"A healthy, calm and clear mind comes from people who are trained to be in the moment as much as possible, focus and concentrate on what they are doing."
Clear and calm mind isnt healty. Its deadly. It wont protect you from future dangers.
8 000 000 000 reasons say that consciousness isnt a mistake. How many other great apes are there? How would you measure suffering?
What is the point of your post?
RE: The 'curse' of human consciousness. An enlarged, expanded prefrontal cortex could be the source of all our misery