Just to clarify the above Vineeto, I was surprised when I read over it twice to notice that Richard wrote “an altruistic ‘self’-immolation in toto is not, of course, only for the benefit of other bodies”. Is this to say that just as the benefit for ‘me’ is the ending of ‘my’ burden, the benefit to all those other ‘I’s is bringing closer the ending of ‘their’ burden?
If I am understanding this correctly this does indeed stir something strong in ‘me’. Because ‘I’ was always the one that let’s say “had a shit time” when I was younger - as in ‘I’ remember the extent of the horrible suffering that ‘I’ experienced, from which seemingly there was no way out but only to suffer more. Eventually with the assistance of the actualism method ‘I’ managed to drag ‘myself’ out but ‘I’ have always maintained a very keen and sensitive awareness of just the extent of how much it is possible to suffer.
So can ‘I’ who knows the extent of the possible suffering for ‘me’ bring about ‘my’ demise by keenly feeling that the end of ‘my’ burden is also the possibility of the end of ‘their’ burden?