2013-02-10, 01:29 | Link #242 |
Romanticist
Join Date: Aug 2009
Age: 33
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When it all comes down to it, life doesn't really amount to much. You might exist today, but tomorrow you could very well be gone. Once you accept that, it's not really a big deal. The trick is to dissociate yourself from practically everything. As I come to realize how insignificant I am relative to the grand scale of the universe, my own passing seems like such a small thing in comparison. In it's own way, death represents the demise of of a single universe among infinitely many.
Don't get me wrong. I enjoy my life. I revel in the depths of my own sensory experiences. I drown myself in emotional euphoria. Above all, I love being able to consciously experience it all. The capacity for self-awareness and self-regulation, more than feelings, emotions, or morals, are the things I value most as a living being. I value them to the point that I perceive the absence of thought to be the same thing as being dead. But at the same time, it is that very consciousness that tells me that I would not value life to this extent without acknowledging its very transience and emptiness. Ironically, it is that apparent pointlessness that makes life even more meaningful to behold. Life is just like a bubble, and once it pops, there will be no time to grieve; one will simply cease to be. On this topic, I recall a particularly memorable scene from one of my favorite manga: Spoiler for Wakusei no Samidare:
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2013-02-10, 02:33 | Link #244 |
Okuyasu the Bird
Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: Alberta, Canada
Age: 32
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Death is a natural thing, just like the rotation of the earth. I've had family pass on in the past and telling myself this always makes any sadness I feel much less painful.
I presently don't want to die at my currently because I would like to leave something behind beforehand, but when my time does come I don't exactly know what my thoughts will be. Fear, regret, contentment, all of those are possibilities. I suppose I won't find out till then. I think an approximately 80 year life span is actually pretty good, much longer than one may think. It's not possible to do everything, but there is a lot you can experience in that period of time.
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2013-02-10, 06:11 | Link #246 | |
I desire Tomorrow!
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: As far away from reality as possible
Age: 41
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The only thing staying the hand holding the power that you have so nicely handed over to me is that I value my life as much as I acknowledge and respect death as the absolute and final equator, a belated justice at the end of one's days. My life has both meaning and purpose beyond existing for existence's sake, and in projecting that same value onto you, I consider you worthy of living or existing, therefore I wouldn't kill you. For now.
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2013-02-10, 06:36 | Link #247 | |
The Opened Ultimate Gate
Join Date: Dec 2011
Age: 29
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and you don't need to be worthy of living to have desire of life. everyone who not living a hell on earth afraid of death. I think anyone should watch ef - a tale of melodies to see how scary death is to one who still desire life, cause I'm if death come that close to me, I will be scared like that character in the anime.
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2013-02-10, 18:33 | Link #251 | |
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2013-02-10, 18:34 | Link #252 | |
思想工作
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: Vereinigte Staaten
Age: 31
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i'm afraid of dying, but chiefly in an instinctual "oh shit that looks dangerous id better leave" sort of way. Consciously speaking, I fully expect to be dead eighty years from now, and if it's my fate to die tomorrow and there is no escape, so be it.
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Correct, presumably that is the time that one is simply caught in the moment. |
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2013-02-10, 18:53 | Link #253 | |
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Join Date: May 2009
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Anyway, for me, I believe that in death we just, stop working forever... so it's pretty scary to think about. So I just enjoy myself as much as I can, since right now I am in the only heaven I think I'll ever see. |
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2013-02-10, 19:26 | Link #254 |
思想工作
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: Vereinigte Staaten
Age: 31
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Life is all about what you do in it, and your spiritual state in living it, rather than how long you live, though these do not exclude each other. Mozart died when he was 36, Martin Luther King when he was 39, but both men were far greater than some 90-year old geezers could ever hope to be.
Though it is not explicitly about death, I read a book written by a Japanese soldier who was stuck on a Filipino island with his squad and stayed there for 30 years after the end of the war, refusing to believe that Japan had surrendered. Even after his comrades had all been killed he still stayed there evading the local police and army. Was his time wasted? Arguably. Was he disappointed? I cannot imagine that he was not. Did he waste his life? I do not think so. He chose to stay on the island and follow his orders and principles to 100% of his ability. There is something about that that gains my admiration. It's not about what he did, but why he did it. EDIT: Here's a (somewhat inaccurate) article that tells his story. |
2013-02-11, 12:53 | Link #259 | |
Deadpan Snarker
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: The Neverlands
Age: 46
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...and that's why I like the fact death doesn't discriminate No matter if you're a poor schmuck that never had any luck in life, or you're some celeb, put on a pedestal by the idiots around you A hard worker leading a comfortable life, or a rich bugger that conned everyone to get where and what he wanted All WILL be dead! On a side note, wanting to be immortal is only desired by 2 kind of people: -The young -The Rich/powerful The latter will be the only ones to be granted that 'privilege' though
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2013-02-16, 05:36 | Link #260 | |
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But looking at all those really horrible ways how you can die? Fatal diseases, accidends, being murdered? Yeah, that is some terrifying stuff right there :O |
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