You're Going To Die

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You're going to die one day, and all the money in the world won't save you.

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"Who am I?" Maybe you've never even asked yourself this question. You might think you already know who you are. Unfortunately, however, it's likely that you don't know who you are at all. And if you don't know your real identity, you're in trouble. You'll spend your life in a kind of dream state—you'll falsely identify yourself as something or someone you aren't. Then, on the basis of this false identification, you'll determine the goals of your life and the purpose of your existence. You use these goals to gauge whether you are making "progress" in life, whether you are a "success." And you are aided and abetted in this delusion by a complex network of relationships with other dreamers. Of course, at death (and sometimes before), the whole thing turns into a nightmare. -Jagad Guru Chris Butler
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The irresistible and incessant stream of time carries all creations in its wave, throwing them into the depths of obscurity, regardless of whether they are trivial or, on the contrary, notable and important. -Ann Comnena
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Man is a being that knows death, but can’t believe it.
E. Morin
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I'm personally not afraid of dieing, and am an outright non-believer to any emotionally satisfying anecdotes and fables concerning my existence and aftermath. Emotion has evolutionary roots, it is not a basis which one can derive accurate truths from.

Appreciate life for what it truly is, give it your best shot, and die. Your death, my death, the death of the faithful, or of the criminal is all equally part of the same process. There's no afterlife, valid religion or superior outlook on life, what you believe is what is for you and you alone. I make these claims because they are my reality, I will not become complacent if I neglect to delusion myself with . What's yours?
 
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Interesting.

I am very afraid of dying. Because this is all there is....and I love living.

Although I'm afraid to die, I don't do anything to help my cause. I still drink and party like a mother fucker, and I ain't getting any younger. In fact I'm going out to a bar in about 3 hours. Weeee, that will be fun. What were we talking about?
 
hey just give out free ropes....

There is too much living to do for me to think about dying but you have a point about those fake SOB's who fly into life and try to drain the blood out of you like a vampire.
 
Are you certain that there is nothing after life? And if so, elaborate.

Personally, I don't subscribe to any religion. But I still think there is something more than what we see with our eyes.
 
Personally my brain tells me that death = before life, nothingness. Does that exist though? Surely if nothingness exists, then nothingness itself does not exist, kind of an oxymoron.

I would love to be reincarnated as a great white shark though. Thatd be fun.
 
To be put on my tombstone:

"Here lies a man
who loved to spam,
Filled his coffers,
with Continuity Offers,
Put himself on the map,
Fought the Google slap,
Switched to media buys,
Wrote Farticles full of lies.
Banked, Balled,
Climbed the money tree,
Fined $5 million by the FTC,
Lost his direction,
Couldnt pay for his internet connection,
Died from an h1n1 flu-shot injection."
 
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DTAlexONE said:
Are you certain that there is nothing after life? And if so, elaborate.

Personally, I don't subscribe to any religion. But I still think there is something more than what we see with our eyes.
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Did you exist before you existed? Why would our non-existence after the period of time in which we exist be any different? It's a comforting thought, but not one I subscribe to.

So yes, personally I am certain. I would not argue my position however, much like a religious person doesn't need to argue their position. They are equally valid and equally false, you cannot argue absolutes with uncertainty. Theology tries to do it, everyone loves to claim they have the truth, but it comes down to a personal decision that you make. Just because I was conscious for a brief period of time on our planet, I don't believe that somehow endows me with an afterlife.

However, as I stated, I believe death is only part of a larger process. It's the end of our life yes, but it's only the beginning of in terms of what our energy is capable of. I mean look at us, however improbable, remarkable and near impossible it is for me and you to be sitting at our computers, writing this, questioning ourselves and our fate - there's no other way to look at it, we are.

The larger process I refer to is this basic idea. Death is life, life is death - excluding the individual or entity concerned. It is the death of countless stars that allowed planets to be formed, it is the death of countless organisms that allowed you to be here, what will your death make way for?

