Life. Who sined up?
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i feel ya. i am plagued with overwhelming feelings of mortality.
i no longer drive fast and i am more careful in everything i do. . . besides drinking (which will probably kill me in the end anyway).
as an atheist, i believe that when we die, we are simply no more. our essence goes to our surroundings and our synaptic energy disperses and is used by whatever living thing is near. nothin spirritual or supernatural about it.
the idea that there will be no more "me" is almost enough to frighten me back to religion, but i refuse to lie to myself.sometimes i am at peace with idea that all things end, but most of the times, it just scares the shit outta me. but i guess i wont know the difference. i love nature, so i guess in the end it gives me comfort to know that part of me will be used in other life like plants and animals.
i live only by one rule really:
in a hundred years, you and everyone you ever knew or who knew you will be dead and no one will have known the difference.
which may seem depressing, but it is really a very liberating thought. so to quote Mal quoting Crowley, "Do as thou wilst and that shall be the whole of the law."=)