Processing our mortality
July 7, 2017 at 12:20 pm
(This post was last modified: July 7, 2017 at 12:23 pm by LadyForCamus.)
(July 6, 2017 at 4:31 am)surreptitious57 Wrote: I approach the question of death from a purely practical perspective namely that it is inevitable so worrying about it is just a waste of mental energy. I see no objective meaning to existence
at all but this is for me a neutral position rather than a negative one because it allows me to give subjective meaning to my own existence if I so choose. The problem with applying meaning
in any objective sense is that it begs the question by assuming such a thing exists. The randomness which allowed life to develop is evidence that it does not. I accept this unconditionally so
I do not think we are in any way special. We are just biological organisms with a finite life span just the same as any other. Death is merely the consequence of that. Furthermore everything
eventually dies. Planets. Stars. Galaxies. It is therefore no big deal and should not be treated as something that is for it is simply a transition from one state to another. We only think it a big
deal because we are afraid of it. But like with any irrational fear once it is rationalised the fear no longer exists. The dead never worry about being dead any way. And nor should anyone else
From an intellectual perspective, I completely agree with everything you said here, and I understand it is most likely the closest thing to a "true" interpretation of reality that we may ever get to. Death is a biological process, just as life is. It's perfectly natural, and every living thing will eventually experience it. Perhaps it's more of a deep sadness that I feel, than a fear; knowing a time will come when I will have seen my children for the last time, or enjoyed my last piece of cake; that my experiencing of loved ones is finite. It's a grief that I still can't wrap my mind around.
Are you new, Surreptitious? I don't recall seeing you around these parts! Hiya!
(July 6, 2017 at 7:49 am)mh.brewer Wrote: Keep poopingout kids. That's the only way I know of to be immortal in some fashion.
Pooping out kids?!
Brewer, I think it's time we sit down together and have that talk about the birds and bees. [emoji13]
Nay_Sayer: “Nothing is impossible if you dream big enough, or in this case, nothing is impossible if you use a barrel of KY Jelly and a miniature horse.”
Wiser words were never spoken.
Wiser words were never spoken.
