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The terrifying fact of death.

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Just the fact of death regardless of belief we know it's coming, hopefully not for a long time. I find any kind of afterlife unbelievable. I wish it were true, but I just can't believe in it. I see it as a void I'm ultimately heading toward, and I just want to see how everything works out. I want to know the future.

I except I won’t know anything about it but how to deal with the fact ?
 
It's not that terrifying any more. I won't be around to lament it when it happens. Shan't waste time now either.
 
Acceptance or resignation if you like. I had a heart attack several years ago. I was feeling off, a little dizzy and confused. I remember thinking about going to my GP who wasonly a couple of streets away. Then lights out. When I woke up in the doorway of my house, the left sided chest pain extending down the arm had begun, so I knew immediately what it was. My son was at home, so I told him to call an ambulance, and find me some aspirin. They arrived before he got the pills, but they'd brought their own along with some good stuff! In short my only warning was a brief bout of dizziness and confusion before I collapsed unconscious, so I'm not concerned. I hope it'll be later rather than sooner but I'm 75, so sooner seems the more likely bet and I'm OK with that.
 
To understand the afterlife of this universe you need to understand this universe is the afterlife of another. Days of Creation, one after another.

The Protestants don't believe in ghosts, but in doppelgangers. I think they're on the right track (they can be perceived before someone dies), but I interpret it as our perception of adjacent universes that are cut and spliced between revisions. One fun notion for trying to improve perception between universes is IADC. Now, I'm more interested in using such oddities to make use of multiple universes for more practical ends, for example studying a random term in each universe to rapidly gain expertise via transdimensional tutoring. But you can also use it for the original purpose, if it works.

All consciousness is the same anyway - Atman - but salvation involves attempting to preserve specific plot and character elements one has grown attached to. I suppose it doesn't have to happen, but it would be on the far high end of what you could call "validating".
 
Manc Skipper said:
Acceptance or resignation if you like. I had a heart attack several years ago. I was feeling off, a little dizzy and confused. I remember thinking about going to my GP who wasonly a couple of streets away. Then lights out. When I woke up in the doorway of my house, the left sided chest pain extending down the arm had begun, so I knew immediately what it was. My son was at home, so I told him to call an ambulance, and find me some aspirin. They arrived before he got the pills, but they'd brought their own along with some good stuff! In short my only warning was a brief bout of dizziness and confusion before I collapsed unconscious, so I'm not concerned. I hope it'll be later rather than sooner but I'm 75, so sooner seems the more likely bet and I'm OK with that.
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I guess resignation is the fact. Hope you keep kicking for a good few years though mate.
 
religion and philosophy help tamp down the fear. also someone posted we all know i's inevitable. I don't want to linger in pain and suffering
My mother recently passed away from brain cancer and the last 2 weeks were ......no words....
A lot depends on the circumstances .
 
Real blank said:
Just the fact of death regardless of belief we know it's coming, hopefully not for a long time. I find any kind of afterlife unbelievable. I wish it were true, but I just can't believe in it. I see it as a void I'm ultimately heading toward, and I just want to see how everything works out. I want to know the future.

I except I won’t know anything about it but how to deal with the fact ?
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millions have died before you----they aren't complaining.

There is a spiritual life after death....
 
Real blank said:
Just the fact of death regardless of belief we know it's coming, hopefully not for a long time. I find any kind of afterlife unbelievable. I wish it were true, but I just can't believe in it. I see it as a void I'm ultimately heading toward, and I just want to see how everything works out. I want to know the future.

I except I won’t know anything about it but how to deal with the fact ?
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If you do not believe in the afterlife it is illogical to worry about your future. There would be no future…..no consciousness….no perception….none of the 5 senses….nothing to experience….no fond memories of your past…..nada….
 
Death is the ultimate change agent. If people never died, they would be stagnated and trapped in a dire existence. Don't fret & dwell about dying. Life is a gift, don't waste any time. Try to accomplish as much as you can in the time you have left.
 
Real blank said:
Just the fact of death regardless of belief we know it's coming, hopefully not for a long time. I find any kind of afterlife unbelievable. I wish it were true, but I just can't believe in it. I see it as a void I'm ultimately heading toward, and I just want to see how everything works out. I want to know the future.

I except I won’t know anything about it but how to deal with the fact ?
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I believe in God, though I have no proof of His existence beyond the observation that science suggests order and order suggest a presence. As I have stated before, my belief is firmly rooted in the knowledge that E-mc2.

That said I have to think that if there is a God that powerful as to bring about something out of nothing [The Big Bang] and have it be ordered, such an entity is not likely to be malevolent.

And if there is nothing that we come from and nothing we return to, well I am personally unaware of anything that took place before I was born and will likely be as unaware when I die. So if one is not going to feel anything, experience anything, be aware of anything, why fear it. Why fear an end that has nothing you could possible sense?

In a a sentence: If its something its not apt to be bad, and if it is nothing you are never going to know it is noting, because ir is ]nothing.
 
dmpi said:
Death is the ultimate change agent. If people never died, they would be stagnated and trapped in a dire existence. Don't fret & dwell about dying. Life is a gift, don't waste any time. Try to accomplish as much as you can in the time you have left.
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No death means no evolution-

I'm not looking forward to the dying bit but the fact that I will no longer exist in a few months or years does not 'terrify' me in the least. What does worry me is the fear that I might live too long.
 
Sweden said:
No death means no evolution-

I'm not looking forward to the dying bit but the fact that I will no longer exist in a few months or years does not 'terrify' me in the least. What does worry me is the fear that I might live too long.
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Amen, brother.
 
“Old Man River”


“……tired of living and scared of dying……

 
I don't fear death in itself. It's gonna happen when it happens. It's more of a FOMO thing.

Won't get to see future advancements/discoveries of mankind.

My luck, they'll confirm existence of intelligent life right after I reach room temp. Well SOAB!
 
anatta said:
religion and philosophy help tamp down the fear. also someone posted we all know i's inevitable. I don't want to linger in pain and suffering
My mother recently passed away from brain cancer and the last 2 weeks were ......no words....
A lot depends on the circumstances .
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I'm sorry for your loss. Hugs.
 
Chock Full o Nuts said:
I don't fear death in itself. It's gonna happen when it happens. It's more of a FOMO thing.

Won't get to see future advancements/discoveries of mankind.

My luck, they'll confirm existence of intelligent life right after I reach room temp. Well SOAB!
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When I was a kid I wanted to see photorealistic graphics in games before I died. I think I've come close enough to it now. Now I just want to see my kids grow and mature and I'll never get to live long enough to see enough of that as I would like.
 
It's not death I fear so much but the suffering that can occur before death...there are worse things than death...far, far worse...death can be a relief for all involved...😢
 
Napoleon said:
What I find is that most people, if they think about, aren’t really afraid of death. They’re afraid of dying.
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I don't fear death and I don't think most people who've lived a long life do. What we do fear is the way we die. For someone suffering a long painful decline death is a blessing, a release.
 
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