07-02-2009, 05:33 PM
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Re: Are you scared to die?
I share the same sentiment as many-- I'm not afraid of death, but the actual process of dying could be... well, not good.
I do admit that there are things I'd like to see, such as how some technology advances or things like that, but I know I won't be able to, so whatever. It doesn't make me "afraid" of death, per se.
I actually heard an interesting idea once. If anyone's seen the film "Waking Life", in one scene, a character talks about the idea that it's possible that the minutes just before true and complete death are like one big dream. Dreams themselves can feel like they take place over hours when they're only occuring during minutes, so he says that those few minutes before death could be like an eternal lucid dream.
I dunno how much merit that has or what it's based on, but if that was the case, dying would certainly not be that bad. Imagine having what feels like an eternal dream in which you can do anything you want.
EDIT: I should add that I don't believe in any kind of afterlife, so that is irrelevant to me.
Although the dream thing I just mentioned could serve as an "afterlife", except it's cooler.
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