It scares the shit out of me, but hey that's life. My thing is, people talk about how they want to go to heaven, but their scared to die.

I tell my friends all the time, I ready to die. Not in a suicidal type way, but in a "when it's time to go, I'll be ready" way.

People who are scared to die, are basically saying they don't want to be with god. That's the way I think of it.

But just for a split second, when I think about one day I'm not going to be here, scares the fuck out of me.

Best thing that could happen 2 a human............

I'm sooo terrified of dying, but I believe I'm going to heaven. I think about it everyday, how I'm gonna die, how painful it might be..I think about how my family will react.. The whole thing scares the shit outta me!!!

No.

not at all, it's comforting. in this chaotic and ordered universe, NOTHING stays the same.

EVERYTHING changes and dies

plus, from a quantum perspective, there is a good chance of some kind of afterlife. maybe evenbetter than being alive....

No it actually enriches my life and helps me make life changing decisions. I love to go to the cemetery to meditate. No one is ever there and it is so peaceful.

Tokyo89 said:

I'm sooo terrified of dying, but I believe I'm going to heaven. I think about it everyday, how I'm gonna die, how painful it might be..I think about how my family will react.. The whole thing scares the shit outta me!!!

I think it's normal to think about dying, who doesn't, but everyday? If you're healthy and have friends and family, enjoy each day, instead of worrying about the inevitible.

Its all the stuff involved with dying that seems to make it scary. If 99.9% of the time people would just one day drifted off, it wouldn't be so bad.

runphilrun said:

Tokyo89 said:

I'm sooo terrified of dying, but I believe I'm going to heaven. I think about it everyday, how I'm gonna die, how painful it might be..I think about how my family will react.. The whole thing scares the shit outta me!!!

I think it's normal to think about dying, who doesn't, but everyday? If you're healthy and have friends and family, enjoy each day, instead of worrying about the inevitible.

I didn't really catch that until you posted this; why is Tokyo89 so obsessed? I wonder what that means?

i think only the ego is scared but in order to finish this dream we must succumb to death. part of me is scared because all of me will disappear however a part of me my essences will be always be there. in a sense i'll be the unwelcoming ghost that lingers about. i do not know if there is a heaven or hell but rather i would like my thoughts, dreams, ideas, loves, hates be collected in the sky and then drop down into the earth where new life can be created. i would love to reincarnate as a tree.

baroque said:

i think only the ego is scared but in order to finish this dream we must succumb to death. part of me is scared because all of me will disappear however a part of me my essences will be always be there. in a sense i'll be the unwelcoming ghost that lingers about. i do not know if there is a heaven or hell but rather i would like my thoughts, dreams, ideas, loves, hates be collected in the sky and then drop down into the earth where new life can be created. i would love to reincarnate as a tree.

WTF!

Out of all things, you wanna be a tree? People make items out of them, storms knocked them down.

I hope I die before the alzheimer kicks in. It runs in the women in my family. So for my kids sake, I hope I passaway before I start showing signs.

Not being alive does not scare me. Getting old and dying does scare me.

TylerHippie said:

baroque said:

i think only the ego is scared but in order to finish this dream we must succumb to death. part of me is scared because all of me will disappear however a part of me my essences will be always be there. in a sense i'll be the unwelcoming ghost that lingers about. i do not know if there is a heaven or hell but rather i would like my thoughts, dreams, ideas, loves, hates be collected in the sky and then drop down into the earth where new life can be created. i would love to reincarnate as a tree.

WTF!

Out of all things, you wanna be a tree? People make items out of them, storms knocked them down.

well them i would be useful to people. lets say i can be someone home. i can be that protecting energy or i can be newspaper that is under a birdcage lining

i wanna be a dryad actually

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dryad

I just don't want it to be painful, but for some reason, I don't think I have long to be on this earth. I'm not afraid of dying, I just don't want it to hurt or see it comiing. I want to go quickly and painlessly.

Shyra said:

I just don't want it to be painful, but for some reason, I don't think I have long to be on this earth. I'm not afraid of dying, I just don't want it to hurt or see it comiing. I want to go quickly and painlessly.

