I would happily die a miserable, painful death for the absolute knowledge of an afterlife where I would eternally be happy or at peace. Or probably even one where I just existed |
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No doubt, I truly do have a fear of whats going to happen but its also the shit that happens to me along the way of just living a created a diversion. I think that If I truly was afraid or was in fear of death it would be because I've been through crappy things in my life and I think "I don't want to feel like I did that one day when..." But I'm also okay that one day I will die even though I can't prove I will be any happier but I've lost people in my life. One day they are there and then they are gone, and negativity lives on with me. So I guess If I want to live happier in my next life I think, "why not?" Its only a thought, its not hurting anyone. If I want to live in a pretend fantasy world, then just leave me alone about it. I guess its not dying that scares (aside from pain) me but rather the after-life. |
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I would happily die a miserable, painful death for the absolute knowledge of an afterlife where I would eternally be happy or at peace. Or probably even one where I just existed |
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You could consider me very narcissistic for thinking like this, but I don't like the idea of being removed from the world. Of course, nobody knows what is after death, but I like to assume that there is no afterlife. However, I do not fear death. Many people wonder what it is like being dead and wonder what it will feel like. For those, I have a very simple answer: |
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I fear leaving before my life's lesson has been achieved, and the safety and comfort of the family that i might leave behind. I don't really fear "death". I believe that my energy will blend back into the universe, where i will again be one with everything, and choose my next lesson. |
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when you're there, you'll know more. when you're here, you're experiencing life in this realm. this "life" isn't easy, nor is it peaceful, but as i've been "told", you chose this lesson. if you neglect it, you're going to repeat it. perhaps under a different circumstance, but you'll come back to the lesson that you failed in. i don't think like this all of the time and it's hard to keep in mind, given the constant unquantifiable interactions of life, you're here for a reason and YOU chose it! apparently, "simply existing", got a little tiresome. |
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I don't believe I am afraid to die, although I do not wish to go before I decide I'm ready. Knowing that this is probably impossible, as with most things, I will accept it as it comes (like I have a choice anyway, but better to embrace it than reject it until the very end). Truth be told, I am more afraid not to die at some point. I wish for "me" to continue existing in some way, but whether or not you do can never happen if you live eternally as a human. If it turns out all that is "you" completely dissolves and after death I am no more, then I am only suffering the fate that all living things before me have. I am not special, I deserve nothing better--it is the natural way. |
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Who all wants to do this? |
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How do you know you are not dreaming right now?
I am afraid of death a lot. Usually everytime I started thinking about it and what would be after I die or what would world be without me or what if I wasn't even born? my hear started to pound like crazy and I felt an instant rush of adrenaline streaming straight into my heart... |
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Same here, for the longest time. I had a huge existential crisis awhile ago, that lasted ages, where it was just on my mind all the time. Finally I'm more relaxed; the inevitable will come, just like it does for everyone. It's a natural part of this experience which I cannot let my ego deny, despite as much as it wants to. This is undeniably just part of the process, I am finally allowing that to be part of the reality of things. As much as I don't want it to, it will. Plants die, decompose, germinate more plants. Even if I don't have "me" to associate with, I want my body to do something for the rest of the natural cycle of things. I almost want to be buried in a forest, I dunno. I feel like I can only have closure with death if I know that I'm going to be joining the natural impersonal cycle of things on this earth. |
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I personally do not fear death. The biggest reason, I think, is that I believe in the afterlife. Since I believe in God, and therefore believe that when my body dies my spirit will live on, I have nothing to fear from death. I look at death as a brand new adventure, and look forward to getting some of the answers I've always wanted. Just imagine, everything we've ever wondered about the afterlife, and we finally get to see it for ourselves. While I'm in no big hurry to die, I do look forward to it, because for me death is really just the start of a new existence. |
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Dream Related Goals:
have at least 1 lucid dream this month [X] | remember 1 dream every night 1 week in a row [X ] | Successful MILD this month [X] | Successful WILD this month [ ]
I believe that, when we die, we simply cease to be. Some may find this belief depressing, but I find it rather consoling. I won't feel anything. Sure, I will feel no pleasure, but I will also feel no pain. I will have no worries or concerns. I simply will not be. |
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I want to clarify something Dragon, lest someone get the wrong idea. Like you, I will do whatever I can to preserve my life; simply because I want to enjoy this world and spend as much time in it as possible. That said, I look forward to the inevitable time when there will be nothing I can do, when death eventually comes knocking. Just don't want everyone thinking I'm some suicidal maniac with a death wish :p |
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Dream Related Goals:
have at least 1 lucid dream this month [X] | remember 1 dream every night 1 week in a row [X ] | Successful MILD this month [X] | Successful WILD this month [ ]
I've never believed in God, but now I'm not really sure if life just 'ends'. I mean, it's a feeling that can not be explained. I can't imagine how that ''dead-state'' is, like before you were born, and that thought is what really scares me, not death. |
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I like destruction and reality, and one invariably leads to the other.
