Hi guys, I would like to get your view on how you cope with the fact that any day you will die and that will be the end?
I am a person that thinks a lot and sometimes I end up with very weird thoughts and this is something that interests me. I enjoy finding deeper meaning in things.
In my case for example, last year was a very stressful year for me so I decided to do more of the things I like and less of the things for the future. So this year I will do more "Carpe Diem" and less stress.
#carpediem #whatislife
As much as it's possible I try to live 'in the moment' because when I eventually die I won't even know I'm dead because there will be no one there anymore to know anything. Kinda puts real 'zest' into life/existence.
I just try to leave as music, art, and writing in my wake. Will anyone remember my work 20 years after i'm gone? Eh, probably not. But i feel better writing a song than i do worrying about death.
After you're/we're gone, memories don't matter. I "retired" in 1994 at age 41 as I figured/calculated I had enough ongoing material wealth to continue living in "a/the style" of choosing... And what I do, I do for myself... yes, including making the world a better place (smallish foot print, no children...) and staying on good terms w/ others. But... a post death legacy of some sort? Meh.
I still feel better leaving behind some tangible creative output. Art, music, and creativity are pretty transient. Leaving behind hard copies or internet archives of things makes the creative process seem a little less pointless. And thus, makes life a little brighter in my mind.
The key for me is spiritualism, I have a mind that transcends our humanism, We think therefore we are however , we must think of what we truly are and that is a episode in time
There is no such thing as death, Death does not occur and never has, Transitions happens continually,
The entire existence is one of energy. Nothing else, just energy and we are at a moment in that energy, Upon the demise of our chemical unit and reactions within our self, we still hold only 14 billion year old atoms which have already been within many types of space.time positions.
But/however, this.. y/our consciousness will fade, disappear.
I think of this from Neil deGrasse Tyson: "I would request that my body in death be buried not cremated, so that the energy content contained within it gets returned to the earth, so that flora and fauna can dine upon it, just as I have dined upon flora and fauna during my lifetime"
I'd like to see a figuring for the energy involved in the process (of cremation, distribution...) vs. simple burial (sans formalin, casket... clothes even).
Thanks for keeping the discussion flowing! Loving your answers!
Brand new here Jesus. Already loving this place. I live in a retirement community and 90% of the folks here are religious. It is difficult to connect as you can imagine. How wonderful to be among like minded people. I am the rather ancient blond in this picture. I hope I can meet a nicee man who has faced his own mortality!
I choose not to worry about it. I'm alive today. I have a roof over my head. Food to eat. A cat to cuddle. And a studio to make art. Oh, and eagles flying overhead. Why worry about death? It will happen when it happens.
"Cope"? How do you cope with the fact that he sky is blue today? I do not understand this question, sorry.
Thank you Victoria for the great video. This subject keeps coming up and always gets a lot of attention.
People often say it is not so much death but the process of dying that is so worrisome (pain, being alone, loose strings). When my partner was dying we got involved with the endoflifewa program and she enrolled in the states Death With Dignity program. I occasionally receive e-mails from them and I will share the latest. Scroll down to state by state to see what is going on in the individual states.
It becomes easier to cope I you ask yourself, "Was I afraid or in pain before I was born?". Of course the answer is no. It becomes even more interesting when you think that the billions of years since The Big Bang was no time at all before you were born. After you die an eternity passes just as fast.
Serendipity VictoriaNotes
Just by 'happenstance' (it is one of 2 that I came across) this came up again the same night I replied to this question. I like to read before going to bed and opened The Atlantic Monthly to this article. It is very interesting and definitely needs to be shared. It augments the link VictoriaNotes provided. It is called the WeCroak app and is billed as the anti-app, app.
It just is what it is. I don't really think about death beyond the hope that I simply die with as little suffering as possible. If all goes well, I won't even notice.
I think everyone deep down will still have that primal fear, just a natural part of our own existence and psyche. But you can't let that one point spoil what you have now.
Sitting in a teary puddle of quaking fear, obviously, paralyzed by the utter horror of it all.
Wait! I am not sure I understand the question.........
Yes I believe my consciousness will fade. Such as if you sit in a sealed dark room and turned on a high voltage light, the heat would increase in the room. After the light is turned off, it takes time for the heat to fade and become part of the rooms temperature. Death is only an event to the one living, after that no one knows, but the odds are it is much more than this, OH I believe this. I will not be there to witness it, somehow I am involved with being.
How do you cope with fact that the sun rotates around the earth? It just "is"....no coping necessary!