Why do you fear death?
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The only thing certain in life is death(and the fucked dishes in the end of a meal). When we learn to accept it, we will live happy until the "Big sleep" comes. I think that the trick is enjoying every day like if it was your last and trying not to thing that probably in a thousand years manking will find a "anti-death" drug and the future cunts will be laughing of us.
I'm not afraid, I hunger for the knowledge of what comes after, and excited to see what God has in store for me.
I used to fear death but not anymore. I'm not looking forward to death because I love life. Here is a reason of why we shouldn't fear death. If nothing waits for us, that's not bad really. Think about, there was once a time before we were born. The only thing we truly fear about death, is the pain of dieing, and losing our grip of existence at the last second. I love life, we all love life, but what keeps us from enjoying life is fearing it's end.
I fear death only because there is so much i must do before i will ever possibly be satisfied with life to the point where i would willingly accept death.
Actually scrap that last part I would never willingly die unless Everything and everyone i value was no longer there.
As soon as they invent immortality I'll do anything (excluding killing, well unless they're a massive asshole) for that stuff. It won't matter as i'll outlive whatever prison sentence i get.
Actually scrap that last part I would never willingly die unless Everything and everyone i value was no longer there.
As soon as they invent immortality I'll do anything (excluding killing, well unless they're a massive asshole) for that stuff. It won't matter as i'll outlive whatever prison sentence i get.
This little sentence just caused an immense and disturbing realisation that I could easily be an NPC in the game of you - the player - and anything I ever do will be entirely irrelevant. It makes me want to stand on my roof and scream at the moon.Bobic said:
I don't really fear death - that is to say, I have no fear of what comes after it. Dying is another story. I don't want to feel pain or suffering, or regret and sorrow, or a vague sense of shame as I realise the sadness that I will force onto all the people I've touched in my short life.
I don't want to bleed out alone, or be slowly beaten into oblivion, or be claimed eventually by any wretched disease. If I must die, I'd rather it were quick and without my knowing, like being taken in my sleep by some unknown force.
I see that many people in this thread seem to be mixing the terms suicidal, fear of death, meaning in life, and the value of life into one odd concoction. I think this is causing a lot of the anger in here as many people are having their own little augment vs a different argument.
I shall try to be clear with my views and why I have them.
I do not fear my death; I have died once in the sense that my brain stopped all functions save the breathing/heart/ other basic functions for about three weeks. There was nothing that the doctors could do to bring me back. I got better over time but when I look back at that and the years of my life following that event it was as if I had died, but my body failed to get the memo.
After dealing with that and the after effects (I could die at any point either due to a problem in my brain or a seizure that puts me in the wrong place at the wrong time), I found that death was no longer a factor in my life.
The best I can describe it is that I do not fear dying as much as it would annoy me to die before I complete my goals. So death is an inconvenience, a thing that would mess up my plans. I would feel bad for those who felt pain from my death, but I would be Ok with my death, just not the aftershock of pain for innocent people.
So this is not a lack of value of life or a suicidal thoughts/will as much as accepting that my brain can kill me at will any time any place. I would say my view on my life has changed though, not devaluing my life, but recognizing that it is higher risk than most peoples. That plus my view of honor and what is right means I am willing to sacrifice myself for others without a second thought.
When I detach from my emotions I am a cold calculating person who works for what I see as the best solution for the most people.
Why fear the inevitable?
I shall try to be clear with my views and why I have them.
I do not fear my death; I have died once in the sense that my brain stopped all functions save the breathing/heart/ other basic functions for about three weeks. There was nothing that the doctors could do to bring me back. I got better over time but when I look back at that and the years of my life following that event it was as if I had died, but my body failed to get the memo.
After dealing with that and the after effects (I could die at any point either due to a problem in my brain or a seizure that puts me in the wrong place at the wrong time), I found that death was no longer a factor in my life.
The best I can describe it is that I do not fear dying as much as it would annoy me to die before I complete my goals. So death is an inconvenience, a thing that would mess up my plans. I would feel bad for those who felt pain from my death, but I would be Ok with my death, just not the aftershock of pain for innocent people.
So this is not a lack of value of life or a suicidal thoughts/will as much as accepting that my brain can kill me at will any time any place. I would say my view on my life has changed though, not devaluing my life, but recognizing that it is higher risk than most peoples. That plus my view of honor and what is right means I am willing to sacrifice myself for others without a second thought.
When I detach from my emotions I am a cold calculating person who works for what I see as the best solution for the most people.
Why fear the inevitable?
I'm sorry but I have to ask: Are you a troll?dathwampeer said:
I mean, you come on to these kinds of thread and always post somthing that many people, in some cases my self inculded, would find very ofencsvise.. I may be wrong but that does strike me as acting like a troll.
Thats just what is seems to me.
ps: sorry about my spelling.
I'm afraid of dying because I share genes with my ancestors who were also afraid of dying. My ancestors were afraid of dying because if they hadn't have been, they wouldn't be my ancestors; they would've fallen off a cliff before procreating if they weren't afraid of cliff edges.
However, when it becomes clear that death is inevitable, I think all creatures, humans included, take it gracefully. It's only before death becomes inevitable that we fear it. [small]Obviously death is always inevitable, but I mean in those last minutes when you know it's coming no matter what you do.[/small]
Reincarnation is a nice thing to believe in, and sometimes I do. But not in the traditional Buddhist sort of way. It seems compatible with my understanding of the many universes interpretation of quantum mechanics, and the anthropic principle. Continuity of consciousness is an illusion created by our memories, so the discontinuation of consciousness is just the end of something that didn't really exist in the first place.
However, when it becomes clear that death is inevitable, I think all creatures, humans included, take it gracefully. It's only before death becomes inevitable that we fear it. [small]Obviously death is always inevitable, but I mean in those last minutes when you know it's coming no matter what you do.[/small]
Reincarnation is a nice thing to believe in, and sometimes I do. But not in the traditional Buddhist sort of way. It seems compatible with my understanding of the many universes interpretation of quantum mechanics, and the anthropic principle. Continuity of consciousness is an illusion created by our memories, so the discontinuation of consciousness is just the end of something that didn't really exist in the first place.
