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What happens after we die..
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My lately near atheism views seems to point out the obvious to me. Death = the same as before we were born... So much to see and feel in the little life that we have, we are only a speck of dust, living in a blink of time that will one day be forgotten...
Right? or wrong?
Sometimes I wish religion were the truth. That we would die and live eternally happy with all our relatives and long lost friends amongst the stars..
I'm getting all late night sappy here, but the death of Heath Ledger hits a little home for me.. Why?.. He's about my age, height and complexion. Hearing about his death is a harsh reminder that I am mortal. That no matter how immortal I might feel, it could all be lost at any second. I could go to bed tonight and never wake.. and will it have ever meant anything and was there any real meaning to begin with?
People die, people close to them mourn, then they remember, but then they are lost and eventually all is forgotten..
Looks like I'm ending my night on a high note here.
..hope I didn't bring anyone down. Just something to reflect on.. Enjoy life!
Right? or wrong?
Sometimes I wish religion were the truth. That we would die and live eternally happy with all our relatives and long lost friends amongst the stars..
I'm getting all late night sappy here, but the death of Heath Ledger hits a little home for me.. Why?.. He's about my age, height and complexion. Hearing about his death is a harsh reminder that I am mortal. That no matter how immortal I might feel, it could all be lost at any second. I could go to bed tonight and never wake.. and will it have ever meant anything and was there any real meaning to begin with?
People die, people close to them mourn, then they remember, but then they are lost and eventually all is forgotten..
Looks like I'm ending my night on a high note here.
..hope I didn't bring anyone down. Just something to reflect on.. Enjoy life! Post edited by Unknown User on
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When I was younger I would almost have panic attacks thinking about dying and not being around and the harsh reality that one day I wont be here
I haven't had any lately I dont really think about it much because it does me no good to harp on it or get depressed about it
I dont believe in after life as well I think when you're gone...you're gone
The ONLY thing better than a glass of beer is tea with Miss McGill
A protuberance of flesh above the waistband of a tight pair of trousers
I have these panic attacks you are talking about. I start to think about not being here anymore, and the world just going on and existing normally without me and all of the things that I will miss out on, and all of the things I will never see. And I keep thinking deeper and deeper, and then I can't breath well anymore and my head starts to throb, and yeah I pretty much go into some weird self induced panic attack.
Its means a lot more to me, but I can't really put it into the right words. I just hope I live long enough to be the person I want to be. I'm not sure I believe fully in second chances.
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Ponder this...The reason we cant fathom "nothing", or picture what it was like before we were born...is because we've always been..and will continue to always be....
I have to agree, Im around Heath ledgers age, and when I heard he died tonight...i dont know why...but it really bothered me. Normally celebrity news/deaths dont phase me in the least.. but this was different...and I cant explain it.
In the mind of everyone else, we're gone, but what about our mind? What happens to our own thoughts when we die?
If some believe there is a little coating of religious magic present on each hydrogen atom that collects, and transcends as a soul from this physical universe into some other place besides here which is supposed to be everywhere...feel free to enjoy that thought.
and reveling in it's loyalty. It's made by forming coalitions
over specific principles, goals, and policies.
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Yup, it consumes you
The last time I really thought about it was when I got married and thought about my wife being alone or me missing everyone
Its weird I dont believe in after life but my mind makes me think I will miss everything that is going on
Are you scared to die ? Sometimes I fluctuate between being scared and not being scared
The ONLY thing better than a glass of beer is tea with Miss McGill
A protuberance of flesh above the waistband of a tight pair of trousers
Stay off the funny cigarettes !
I often wonder why we are here ? Other than to pro-create obviously
The ONLY thing better than a glass of beer is tea with Miss McGill
A protuberance of flesh above the waistband of a tight pair of trousers
that's what it's like.
and reveling in it's loyalty. It's made by forming coalitions
over specific principles, goals, and policies.
http://i36.tinypic.com/66j31x.jpg
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Job 14
1 "Man born of woman
is of few days and full of trouble.
2 He springs up like a flower and withers away;
like a fleeting shadow, he does not endure.
3 Do you fix your eye on such a one?
Will you bring him [a] before you for judgment?
4 Who can bring what is pure from the impure?
No one!
5 Man's days are determined;
you have decreed the number of his months
and have set limits he cannot exceed.
