(October 26, 2019 at 11:45 am)John 6IX Breezy Wrote:(October 26, 2019 at 10:58 am)Macoleco Wrote: Dying is somewhat sad, but it is necessary I believe. Eternity is too long for humans.
I wonder if death isn't just incomprehensible to us. That is to say, we romanticize it into something it's not. It seems very easy to think death brings peace from our troubles, but only the living can experience peace. Death forfeits the possibility of ever experiencing peace again, and yet we compare it to rest and sleep. Death is deceitful and alluring, there's no logic to it. Any experience seems better than no experience. It makes no sense to say eternity is not stimulating enough, and then think the solution to boredom is death. Death, I would argue, is the ultimate and eternal state of boredom. At least the boredom of life can be experienced, but death removes even this. If we fear boredom, we should fear death even more.
We are made by our memories and experiences. How can you live forever when everyone you meet will eventually die? Will you even remember who you are after hundreds of years? Death is what gives things value.
Dying is not boredom. You simply cease to exist. Just like before you were born.
