I find that I have less emotional attachment to factual knowledge as I get older. That is to say if something
is true I will accept it as such regardless of anything else. I put this down to the ageing process rather than
to being a sceptic or freethinker. I know that one day I am going to die. And so any attempt to interpret so
called reality is of no use after that point. That period between my non existence before I was born and my
death after I die is infinitesimally small compared to the age of the Universe. For even if I live to a hundred
it is nothing compared to nearly fourteen billion years. Since death is merely a state of non existence or non
consciousness it is no big deal. And this allows me not to take life too seriously here as I know that am only
passing through at the end of the day. So I try to avoid having fixed opinions on anything and seek to learn
instead. This makes me as free as it is possible to be while still being alive as for me it is about accepting so
called reality for what it is rather than trying to interpret it according to what ever I may think. And realising
that none of it matters in the grand scheme of things is the single greatest thing I have learned. And I value
it more than any facts I have been thought. That and the understanding that death is nothing to be afraid of
is true I will accept it as such regardless of anything else. I put this down to the ageing process rather than
to being a sceptic or freethinker. I know that one day I am going to die. And so any attempt to interpret so
called reality is of no use after that point. That period between my non existence before I was born and my
death after I die is infinitesimally small compared to the age of the Universe. For even if I live to a hundred
it is nothing compared to nearly fourteen billion years. Since death is merely a state of non existence or non
consciousness it is no big deal. And this allows me not to take life too seriously here as I know that am only
passing through at the end of the day. So I try to avoid having fixed opinions on anything and seek to learn
instead. This makes me as free as it is possible to be while still being alive as for me it is about accepting so
called reality for what it is rather than trying to interpret it according to what ever I may think. And realising
that none of it matters in the grand scheme of things is the single greatest thing I have learned. And I value
it more than any facts I have been thought. That and the understanding that death is nothing to be afraid of
A MIND IS LIKE A PARACHUTE : IT DOES NOT WORK UNLESS IT IS OPEN