6 So look away from him and let him alone,
till he has put in his time like a hired man.
7 "At least there is hope for a tree:
If it is cut down, it will sprout again,
and its new shoots will not fail.
8 Its roots may grow old in the ground
and its stump die in the soil,
9 yet at the scent of water it will bud
and put forth shoots like a plant.
10 But man dies and is laid low;
he breathes his last and is no more.
11 As water disappears from the sea
or a riverbed becomes parched and dry,
12 so man lies down and does not rise;
till the heavens are no more, men will not awake
or be roused from their sleep.
13 "If only you would hide me in the grave
and conceal me till your anger has passed!
If only you would set me a time
and then remember me!
14 If a man dies, will he live again?
All the days of my hard service
I will wait for my renewal [c] to come.
15 You will call and I will answer you;
you will long for the creature your hands have made.
16 Surely then you will count my steps
but not keep track of my sin.
17 My offenses will be sealed up in a bag;
you will cover over my sin.
18 "But as a mountain erodes and crumbles
and as a rock is moved from its place,
19 as water wears away stones
and torrents wash away the soil,
so you destroy man's hope.
20 You overpower him once for all, and he is gone;
you change his countenance and send him away.
21 If his sons are honored, he does not know it;
if they are brought low, he does not see it.
22 He feels but the pain of his own body
and mourns only for himself."
it just makes you think that for thousands of years humans have always had the same fears/questions.
they don't go to heaven where the angels fly
they go down to the lake of fire and fry
won't see 'em again till the fourth of july
i knew a lady who came from duluth
she got bit by a dog with a rabid tooth
she went to her grave just a little too soon
and she flew away howling on the yellow moon
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To break down borders and realise that we are one species and then the true patriotism comes from pride and love of the human race, not from the tribes of which we currently are divided, open your eyes your mind will see! - ME
I'm definately down with that!
I have recorded music that will always be a solid legacy of mine and as a builder i have left evidence of my existance, and hopefully not just for my own vanity it would be nice to think that friends and family discuss and remember me long after i'm gone!
To break down borders and realise that we are one species and then the true patriotism comes from pride and love of the human race, not from the tribes of which we currently are divided, open your eyes your mind will see! - ME
Until they die anyway...
But I agree, my grandfather taught me so much and I'm really sorry I didn't have the change to get to know him as a man. He died when I was 15.
But he has influenced me so much, and his wisdom, his character... lives on in me. And I hope that I can one day influence someone else... and that's enough for me. I don't need to be remembered forever.
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That's so cool that you'll leave something material behind, and of course your music, which probably reflects a part of you?
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"Forgive every being,
the bad feelings
it's just me"
your memory will live on through the people who loved you!!
"What a stupid lamb."
"What a sick, masochistic lion."
Or they burn you and throw you in a hole.
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oops forgot that one.
even though it's the only memory i got of him.... from the stories i hear about him he was a very passive man and always wanted peace within our family. (even though my family is crazy as hell and are always fighting). so i can sort of associate with your experience with your grandfather. it's as if i knew my grandfather longer.
That was probably shrooms, not weed.
i used to do this often enough in my younger years. i still freak myself out from time to time, thinking of my non-existence. the idea of no longer *being* is a trippy thing, and not something i look forward to. granted, the idea of living forever isn't actually appealing either, nless we can all stay young and strong, and not age and become so frail/vulnerable....but even with that, i think....it's just not meant to be. we all have a season on this earth, and as sad as it is to imagine our own individual non-existence....it is what it is. so, i really try not to dwell on it, freak out over it...and enjoy what i have while i have it.
honestly, i think i am more afraid of getting very old, being alone and how will i take care of myself/provide for myself? imagining being in a nursing home, not fun......and just thinking of all my 'stuff'.....and that more than likely, just disappear.....it saddens me. also makes me realize just how tenuous and unimportant so much tangible stuff is, and yes......we ARE alone in our deaths. don't know why i've thought about it a lot lately, seeing the movie the savages definitely brought it all to mind again, but for very selfish reasons, i hope my husband and i grow to a ripe and healthy old age....but i'd like to go first.
Let's just breathe...
I am myself like you somehow
For real, though, I'm joining a mariachi band when I die, and every other sentence I'll start with "Yo!"
The risk I took was calculated, but man, am I bad at math - The Mincing Mockingbird