(March 9, 2009 at 7:12 pm)EvidenceVsFaith Wrote: I don't fear DEATH itself....
I just don't like the idea of dying.
It depends how you die...but the process of dying must not be so nice....
Now with family and friends of course I would miss them....so that would be a lot worse.
With myself its just the matter of the process of dying...I don't fear death itself.
About others worrying about what it would be like without ME - I can't really think that far ahead... I think...
After I'm gone I'm gone. Before I'm gone its just the process of dying.
EvF
Well, I have understood finally that dying is essentially like going to sleep, dear friend. It is just that you do not dream and you never wake up. Now the process by which you are put to sleep may not be too pleasant, but I am confident at the last that it is just the same as when you drift off to sleep at night. Often, you don't even know that you've done it.
Really in some sense, you die every time you surrender your consciousness to sleep, and you are born every time you wake up.
Have you ever had to put a dog down? The poor beast lies there, the needle goes in, it relaxes, and that is that. The significance is all in your imagination. What you cry for is not really the dog, but yourself, that you will never encounter the splendid thing again.