'Dreams are real while they last. Can we say more of life?'
'We die to remember what we live to forget'
I ain't afraid of the death atm, but I think if a man points a gun at me (in a serious, movie like way), I'll be afraid of death. |
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The knowledge that death is something that I will one day experience is fascinating to me. |
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I used to be really afraid of dying, to the point I didn't like to think about it when I was a kid. As I started to get older, I started to become less afraid. I was just beginning to realize that to be afraid of it served no purpose. It was hard for me to fully emotionally acknowledge that I really would not exist any more, but it started to grow on me. Day present, I now almost fear what it would be like if I didn't die. I almost embrace death, but only choose to continue living because death is an inevitability, so why not experience more before dying. However, if in the future you were somehow given the choice to accept a technology that could keep you from dying or to refuse and die right then, I would choose to die. |
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We had a talk in a class earlier this week. The teacher asked 'If you knew exactly when and how you were going to die. How would you live'. A lot of people said that they would try and accomplish everything they wanted to do and achieve their goals before that moment. Some brought up the idea of 'not going to your death' by not getting out of bed that morning, not eating that cereal, or staying away from a window. |
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Right now, I do not fear death. It is one of those things that is, for me, easy not to fear because it is inevitable. I might fear the pain that goes along with death, or the situation that causes my death, but not death itself. Similarly to this view, I associate sleeping with death. I love to sleep, dreams or not. If I die, I won't have anything to worry about because I'll be dead. More accurately, I won't be I at all, unless "I" means anything more than my role in society. There is nothing to fear, for if your consciousness has terminated (or at least put on hold, depending on what you believe), there is no fear. |
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"You Can't, You Won't And You Don't Stop"Lucid Goals: [Ask a DC: "Am I dreaming?"] [Ask a DC: "What are you?"]
This confuses me a lot...how can I not exist? I've existed since I started existing, I don't know anything else. How can I "not be"? I can't "not be" alive, because I will be dead. I can't even be dead, because if I'm dead and I don't exist, I can't be dead, because there's no I. |
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I don't fear death nor do I want to die, because I not only want to see the future but take part in it. I'm not too concerned with the afterlife for 2 reasons: |
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I don't actively fear death every day of my life, and at times I convince myself that I do not fear death, but only the act of dying. |
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I used that expression to ease into my suicide comment, I thought it would be too weird as a lead-in and didn't want anyone to think I was a loon. It's been said suicide is the only important question worth debating in philosophy, and since this is a philosophy thread about death I figured it'd be best to include it in the discussion, even though I personally think it's a weak talking point other than the what the actual act would feel like. |
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That question is extremely interesting. No one has ever constituted why we should live, largely because it's intrinsically linked to the meaning of life. As long as you don't know the meaning of life, then whether you should live or die becomes undefined. It creates confusion because there is no right action to take when something is undefined. I really like this point, because essentially not knowing the meaning of life is just as bad as there being no meaning of life. |
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