Comments on: Death http://alittleweird.com/2007/05/08/death/ reality bizarres the standard Wed, 07 Jan 2009 00:54:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.3 By: ClearVision http://alittleweird.com/2007/05/08/death/#comment-315 ClearVision Sun, 10 Jun 2007 10:03:19 +0000 http://alittleweird.com/2007/05/08/death/#comment-315 Maybe dying is just the transformation of the soul becoming liberated from the body. Is it not true, that some people that had near death experiences (NDE's) had the feelings and emotional characteristics of OBEs? For me, dying is the painful process of saying goodbye to the physical, and everything material and entering the world of the unknown. Perhaps, it is good, perhaps not. No one knows, but one thing is certain: people will always keep on making assumptions about their fate and try to imagine what lies beyond. So, really, death shouldn't be all that scary as one can simply suppress that fear and let one's beliefs take control of the fear. As you said Peebrain, it is dying that we're most afraid of, because we don't know when the process ends or how fast it is. I completely agree with you there. I'm sorry for your loss. :-( Maybe dying is just the transformation of the soul becoming liberated from the body. Is it not true, that some people that had near death experiences (NDE’s) had the feelings and emotional characteristics of OBEs? For me, dying is the painful process of saying goodbye to the physical, and everything material and entering the world of the unknown. Perhaps, it is good, perhaps not. No one knows, but one thing is certain: people will always keep on making assumptions about their fate and try to imagine what lies beyond. So, really, death shouldn’t be all that scary as one can simply suppress that fear and let one’s beliefs take control of the fear. As you said Peebrain, it is dying that we’re most afraid of, because we don’t know when the process ends or how fast it is. I completely agree with you there. I’m sorry for your loss. :-(

]]> By: fruo http://alittleweird.com/2007/05/08/death/#comment-269 fruo Sat, 02 Jun 2007 22:18:57 +0000 http://alittleweird.com/2007/05/08/death/#comment-269 quote from the post: Then death will strike, and remind me who is the host, and who is the guest. For some reason, I don't know why, but it brings a tear to my eye and an upwelling through my chest. Where'd you find those words man! quote from the post:
Then death will strike, and remind me who is the host, and who is the guest.

For some reason, I don’t know why, but it brings a tear to my eye and an upwelling through my chest. Where’d you find those words man!

]]> By: dragonwing4d http://alittleweird.com/2007/05/08/death/#comment-146 dragonwing4d Fri, 18 May 2007 01:36:16 +0000 http://alittleweird.com/2007/05/08/death/#comment-146 my grand mother recently pased away however bad i felt i knew that its what she wanted.she survived cancer for about 3 years and when it finaly moved to her brain she stoped taking kemo. death is definatly a bitch slap toy eh face and it stings for months. but in the end i guess death is just a way of solving problems i sometimes find myself thinking about how much i think like her now that shes gone.and i have a non changing reference my grand mother recently pased away however bad i felt i knew that its what she wanted.she survived cancer for about 3 years and when it finaly moved to her brain she stoped taking kemo.
death is definatly a bitch slap toy eh face and it stings for months.
but in the end i guess death is just a way of solving problems
i sometimes find myself thinking about how much i think like her now that shes gone.and i have a non changing reference

]]> By: Lightbringer http://alittleweird.com/2007/05/08/death/#comment-126 Lightbringer Sun, 13 May 2007 07:18:34 +0000 http://alittleweird.com/2007/05/08/death/#comment-126 I think the issue with death is two-fold. 1) It reaffirms our fear of death that controls so much of our lives. Just look at how many things you do out of fear, then look at how many of those fears are rooted in fears of death. You will likely be shocked. If your fear of death was dealt with (tricky I know), then the issue would be gone. I think the key to all this is realizing that death is just another transformation, albeit a little more drastic than puberty. 2) I notice that a lot of our emotional hangups over death are for TOTALLY SELFISH reasons. We're more concerned with loss of a friend or loved one because of what they supplied for us (whether it was money, sex, energy, validation, etc.) rather than the actual loss of life. People have breakdowns all the time over things like "How am I gonna pay for everything now?", "I'm just so lonely now" and "I'll never get to enjoy X about them again". Their own greed becomes all-consuming and the person's death is less important except in the context of what the surviving people lost. Similarly, you all know that person who then uses the death for endless reassurance (but really, they just want energy and attention) because they want to squeeze even more benefit out of this event that has happened to THEM! Truly bizarre. Bottom line? When people die, do as (I believe it was) General MacArthur said "Don't mourn the loss of lives, instead celebrate the fact that such men lived". P.S. Not meant to insult anyone, especially you Sean. But I think it had to be said, even if it is a hard message. I think the issue with death is two-fold.

1) It reaffirms our fear of death that controls so much of our lives. Just look at how many things you do out of fear, then look at how many of those fears are rooted in fears of death. You will likely be shocked. If your fear of death was dealt with (tricky I know), then the issue would be gone. I think the key to all this is realizing that death is just another transformation, albeit a little more drastic than puberty.

