(08-24-2013, 11:25 PM)Chaos Wrote: Just attempted to recreate my golden post, and I am unable to do so. I just don't have the same emotions running through me and thoughts aren't flowing like they were.

I felt like fucking Aristotle after I wrote it and I was very excited to share it on this thread. lol

I gracefully explained the difference between fear and avoidance, and I cannot remember a damn thing on how I did it.

I blame Blue for this. That post would have changed the world.

(08-25-2013, 02:42 AM)Evangelist Wrote: It's as fast as closing and opening your eyes. Brutal and cold truth, and it is also our freedom. Why fear the inevitable? I don't believe in heaven and hell so I welcome death when it comes knocking. It is my best friend and liberator.

(08-25-2013, 08:35 AM)Harvey Wrote: I recently had an epiphany with regards to death. Most people find the concept of dying to be sad and depressing but that's not death. That's when you're alive. Death is when you no longer exist. You no longer have thoughts, memories, or a concept of reality. You don't remember dying, you don't remember what it was like to die, and you don't have any recollection of ever existing - hell you don't even know what existence is. That's death. Not sad and depressing, not peaceful, just nothing.

(08-25-2013, 02:27 PM)Guardian Wrote:

(08-25-2013, 08:35 AM)Harvey Wrote: I recently had an epiphany with regards to death. Most people find the concept of dying to be sad and depressing but that's not death. That's when you're alive. Death is when you no longer exist. You no longer have thoughts, memories, or a concept of reality. You don't remember dying, you don't remember what it was like to die, and you don't have any recollection of ever existing - hell you don't even know what existence is. That's death. Not sad and depressing, not peaceful, just nothing.

Along those line I remember seeing a quote from someone along the lines of "Before I was born I had been dead for billions of years and it did not affect me one bit."

It is pretty mundane to completely fear death. About the only part of death I fear is the pain leading up to it. I just hope mine is quick, then I will be ok with it. Either way, I won't have any control over it so it doesn't matter.

(08-25-2013, 07:40 PM)Snow Wrote: It's something every living thing will encounter one day. It is something that will mold us, and end us. Personally though I think death is beautiful, because it's quiet. It's peaceful. It's the end. There isn't anything else, it's just over. It's done.

When I know death is knocking at my door, I want to great him as an old friend, read to transcend into nothingness, together.

(08-25-2013, 02:35 PM)Bliss Wrote: One thing that bugs me about death is feeling that what you did really didn't matter all that much. Years down the line, people won't remember you and you'll just be a statistic...

(08-26-2013, 03:36 AM)Harvey Wrote:

(08-25-2013, 02:35 PM)Bliss Wrote: One thing that bugs me about death is feeling that what you did really didn't matter all that much. Years down the line, people won't remember you and you'll just be a statistic...

When you're dead, it doesn't matter. It's not like you're looking down from heaven (or maybe to you it is) at all the people still living and major world events happening all while you're being forgotten about. Nope, it's even pure blackness. It's complete non-existence. When you are dead, you might as well have never existed.

(08-26-2013, 03:41 AM)Chaos Wrote:

(08-26-2013, 03:36 AM)Harvey Wrote:

(08-25-2013, 02:35 PM)Bliss Wrote: One thing that bugs me about death is feeling that what you did really didn't matter all that much. Years down the line, people won't remember you and you'll just be a statistic...

When you're dead, it doesn't matter. It's not like you're looking down from heaven (or maybe to you it is) at all the people still living and major world events happening all while you're being forgotten about. Nope, it's even pure blackness. It's complete non-existence. When you are dead, you might as well have never existed.

Of course it doesn't matter when he's dead, because he won't know. But that's exactly what bothers him. The fact that he will NEVER know while he's alive. I don't think he's talking about the feeling after death, because like you said, there's no feeling. I think you misunderstood.