CheekY Posted November 25, 2003 Report Share Posted November 25, 2003 are you afraid to die? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sev-mard Posted November 25, 2003 Report Share Posted November 25, 2003 Since it's unknown I think it's hard to not be apprendhsive about the complete unknown, especially since you're going there by yourself. Sure it's were everybody ends up but you go it alone, so I think that scares ppl. But if you comes to terms with it, and utilize this Kyank as best you can, then I think one can definately reach a point where fear isn't really an issue, just merely acceptance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azat Posted November 25, 2003 Report Share Posted November 25, 2003 no. but I do not want to die. I am afraid of being dead and not doing everything I have planned to do in my life. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UKGIRL28 Posted November 25, 2003 Report Share Posted November 25, 2003 I used to be afraid but not anymore.. my whole experience of death changed when I lossed my mother, so its more acceptable now. Just live each day as it comes... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UKGIRL28 Posted November 25, 2003 Report Share Posted November 25, 2003 are you afraid to die? are you happy to live? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DominO123 Posted November 25, 2003 Report Share Posted November 25, 2003 no. but I do not want to die. I am afraid of being dead and not doing everything I have planned to do in my life. Azat, then you are afraid of death, this is how I see being afraid to die, it is not dying that is threating for me, it is the fact that you won't do things, you won,t accomplish etc... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sev-mard Posted November 25, 2003 Report Share Posted November 25, 2003 are you happy to live? I'm content to live, and I try to advance myself and people around me as I see as good and worthwhile. It's an experience that my mind is going though, this Life, so i'm not like taking it as the best thing in the universe. Who knows, maybe there is something else, a lot more. So I'm happy to be alive, but I'm always cognizant of the future, death, life, rebirth, and just the head trip that being "alive" is.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sip Posted November 25, 2003 Report Share Posted November 25, 2003 are you afraid to die?No. I would however prefer to die after paying off all my loans and making sure my parents are well cared for until they die. But as far as doing all the things I've ever wanted to do in life ... I think I've done pretty much all of them so I'm happy there!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KavorKin99 Posted November 25, 2003 Report Share Posted November 25, 2003 im not afraid Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vava Posted November 25, 2003 Report Share Posted November 25, 2003 im not afraid care to elaborate? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vava Posted November 25, 2003 Report Share Posted November 25, 2003 As for me - I'm not 'afraid' of death any more than I would be afraid of any unknown... It's impossible to know what lies beyond... Here's a story, I'm not sure where I heard/read it: There was a condemned criminal who was broght before the King for sentencing. His crime was ruthless enough that King's prosecutor made a compelling case for a death sentence. The criminal, for his part, was truly remorseful and begged the King for another chance. The King, during his verdict, gave the criminal a choice: a rope (to be hung at the gallows), or the punishment behind 'the door' as he pointed to a large, dark, forboding matel gate. The criminal immediately chose the rope - as it seemed to him to be less painful. As the executioner was preparing the criminal for his hanging, the criminal asked the King what was the othe choice - after all he was going to be dead soon, and he surely wouldn't tell anyone. The king replied, 'Freedom' lies beyond the door. Often times we are more afraid of the unknown, than we really ought to be... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sasun Posted November 25, 2003 Report Share Posted November 25, 2003 Good story Vava. I bet the king was from somewhere in the East. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sev-mard Posted November 25, 2003 Report Share Posted November 25, 2003 Nice story Vava, definately sounds like some Eastern philosophy Sasun. We all just have to wait and see now won't we. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vava Posted November 25, 2003 Report Share Posted November 25, 2003 Glad you liked it I think it has bearing on a lot of things in life. Many times 'fear', however you choose to define it, is at the root of our success, or lack of, as the case may be... How one approaches fear - and more particularly fear of the unknown (as in this case) can have a direct bearing on outcomes of ones life. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sasun Posted November 25, 2003 Report Share Posted November 25, 2003 Nice story Vava, definately sounds like some Eastern philosophy Sasun. We all just have to wait and see now won't we. Yeah, Sev-Mard... but if you don't have the patience to wait there are ways... How one approaches fear - and more particularly fear of the unknown (as in this case) can have a direct bearing on outcomes of ones life. Perhaps this could motivate to know the unknown as well. One could also state that fear and ignorance are closely linked. Satan/evil must be really ignorant, I don't know why people say the opposite On a deeper level, there is no reason to be afraid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DominO123 Posted November 25, 2003 Report Share Posted November 25, 2003 Vava, one of Socrates disciples after that he has been sentences to death, asked him if he was afraid of death, Socrates answered that the unknown should not threaten us, and that for that reason he was not afraid of death... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SirumemKez20 Posted November 25, 2003 Report Share Posted November 25, 2003 I am not only afraid of dying, but when I will die. Only God knows when everyones time comes to go, but I think God will be there with us. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maral Posted November 29, 2003 Report Share Posted November 29, 2003 When I was younger I was afraid of the physical aspects of death...the box,the dark etc...And now I am leaning towards the belief that there is something more out there,and in my thirties I am no longer afraid of the physical aspects per say,but I am scared of not feeling sunshine,of not physicaly being with my family,my children,of not watching TV,not cooking,I wont' miss cleaning by any means Maybe when I am older I will look forward to not doing those things anymore...I lost my father a little over a year ago....I hope he is still with us,I sometimes feel that he is still around...but I fear that being on the 'other side' and not being able to comunicate is torture for them...I read on this subject I watch shows on this subject and they want us to believe that all is well with them,but how can it be when they can be in the same room as us and not be able to comunicate or laugh with us or argue with us or enjoy a meal with us....I rambled didn't I? