(April 18, 2011 at 7:01 pm)Napoleon666 Wrote:(April 18, 2011 at 3:25 pm)downbeatplumb Wrote: Death I dont fear, dying is a different matter altogether.
is that a quote? i'm sure i've heard that somewhere!
I have heard it recently quoted by Terry Pratchett....don't know if it is one of his original ones though.
I understand it to mean that Death itself is not to be feared ....it's "getting there" that is the problem. Even the 'Few monments / nanoseconds of before death' are full of the 'fear of pain' and THAT is what most people are afraid of.
"The Universe is run by the complex interweaving of three elements: energy, matter, and enlightened self-interest." G'Kar-B5