2) I notice that a lot of our emotional hangups over death are for TOTALLY SELFISH reasons. We’re more concerned with loss of a friend or loved one because of what they supplied for us (whether it was money, sex, energy, validation, etc.) rather than the actual loss of life. People have breakdowns all the time over things like “How am I gonna pay for everything now?”, “I’m just so lonely now” and “I’ll never get to enjoy X about them again”. Their own greed becomes all-consuming and the person’s death is less important except in the context of what the surviving people lost.

Similarly, you all know that person who then uses the death for endless reassurance (but really, they just want energy and attention) because they want to squeeze even more benefit out of this event that has happened to THEM! Truly bizarre.

Bottom line? When people die, do as (I believe it was) General MacArthur said “Don’t mourn the loss of lives, instead celebrate the fact that such men lived”.

P.S. Not meant to insult anyone, especially you Sean. But I think it had to be said, even if it is a hard message.

]]> By: Daemon http://alittleweird.com/2007/05/08/death/#comment-109 Daemon Wed, 09 May 2007 01:09:55 +0000 http://alittleweird.com/2007/05/08/death/#comment-109 Death isn't scary for people, dying is. I think death is actually a good thing for most people. Death isn’t scary for people, dying is. I think death is actually a good thing for most people.

]]> By: Draggard Arcane http://alittleweird.com/2007/05/08/death/#comment-107 Draggard Arcane Tue, 08 May 2007 22:26:47 +0000 http://alittleweird.com/2007/05/08/death/#comment-107 Sorry for your loss. Theres a good series of books called His Dark Materials that talks about religon and all that jazz and they also bring up good ideas about well alot of things. Sorry for your loss. Theres a good series of books called His Dark Materials that talks about religon and all that jazz and they also bring up good ideas about well alot of things.

]]> By: Bad Wolf http://alittleweird.com/2007/05/08/death/#comment-106 Bad Wolf Tue, 08 May 2007 20:31:59 +0000 http://alittleweird.com/2007/05/08/death/#comment-106 Sorry about your cousin, Sean. Death is a scary thought for almost everyone, and some of us just simply aren't afraid of it, but when someone we know dies it completely devestates us regardless of how we feel about it. Also, I'm not entirely sure why, but I seem to have next to no emotions, and what I do have just gets weaker all the time. I think I better put finding a way to restore them really high on my priorities, but I have no idea on where to start. Any chance someone has some advice/ideas on restoring emotions? Sorry about your cousin, Sean. Death is a scary thought for almost everyone, and some of us just simply aren’t afraid of it, but when someone we know dies it completely devestates us regardless of how we feel about it.

Also, I’m not entirely sure why, but I seem to have next to no emotions, and what I do have just gets weaker all the time. I think I better put finding a way to restore them really high on my priorities, but I have no idea on where to start. Any chance someone has some advice/ideas on restoring emotions?

]]> By: NeoPsychic http://alittleweird.com/2007/05/08/death/#comment-105 NeoPsychic Tue, 08 May 2007 19:32:14 +0000 http://alittleweird.com/2007/05/08/death/#comment-105 "When someone we know dies, it just bitch-slaps all that philosophy right in the face." That's the biggest problem people have when it comes to religion, philosophy, and ideals, it all seems good until it happens to you. “When someone we know dies, it just bitch-slaps all that philosophy right in the face.”

That’s the biggest problem people have when it comes to religion, philosophy, and ideals, it all seems good until it happens to you.

]]> By: Gumby http://alittleweird.com/2007/05/08/death/#comment-104 Gumby Tue, 08 May 2007 19:12:47 +0000 http://alittleweird.com/2007/05/08/death/#comment-104 Sorry about your loss. :-( I've always wondered about death too, because I wanted to know what happens to me after I die. I think we turn into a ghost though, because that would explain ghosts(I beleive in them). Sorry about your loss. :-( I’ve always wondered about death too, because I wanted to know what happens to me after I die. I think we turn into a ghost though, because that would explain ghosts(I beleive in them).

]]> By: Francis http://alittleweird.com/2007/05/08/death/#comment-103 Francis Tue, 08 May 2007 15:16:46 +0000 http://alittleweird.com/2007/05/08/death/#comment-103 Peebrain, my depest sympathies... I understand your point here.... the truth is I had never thought that philosophies would count for so little when its our own selfs that will be dealing with death.... a dark thought, but bizarelly enough, it doesnt make me feel any worse about the whole death thing.... for all I know, death at some point of our ife will probably feel like a good thing.... comming to think of it, it actually is... otherwise, you wouldn't appreciate being alive.... lol - got carried away.... anyways, that's my two cents... Sincerely, ~Francis Peebrain, my depest sympathies… I understand your point here…. the truth is I had never thought that philosophies would count for so little when its our own selfs that will be dealing with death…. a dark thought, but bizarelly enough, it doesnt make me feel any worse about the whole death thing…. for all I know, death at some point of our ife will probably feel like a good thing…. comming to think of it, it actually is… otherwise, you wouldn’t appreciate being alive…. lol - got carried away…. anyways, that’s my two cents… Sincerely,

~Francis

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