Dear efendi:

I am not a Buddhist either but I am very passionate about the principle of living according to reality, of stripping off delusion, fantasy, what you call “fabrication” from what is real, and seeing reality for its bare minimum. I practice this daily.
I believe this is the way to sane living and mental well being.

As to your last two lines. Again, I am not a Buddhist and I do not try to fit my thinking to any dogma, any “should be”, and so, I am not religious. i do not belong to any religion or any institution, not by choice. From this point of view, looking at your two lines: I believe it is unwise to not learn from the past. It is very important to learn from the past. This is why we think, naturally about the past- we are meant to improve on it. Lots of people obsess about the past, not learning from it, but being tormented by it- that is not healthy. Regarding not caring about the future: I don’t think it is possible or desirable. It is unhealthy to.. again, obsess about the future, being so anxious that one is paralyzed by fear. But it is wise to prepare for a better future, make the future an improved past, so to speak.

Regarding “comfort zone”- if the comfort is based on fabrication/ delusion/ distorted thinking, then that kind of comfort will be short lived and damaging in the long run. If comfort is based on reality, that kind of comfort is worth pursuing.

anita