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reflectingmonkey · 51-55, M
I always say that just the awareness that we will die is such a terrible curse that it almost makes inteligence not worth while. we would be better off as animals in nature, living in the moment, having fun and then dying, never once worrying about death. ( and don't tell me that fear of predators is a fear of dying, its not, they're two seperate things and only humans of ans actual understanding of death sufficient to fear it. animals run away fro scary things and from pain not from an abstract knotion of the end of our self.
sree251 · 41-45, M
@reflectingmonkey
I agree with you, monkey. Good post. The end of the self is indeed an abstract fear. This is because the self itself - an illusion - is an idea of being alive. This is such a difficult state to understand. We don't exist. It is just a belief that we do. Therefore, the death of a belief, namely me, invokes fear. Imagine standing in front of an oncoming truck and bracing for the impact when you are not real but an apparition.
As for the animals, there is rational fear of real bodily pain at the sight of the predator.
I always say that just the awareness that we will die is such a terrible curse that it almost makes inteligence not worth while. we would be better off as animals in nature, living in the moment, having fun and then dying, never once worrying about death.
I agree with you, monkey. Good post. The end of the self is indeed an abstract fear. This is because the self itself - an illusion - is an idea of being alive. This is such a difficult state to understand. We don't exist. It is just a belief that we do. Therefore, the death of a belief, namely me, invokes fear. Imagine standing in front of an oncoming truck and bracing for the impact when you are not real but an apparition.
As for the animals, there is rational fear of real bodily pain at the sight of the predator.