It is fact that if every human died right now, the majority of life and our ecosystem would flourish. We do not fill an essential role, we can classify ourselves as parasites in our relationship to the Earth. What would suffer however, is that many bright and promising minds of now & the future would not exist. This would be a grand catastrophe, as we are the best of the best this planet has ever produced. We are more than likely the only shot this little corner of our solar system has at understanding itself. I am, you are, everything is the universe.

Can I ask what you're referring to when you say "There is more than we see with our eyes", I already agree with this notion by itself, but maybe not in the same context as you do, please share. :)
 
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Did you exist before you existed? Why would our non-existence after the period of time in which we exist be any different? It's a comforting thought, but not one I subscribe to.

So yes, personally I am certain. I would not argue my position however, much like a religious person doesn't need to argue their position. They are equally valid and equally false, you cannot argue absolutes with uncertainty. Theology tries to do it, everyone loves to claim they have the truth, but it comes down to a personal decision that you make. Just because I was conscious for a brief period of time on our planet, I don't believe that somehow endows me with an afterlife.

However, as I stated, I believe death is only part of a larger process. It's the end of our life yes, but it's only the beginning of in terms of what our energy is capable of. I mean look at us, however improbable, remarkable and near impossible it is for me and you to be sitting at our computers, writing this, questioning ourselves and our fate - there's no other way to look at it, we are.

The larger process I refer to is this basic idea. Death is life, life is death - excluding the individual or entity concerned. It is the death of countless stars that allowed planets to be formed, it is the death of countless organisms that allowed you to be here, what will your death make way for?

It is fact that if every human died right now, the majority of life and our ecosystem would flourish. We do not fill an essential role, we can classify ourselves as parasites in our relationship to the Earth. What would suffer however, is that many bright and promising minds of now & the future would not exist. This would be a grand catastrophe, as we are the best of the best this planet has ever produced. We are more than likely the only shot this little corner of our solar system has at understanding itself. I am, you are, everything is the universe.

Can I ask what you're referring to when you say "There is more than we see with our eyes", I already agree with this notion by itself, but maybe not in the same context as you do, please share. :)
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Wow. That was fucking profound.
 
I don't care if I die a painless death tonight, I had a good run.

Good game, Hilter. I'll be playing Chess with you in hell.
 
zimok said:
Did you exist before you existed? Why would our non-existence after the period of time in which we exist be any different? It's a comforting thought, but not one I subscribe to.

So yes, personally I am certain. I would not argue my position however, much like a religious person doesn't need to argue their position. They are equally valid and equally false, you cannot argue absolutes with uncertainty. Theology tries to do it, everyone loves to claim they have the truth, but it comes down to a personal decision that you make. Just because I was conscious for a brief period of time on our planet, I don't believe that somehow endows me with an afterlife.

However, as I stated, I believe death is only part of a larger process. It's the end of our life yes, but it's only the beginning of in terms of what our energy is capable of. I mean look at us, however improbable, remarkable and near impossible it is for me and you to be sitting at our computers, writing this, questioning ourselves and our fate - there's no other way to look at it, we are.

The larger process I refer to is this basic idea. Death is life, life is death - excluding the individual or entity concerned. It is the death of countless stars that allowed planets to be formed, it is the death of countless organisms that allowed you to be here, what will your death make way for?

It is fact that if every human died right now, the majority of life and our ecosystem would flourish. We do not fill an essential role, we can classify ourselves as parasites in our relationship to the Earth. What would suffer however, is that many bright and promising minds of now & the future would not exist. This would be a grand catastrophe, as we are the best of the best this planet has ever produced. We are more than likely the only shot this little corner of our solar system has at understanding itself. I am, you are, everything is the universe.

Can I ask what you're referring to when you say "There is more than we see with our eyes", I already agree with this notion by itself, but maybe not in the same context as you do, please share. :)
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+rep

If someone wants to imagine death just think of the time before one was born.
 
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