Also it just clicked that if we were to somehow, let’s say genetically modify animals so that they are born without the affective faculty (and so no more suffering). What then… 
How on earth would they make their way in the world, this affective faculty is all they have as their operating software, they are not capable of pure conscious experience and neither are they intelligent.
There would be no “wakeful” and no “blind” either lol.
That would be the fifth alternative because the fourth alternative is already bagged by AI robots lol
Finally had a briefest PCE after taking a half of a minimum dose of Tramadol and then waiting at a hospital OPD for my father’s medical work
The words “a perfect smoothly flowing moment” came to mind afterwards but I know it wasn’t the moment that was flowing but the activity that was happening appeared to be happening flawlessly - the hospital staff n nurses communicating, looking at files and the seated patients waiting…everything was happening magically in actuality without anything going “wrong”
Peace on earth is already here but “I” want dramas lol
The other thing I noticed was such a great benefit to not experiencing fear n aggression but at the same time to not experience these forever would mean entering this “Great Beyond” which paradoxically appears scary from the standpoint of the familiar “reality” 
This reminds me of how simple and perfect everything is all the time. All we have to do is see everything as it actually is w/o the ‘I/me’ filter.
Impossible if not in a PCE, or actualy free! Only the memory of a PCE can help to see this with clarity (and if there is sincere intent).
Why does it have to be hard?
Hahaha it is what it is. The only one that makes it hard is myself.
Yes the PCE is a binary situation - either you’re in it or not…It’s like a different dimension altogether. I wish there was a much easier switch to make it happen haha
There is a third alternative to this dilemma 
- of either being stuck all the way back in grim and gloom reality or going into abeyance in a PCE.
And this option can be so wonderful that for a long time I mistook these experiences for actuality itself!
There is this utterly wonderful “in-between” where ‘I’ am no longer in grim reality and yet it is not actuality either.
Living this “in-between” is indeed what the words “wide and wondrous path” are referring to. And this is possible whilst still remaining a ‘self’.
Hi Vineeto
Thank you for your response. I’ve come to realize that my answer is not yet a full “yes” because something similar to Claudiu is going - which you recently pointed out to him…as-in, there is something unexplored lurking underneath that needs to be seen through
So I’m going to check these out for now and see…
Cheers
Shashank
Making a quick note about an insight whilst waiting at a clinic for my gut treatment
Basically 2 days back I decided to listen to some of the heart tugging songs of my romantic times of the twenties and I noticed there was bittersweet feeling of nostalgia…and then I reflected that ocassionally Ive had nostalgia about the place where I had a happy childhood
This struck me hard - if Im remembering the past n wanting to re-live those then my present must suck…aka feeling bad at this moment in general therefore wanting to escape to the past
Then I felt a relief from nostalgia…earlier it was something I had shoved it under the carpet thinking it will drop or isn’t much of a problem
As a confirmation I tried listening to more songs of the youth and they lacked the “sad sting” now…good stuff 
More free to be here and enjoy
Im now thinking about “anxieties of the future” angle because if nostalgia of past can free the mind to a good extent then anxieties of future could have a similar effect…