[PenultimateManStanding]

We come into this world in a painful way, but we don't remember it. We leave in a painful way too. We probably won't remember that either. It reminds me of a story of a Roman soldier who scaled the walls first and was sliced to pieces. I don't remember his name, but he went out young and strong. What's my point? I don't really have one except that when it's over, it's over. No more pain, no more suffering, no more pleasure, it's just over. The whole absurdity of it is just over.

[PenultimateManStanding]

I don't think this subject has been addressed. But it's certainly a central one. About as central as it gets. Nobody likes the idea that they're going to die. But we all will.

[dinopello]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('PenultimateManStanding', 'W')e come into this world in a painful way, but we don't remember it.

[SpringCreekFarm]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('dinopello', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('PenultimateManStanding', 'W')e come into this world in a painful way, but we don't remember it.

[SpringCreekFarm]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('PenultimateManStanding', 'W')e come into this world in a painful way, but we don't remember it. We leave in a painful way too. We probably won't remember that either. It reminds me of a story of a Roman soldier who scaled the walls first and was sliced to pieces. I don't remember his name, but he went out young and strong. What's my point? I don't really have one except that when it's over, it's over. No more pain, no more suffering, no more pleasure, it's just over. The whole absurdity of it is just over.

[dinopello]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('SpringCreekFarm', ' ')I know a person who claims that he can remember his birth. How is this possible? I personally don't believe it simply because a child doesn't have the cognitive ability until much later in life. Why would anyone be able to remember this event?

[PenultimateManStanding]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('SpringCreekFarm', ' ')Rest without conciousness.

[paimei01]

"Do not take life seriously, nobody gets out alive"

[PenultimateManStanding]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('dinopello', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('PenultimateManStanding', 'W')e come into this world in a painful way, but we don't remember it.

[Narz]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('PenultimateManStanding', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('SpringCreekFarm', ' ')Rest without conciousness.

[WildRose]

The weirdest thing about this topic to me, is thinking about the moment of actually passing from life to death. Can people tell that they're about to breathe their last breath? What about when they die in their sleep? It's hard for me to imagine nothing, just not being, when all I've ever known is being. I imagine still having feelings and thoughts when my physical being is dead, though I'm not sure what I believe spiritually as far as an afterlife is concerned.

[Opies]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('WildRose', 'T')he weirdest thing about this topic to me, is thinking about the moment of actually passing from life to death. Can people tell that they're about to breathe their last breath? What about when they die in their sleep? It's hard for me to imagine nothing, just not being, when all I've ever known is being. I imagine still having feelings and thoughts when my physical being is dead, though I'm not sure what I believe spiritually as far as an afterlife is concerned.

[smallpoxgirl]

Yeah, I would really like to be someone who could be at peace with their death. Honestly, it scares the crap out of me. I like existing. I think it's really intriguing to see how the world unfolds. Maybe it's just an artifact of being exposed to too many fictional stories. In a lot of ways life feels like reading a really thrilling book that's missing the last five chapters. I don't want to be cut off in the middle of the story. I want to see the whole plot.

I've been thinking a fair bit about it this week. I just found out that a girl from my high school class died of "natural causes" a couple of days ago. We weren't especially close, but my graduating class was 106 people, so you knew everybody. When you're a kid, death is something that only happens if you do something stupid...drive drunk, shoot meth, commit suicide, etc. I don't like the idea that I am getting to the age where death might come seek you out when you didn't even do anything to bring it on.

[PenultimateManStanding]

I don't have a religion, but if I did it would be gnostic. It would be nice if I could believe in Christ. That would give me hope.

[Ang]

I'm not afraid of death for my sake, I'm just afraid of not being around for my family. I had an interesting vision (for lack of a better word) about 6 years ago. I saw and felt what I believe comes after death and it was beautiful and it made me feel very safe and very comforted.

Wish I could share!!

[uncarve_db_lock]

I heard someone once say that looking at death as the end of life is like looking at the horizon as the end of the world.

I agree that we can never know whats beyond the great equalizing horizon but we can accept it as our final destination.

I took a bunch of philosophy classes in my undergrad years and dealt with various concepts of death. Accepting it is truly liberating.

I feel if more people accepted what was the only the only guarantee in life, the whole world would be a lot better off.

we can live by dying or die by living. I think most of us fall into the later camp, implying that on some level, we have at least come to terms with it.

[smallpoxgirl]

Yeah. I'd like to believe all that existential/spiritual stuff. Really I would. But a big part of me thinks that is all stuff that we make up to hide from our pain...to avoid having to accept the reality of a friend in a wood box being tossed in a hole and covered with dirt.

A big part of me thinks that Joker from Full Metal Jacket nailed it: "The dead know only one thing....that it is better to be alive."

[WildRose]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Opies', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('WildRose', 'T')he weirdest thing about this topic to me, is thinking about the moment of actually passing from life to death. Can people tell that they're about to breathe their last breath? What about when they die in their sleep? It's hard for me to imagine nothing, just not being, when all I've ever known is being. I imagine still having feelings and thoughts when my physical being is dead, though I'm not sure what I believe spiritually as far as an afterlife is concerned.

[zzzpeakoil]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Opies', '
')
This is why death scares nearly everyone. It is impossible to abstractly conceptualize what it's like to not exist.

[PenultimateManStanding]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('smallpoxgirl', '
')A big part of me thinks that Joker from Full Metal Jacket nailed it: "The dead know only one thing....that it is better to be alive."