Post by Nothingbody on Jan 23, 2004 19:09:16 GMT -5
Thanks for all the replies
Dragonfly: You asked why I regret not seeing the process of death or a dead body. Well, I too am very interested its always been a big interest of mine, death, ever since I can remember (seriously). But being told a loved one died or is going to die and not being there for the event... it sort of takes away the seriousness and realisation of death. I imagine you have learned an awful lot through your experiences, I want to learn an awful lot about death too. There are so many "ifs" in my mind that I don't even have a real opinion myself, I think about what if we have souls, what if we are reincarnated, what if there is an afterlife like heaven that lasts eternity, what if we are in a never ending cycle of death and rebirth, what if this is my last life, what if this is my first life, what if when we die we just stop. That is what I think of most, death, its hard to think about our lives just stopping, we may never come back, I goto sleep and have dreams, in death I may not have dreams so all I have to compare it to is what happened before I was alive... but even that doesn't help much because a) now I'm here because of what happened before I was alive and b) that means I was something before this life and if I just stop being after this life then its not a whole lot like before I was born. I don't know if you understand what I mean, I'm not great at explaining. The point I'm trying to make is that I find it very hard to consider just not being. It doesn't scare me, sometimes I'd like it to just end after this. Its just seems pretty unbelievable which is pretty weird when it seems like a pretty good explaination "When you die you stop being." Back to the question, like I said, I imagine you have learned quite a bit from your experiences you mentioned, I want to learn alot and I think experiences are the best way to learn, a book and another person can only explain so much, the English language can only explain so much. So it may seem like a pretty ignorant thing to say, but I regret being hidden from death.
Dragonfly: You asked why I regret not seeing the process of death or a dead body. Well, I too am very interested its always been a big interest of mine, death, ever since I can remember (seriously). But being told a loved one died or is going to die and not being there for the event... it sort of takes away the seriousness and realisation of death. I imagine you have learned an awful lot through your experiences, I want to learn an awful lot about death too. There are so many "ifs" in my mind that I don't even have a real opinion myself, I think about what if we have souls, what if we are reincarnated, what if there is an afterlife like heaven that lasts eternity, what if we are in a never ending cycle of death and rebirth, what if this is my last life, what if this is my first life, what if when we die we just stop. That is what I think of most, death, its hard to think about our lives just stopping, we may never come back, I goto sleep and have dreams, in death I may not have dreams so all I have to compare it to is what happened before I was alive... but even that doesn't help much because a) now I'm here because of what happened before I was alive and b) that means I was something before this life and if I just stop being after this life then its not a whole lot like before I was born. I don't know if you understand what I mean, I'm not great at explaining. The point I'm trying to make is that I find it very hard to consider just not being. It doesn't scare me, sometimes I'd like it to just end after this. Its just seems pretty unbelievable which is pretty weird when it seems like a pretty good explaination "When you die you stop being." Back to the question, like I said, I imagine you have learned quite a bit from your experiences you mentioned, I want to learn alot and I think experiences are the best way to learn, a book and another person can only explain so much, the English language can only explain so much. So it may seem like a pretty ignorant thing to say, but I regret being hidden from death.