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sip Posted November 29, 2003 Report Share Posted November 29, 2003 Maral, sorry to hear about your father but if I were you, I would find comfort in knowing that he is no more. He doesn't feel. He doesn't suffer. He doesn't think. He is not looking. He is not affraid. He is not sad. He is gone ... only a memory now. So try to focus on the memories and remember the good times. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hyebruin Posted November 30, 2003 Report Share Posted November 30, 2003 how cold!--poor woman's probably depressed after reading that!--maral jan it's not that they cannot communicate with us, but that we do not have the extrasensory perceptions to perceive and be receptive to their energy... my mom says the same thing about her parents...that she feels them around her...not all of us are meant to see spririts or hear them...though there are a few who are gifted or unlucky you could call it and perceive all this!!---i think it's good in a way that we cannot perceive all the sensory information 'cause then we would probably go mad from information overload!! and miss out on the lessons and the experiences THIS life has to offer!!!---let us all not rush soooo much and be so eager to know what's on the other side before experiencing the current gift we've been given... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DominO123 Posted November 30, 2003 Report Share Posted November 30, 2003 Maral, your father is living in another Universe now. just the next one, where the probability of his non-death existed. In that Universe there is you and the rest of the family, he will observe the death of others(which in their turns will live in another Universe), for example in his Universe you may have a car accident and die, and that you live in another Universe which will be this one etc... I won't go further and keep it simple. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THOTH Posted November 30, 2003 Report Share Posted November 30, 2003 I'm not afraid per se - but its certainly not something I'm looking foreward to...yes - i wan't to go on for a long time - for my children if nothing else...to be with them and see them grow through childhood and into adults and perhaps to experience families of their own - i so much want to see this. I lost my father 7 1/2 years ago - he died less then a month before my youngest was born. My father knew that he was going to have another grandson and would have so much wanted to get to know him as he knew and loved my eldest son so. My youngest never knew my father - but many times has expressed that he wished that he did (which has been really touching) - as both my wife and I talk about him a great deal...and we have pictures and videos of course. And a little over 2 years ago I had a medical emergency where I came very very close to losing my life - in fact I insisted to see my wife and kids immediatly before they took me into surgery...and I thought it might be the last time...you can't immagine my regrets at that moment - and my sadness...and what a feeling afterwords though - and since - now that I have a new lease on life...it has certainly changed my perspectives on many things...though much the same as well - as I have allways been one to want to experience life and see and do interesting things. What its really changed though - interestingly enough - is my career ambition...I still want to do quality interesting and important work - but I have lost the interest in advancement and all that sort of thing - just content now with what I'm doing and looking foreward to retirement (very much)...and in many ways - a very many ways - I don't think (now) that this is such a bad thing...but of course I'm not planning to just sit idle..there is so much that I still wish to do and experince...and I have so many things I still want to see, do and experience with my children... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UKGIRL28 Posted December 1, 2003 Report Share Posted December 1, 2003 What its really changed though - interestingly enough - is my career ambition...I still want to do quality interesting and important work - but I have lost the interest in advancement and all that sort of thing.. What sort of work are you talking about Thoth? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THOTH Posted December 1, 2003 Report Share Posted December 1, 2003 What sort of work are you talking about Thoth? Lets just call it public service...but I'm a bit of jack of all trades...I do all sorts of stuff (including making movies/videos...write quite a lot...do studies & analyis on occasion...teaching [sometimes without my "students' realising they are recieving a "lesson" etc]...and I concieve/design and develop games/simulations (of a sort)...that sort of thing...fun stuff)...and I do it/them well (very well)...so I take pride in my work - in its quality and I get much satisfaction from such (and in knowing that basically no one other person in the world could likely do what I do - as I do it...)...and always like to feel that I am making a difference and doing important stuff that needs to get done...and I do very much believe in what I do...(evasive enough for ya?) Still I could cut over to being retired and pursueing some of my many other interests in ernest (as well as raise my kids and do stuff with them etc). For instance I've considered becomming a landscape architect - as I have skills/knowledge and experience in such...or becomming a wine buyer or perhaps a somilier etc...(things I also sort of do on the side)...or pursue various personal video projects...many concived but no time to follow through...or just contuinue to do fun videos - I video bands and such - among other stuff...etc etc etc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UKGIRL28 Posted December 2, 2003 Report Share Posted December 2, 2003 Im very much onto the whole design aspect in life..I design for a living myself, i layout pages for a magazine which I love doing...and in soo many ways, some day id like to pursure other areas in design like landscape gardening, footwear design, packaging and mybe go back to painting again, who knows...i'd also love to design my dream house.. im very interested in interior decor at the mo and have done up my own flat in a way that it amazes my friends when they come to visit.. its a shame we are restricted in life, there's soo much i wanna do but dont have the time or means.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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