’s not necessary for our development. It’s good for us to not date, it keeps our mind stress free. You won’t need to worry about having your heart broken or falling in love. It’s fantastic! It’s everything we ever dreamt of, right? Right.

I suffered and so will you but this is heaven. This is worth it. This is pure, unadulterated heaven. There’s no sad feelings. No emotions. No fear. No worries. No stress. No pain. No illness. No anything. It’s absolutely, exactly what I had always wanted.

Repeat after me.

This is exactly what you wanted.

I am doing so well.

I don’t need to worry about anything.

I don’t need to work hard.

I don’t need to worry about anything.

I don’t need to worry about friends or my partner cheating.

I don’t need to worry about illness.

I don’t need to worry about politics or the state of our climate.

I just need to exist.

I don’t feel depressed anyway. That emotion has been eradicated, any possible human brain malfunctions are zapped at birth.

It’s a perfect carefree existence. An abundance of all good things and lack of all things bad. But, what is bad anyway? What was bad? I don’t know anymore. I know I’m doing well though. The best I ever have.

But still I miss you dear stranger.

I am waiting here for you. I won’t go anywhere until you get here. Bring something here with you, it would be rude not to. Please. I’ll be here waiting patiently till worlds freeze over and I get to see you again.