{OT} Why do we fear death?

forge · Post by **forge** » Sat Nov 05, 2005 12:32 pm

amo wrote:
noisetonepause wrote:(noisetonepause in pretentious french quoting SHOCKER!)
Nice one, tres beau....

Me think two things make the fear vanish: poetry as paws posted and looking inside. Fearing death is fearing looking inside one's self, listening to the dreams, to the hidden selves in the subconscious... Buddhists are said to prepare for death during life through their dreams.
Waiting for death is like waiting for nothing, fearing death is like not wanting to live your life.

*I know, easy to speak*

well the tibetan buddhists do the elaborate sand mandalas tht take a week to make then brush them away

meant to be a point about the impermenance of things

claudek · Post by **claudek** » Sat Nov 05, 2005 12:51 pm

Maybe it is the real fear of bring alone.
But we never know what is on the other side.that what makes us want to keep living.

forge · Post by **forge** » Sat Nov 05, 2005 12:55 pm

claudek wrote:Maybe it is the real fear of bring alone.
But we never know what is on the other side.that what makes us want to keep living.

also the fight or flight instinct - the self preservation instinct that tries to keep you alive

our instinctive programming is powerful

forge · Post by **forge** » Sat Nov 05, 2005 12:58 pm

noisetonepause wrote:Ce parfum de nos années mortes
Ceux qui peuvent frapper à ta porte
Infinité de destin
On en pose un, qu'est-ce qu'on en retient?

Le vent l'emportera

Pendant que la marée monte
Et que chacun refait ses comptes
J'emmène au creux de mon ombre
Des poussières de toi

Le vent les portera
Tout disparaîtra
Le vent nous portera

I get the feeling Babel fish robs it somewhat iof it's appeal?:

Does this perfume of our dead years Those which can strike with your Infinité door of destiny One poses one of them, what one retain some? The wind will carry it While the tide goes up And that each one remakes its accounts I take along to the hollow of my shade Of dust of you The wind will carry them All will disappear the wind will carry us

pink vagina orifice · Post by **pink vagina orifice** » Sat Nov 05, 2005 12:59 pm

hoffman2k wrote:The only thing to fear, is fear itself.

No. The only thing to fear is a dry vagina. Maybe a moist anus.

hambone1 · Post by **hambone1** » Sat Nov 05, 2005 1:01 pm

Machinate wrote:Instinct. Next topic please.

It's that simple. Survival. Natural selection.

Live each day like it's your last with no regrets.

It just may be.

noisetonepause · Post by **noisetonepause** » Sat Nov 05, 2005 2:22 pm

forge wrote:I get the feeling Babel fish robs it somewhat iof it's appeal?:

Does this perfume of our dead years Those which can strike with your Infinité door of destiny One poses one of them, what one retain some? The wind will carry it While the tide goes up And that each one remakes its accounts I take along to the hollow of my shade Of dust of you The wind will carry them All will disappear the wind will carry us

Hehe.. gotta love Babelfish.

I think this is about right, not a native speaker, mind:

"This scent of our dead years
Those that can knock on your door
Infinity of destiny
We ask one thing of it, what can we take from it*

The wind will bring it
Everything will disappear
The wind will carry us

While the tide rises
And everyone reconsiders
I bring dust specks of you
To the cavity in my soul

The wind will carry them
Everything will disappear
The wind wind will carry us"

(*Not sure of this line at all! Or most the rest of it for that matter...au secours!)

12micsn1 · Post by **12micsn1** » Sat Nov 05, 2005 7:32 pm

claudek wrote:Why do we fear death? Is it the fear of unknown or no control?
I am weird I guess, but always find it interesting subject..
What do you think? Maybe one does not always fear this as well?

If people think of death like going into a deep peace sleep we would fear less.

conny · Post by **conny** » Sat Nov 05, 2005 10:09 pm

If a did some good music instead or wrote some poetry I would probably not get into this thead right now...

Analysis:
Fear of death.
Three parts:

1 Fear of leaving life and beloved ones
2 Fear of the dying process, moment of death
3 Fear of the state of being dead

I don't care much for 3.
2 bothers me like becoming dead in life - loosing a clear mind (I never had one from the start...), starting to become strange or disturbed infront of children and friends
1 is the crucial part for me. I will not finish! Whole life so far has been an unfinishing thing. Things scattered around whithout form.

The fear for death is in my mind the ego's problem with time and itself.

and noone fear the time before existance!

// C

elemental · Post by **elemental** » Sat Nov 05, 2005 10:19 pm

Live each day like it is your last AND as if you will live for 1000 years.

^ ^

nice proverb i like

Look at the medical and pharmecitical industries. They capitalize on our fear of death. Death is just a part of life. No point trying to escape it;

Amberience · Post by **Amberience** » Sat Nov 05, 2005 10:26 pm

Hate to break it to ya... but I don't fear death, I'm just wanting to put it off for as long as I can!!

udp · Post by **udp** » Sat Nov 05, 2005 10:39 pm

Amberience wrote:Hate to break it to ya... but I don't fear death, I'm just wanting to put it off for as long as I can!!

ditto, and here's cheers to a good life! (Pops open a fresh IPA.....guzzles....ahhh)

conny · Post by **conny** » Sat Nov 05, 2005 10:46 pm

udp wrote:(Pops open a fresh IPA.....guzzles....ahhh)

OK, cheers, pops open a Falcon Extra Brew

// C

D DAS · Post by **D DAS** » Sun Nov 06, 2005 7:49 am

What the catepillar calls the End of the World,

The master calls a butterfly.

SethAbare · Post by **SethAbare** » Sun Nov 06, 2005 11:48 am

hardly anyone really fears death, more people are afraid to live in my opinion.

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