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Two Gun Bob

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Death are you afraid of the unknown
Or do you just treat it as the circle of life
 
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I've read that some doctors state that as we get older (80's +) we become more accepting and even accommodating of death. (a family friend in her 90's is of this attitude)
Maybe it's the systematic shutdown of brain functions that allows the elderly to become passive about death, or possibly even the body itself prepares the mind for the inevitable for a "stress free" passing. I can't say I've ever known anyone having a full blown hysterical fit just before they popped their clogs.
 
How old are you taximania? Reason I ask is that I haven't heard anyone use the word vex for about 30 years so I'm guessing all this talk of death and using ye olde words probably means you're getting ready to pop yer clogs.

RIP btw.
 
Mëtal Bikër said:
I've read that some doctors state that as we get older (80's +) we become more accepting and even accommodating of death. (a family friend in her 90's is of this attitude)
Maybe it's the systematic shutdown of brain functions that allows the elderly to become passive about death, or possibly even the body itself prepares the mind for the inevitable for a "stress free" passing. I can't say I've ever known anyone having a full blown hysterical fit just before they popped their clogs.
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My mother died 2 years ago aged 92, she said many times in her last 4 or 5 years that she wished 'HE' would take her, meaning God, so this seems to confirm what you say.

For myself, I am now 61, I wonder sometimes how long my innings will last, many many people die younger than I am now in their 50's etc so Im aware it could happen anytime and the older I get the more likely it becomes, Im not afraid of death, what scares me is getting a terminal illness where I know Im on my way out, I dont know how Id deal with that, but you can deal with anything if you have too, its best not to think of death but try to live healthily and be positive and happy.
 
I am prone to quoting one or both of these in condolence letters, emails & cards:

When you are sorrowful look again in your heart, and you shall see that in truth you are weeping for that which has been your delight.

Kahlil Gibran
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Life is eternal, and love is immortal,
and death is only a horizon;
and a horizon is nothing save the limit of our sight.

Rossiter Worthington Raymond
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On a personal note everyone has their own ideas of what it is to exist & be an individual; some believe in higher powers & are more 'spiritual' and/or religious, others go more existential.

Perhaps if you buy it falling off a mountain in the Himalayas (like my best friend from high school did) you don't have much time to consider matters, whereas if you're living to a ripe old age and losing your faculties (if your mind isn't one of them) it's a different kettle of fish.

For all of us the human condition is a very personalised and individual thing, and we've all led unique lives & no doubt have different complexions on what we're about.

There is no one answer, and I'm inclined (from my own limited experiences and one or two very special people I've known) to believe we're pretty much like the proverbial goldfish in bowls.. we really understand far less than we think, and that includes what we think we know about ourselves & our minds/bodies.

Knowledge is after all, the acquisition of humility - and nothing much is what it seems.
 
I see it like this...and i treat my life with this in mind always...

I exist in a random part of space at a random time in surprisingly a goldilocks area.
I think about rocks in deserts when i am out with mates, what i mean is i really think of stuff people would use as examples to prove we are selfish beings.

I got asked by a religious lady that once, do i think of things that do not affect me she was trying to say.
My honest answer was "yes i do my dear i really do, can you say the same or is it a question you use to catch out those who disagree with you"
The lady was decent enough to be honest and just walked away with a sullen look on her face.
An admittance or she lost hope i was going to "find god".

The idea we exist is absurd if you look at the logistics, so i am thankful every day i wake up even if i hate life some days.

I love the idea i have this chance to reflect on life and the universe.
We are the cosmos made conscious and i am more thankful for it than i could ever express.

We are amazing and we don't respect it enough, yes we die but what is more important is we have the chance to live.

This brings me to tears some times and i don't mind saying...

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=royz6sL19Tw[/youtube]
 
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