Afraid of death?....

i dont think death is scarey, the fact that we dont know what to expect and stuff like that is scarey. but people have to face up to it, it WILL happen to us sooner or later.

 

i think the fact that we dont really KNOW whats out there is exciting. its an adventure into unknown territory...

 

Illusion,


I believe that you have an insight into the human condition that most are not aware of. Talking about an impression of the "state of a death" and talking about the "state of life" and then making a comparision between the two is, usually, a big abstraction where many are not aware of the "detatched" nature of this abstraction. Here we are talking about a mostly subconscious mind-set that relates to a sense of transition from 'living' to 'dead'. And there are many ways to transition; have you ever watched a human transition closely; been there with real empathy ? Have you, to your recollection, neared this aforementioned transition in a manner that was rapid and by surprize and able to recall some of the conscious awarenss immediately afterward. If so, most will see that they want to live and that in the transition there is strong component of "a sense of completeness"; this to say that there are certain "missions" that we have that are not, usually, entirely consciously realized before such a transition that we, at least in a general sense, are hoping to complete and that we become aware of this at such a transition. The ability of mind to shift temporal perception and to the view of conscious awareness process relatively "huge" amounts of information in very short periods of time is immense, and it appears to me that it is consciously unknown to most; there are many types experiences while 'living' that can show this. I have also seen that the question that you ask and your observation about it, your intuitive sense about it, can cause human emotions to 'run high', people can become very very aggressive when exposed to these observations, because, I beleive, it touches on what they are not entirely consciuosly aware of and they try to defend from what they are subconsciously aware of by use of conscious thought "structures". It is always important to have compassion; self realization is what is happening whether we realize this or not and for whatever reason when one sees what others generally do not then one tends to live alone with these awarenesses; even though with profound realities this at first can be difficult, stay balanced and honest and know that it is OK, listen to the self, to the soul, and be of good cheer. And what is understood by only a few one day may very well be understood by many another; and, from my view, actually, it appears that there are many people who consciously understand the reality to which you refer. Now imagine meeting one who is really, in truth 'to beyond to core', complete; we are all on the path.

With Love,

David




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i am actually excited about death. But this doesnt mean i want to die anytime soon . Just think of all the questions that may (or may not) be answered when we die. all of the mysterious of this world will either be answered, or well just cease to exist! i find that exciting.

 

It's gonna happen. I'm more afraid of going bald.

 

I honestly do not fear my own death at all... it's the death of the people who I love that I fear, or I should say, the loss...

 

i concur

 

call me a liar if you must, but I honestly am not scared of death...not everyone is..
I am sorta scared of the way I am going to die, for instance, I dont want to die a stupid way....death happens..might as well except it...

 

Well given a free choice I would live forever. I have seen a lot of people die and most of them did not seem to be having a good time. When I think about me becoming dead I get a little fearful but the only time in my life that I thought I was going (passed out from blood loss after a GSW) I can remember thinking this is not bad. However, I had morphine on board so I am not sure how valid one would find that memory. Mixed answer to a hard question

 

clearly, no one is afraid of dying. that was all just some big urban legend...

 

youre not supposed to be afraid of me.

 

so i take it you like rum?

 

I used to be so scared of death that I'd lose sleep at night, but then I realized it wasn't death I was scared of, it was afterlife(or lack of).

I don't mind dying. Seriously, I look at death as the end of all pain, and I welcome it. What I am scared of is non-existance. Not thinking, knowing, talking....... Heaven sounds great, but I'd even take hell over the thought of no longer being.

 

seriously, how COULD i fear you? you bring mixed drinks...and those ADORABLE bats. i love bats. they're so cute.

 

RE: What I am scared of is non-existance. Not thinking, knowing, talking.......

But you wouldn't be around so it wouldn't matter.

 

jaeger bombs for everyone!!!!!!!!

 

That's kind of what I'm like. I don't fear death, but I fear not living. I don't really have any conception of an afterlife, but whatever happens, I'm pretty certain that I will not be the same person I was here on Earth, and that frightens me more than anything. I won't be myself.

 

I'm not scared of dying. That's something that's going to happen to me anyway.
I'm scared of not living- just kind of going along with life, humping the american dream instead of doing what I really want to do.

 

hehe well i didnt mean to call anyone a liar.... though i guess i kinda did

just think that some people lie to themselves and i think people are afraid of death in diff. ways- whether it be you never know when or how it'll happen, the death of others, what happens ever, feel of not existing, pain, etc.....

personally im not terrified of death or anything like that (though i used to be), but i have moments where- well, i have moments....

 

Gee.... such an original response. You honestly think I haven't realized that? But while I am alive it is a valid fear. That's then, this is now. We were talking about pre-death fears correct? Thought so. Now shut the fuck up.