NDRU said:

Not being alive does not scare me. Getting old and dying does scare me.

Getting old doesn't scare me, but it is a bit sad, man.

Alej said:

NDRU said:

Not being alive does not scare me. Getting old and dying does scare me.

Getting old doesn't scare me, but it is a bit sad, man.

it's not specifically the getting old, but the breakdown of systems, pain, disease etc that accompanies it that I fear

NDRU said:

Alej said:

Getting old doesn't scare me, but it is a bit sad, man.

it's not specifically the getting old, but the breakdown of systems, pain, disease etc that accompanies it that I fear

Yes, it's all very unsettling. I avoid thinking about it, though. It's not healthy to live thinking about this stuff.

TylerHippie said:

It scares the shit out of me, but hey that's life. My thing is, people talk about how they want to go to heaven, but their scared to die.

I tell my friends all the time, I ready to die. Not in a suicidal type way, but in a "when it's time to go, I'll be ready" way.

People who are scared to die, are basically saying they don't want to be with god. That's the way I think of it.

But just for a split second, when I think about one day I'm not going to be here, scares the fuck out of me.

Sometimes it freaks me out, but not as much as it used to. I don't believe in an afterlife, so I figure that that which doesn't exist cannot miss that which did (in fact, I don't believe that which doesn't exist can do much of anything at all).

I also figure it will cut down my commute.

No I almost died before. I'm just here to do my music thing and make people happy and spread positivity. So I'm good.

Alej said:

NDRU said:

it's not specifically the getting old, but the breakdown of systems, pain, disease etc that accompanies it that I fear

Yes, it's all very unsettling. I avoid thinking about it, though. It's not healthy to live thinking about this stuff.

true, it'll age you!

NMuzakNSoul said:

No I almost died before. I'm just here to do my music thing and make people happy and spread positivity. So I'm good.

!!!

It doesn't scare me. I'll finally get to rest!!!!

NDRU somewhat describes my stance on it. I'm not near as afraid of dying as I should be... or as I used to be, but pain is something I'd like to avoid... and if you make it to old age, think about. It takes a lot to make people die... horrible accident, horrible diseases. If you make it to old age, you are going to be so old that you simply cannot go on. It's not because your soul knows what time it is, it's that you are so warn out you die. that is a scary thought because over time, you try to adjust yourself to the pain of getting older. by the time you are very old, you have numbed yourself to a lot of it.... and you still kick over and die.

My point is that dying seems hard. You know... a difficult thing to do.

A few people seem to just slip away while others just turn into a complete miserable mess.

I guess I just want it to be easy. I just want to say "ok, I'm ready" ... then pop on over like I'm going on permanant vacation.

TylerHippie said:

It scares the shit out of me, but hey that's life. My thing is, people talk about how they want to go to heaven, but their scared to die.

I tell my friends all the time, I ready to die. Not in a suicidal type way, but in a "when it's time to go, I'll be ready" way.

People who are scared to die, are basically saying they don't want to be with god. That's the way I think of it.

But just for a split second, when I think about one day I'm not going to be here, scares the fuck out of me.

Yeah. Scary. But, the older you get the easier it is to swallow. When I was young, I couldn't even fathom dying. Now, I can deal. Also, what's the alternative? That we walk around like 900 year old zombies? Now that's scary!

TylerHippie said:

It scares the shit out of me, but hey that's life. My thing is, people talk about how they want to go to heaven, but their scared to die.

I tell my friends all the time, I ready to die. Not in a suicidal type way, but in a "when it's time to go, I'll be ready" way.

People who are scared to die, are basically saying they don't want to be with god. That's the way I think of it.

But just for a split second, when I think about one day I'm not going to be here, scares the fuck out of me.

Also, look at it this way; You didn't know you weren't "here" before you were born and you won't know it after your gone!

PenelopePaige said:

Yeah. Scary. But, the older you get the easier it is to swallow. When I was young, I couldn't even fathom dying. Now, I can deal. Also, what's the alternative? That we walk around like 900 year old zombies? Now that's scary!

Yeah, living forever would suck ass. That idea might freak me out more than dying!

No. I almost saw death as a baby so no I'm not afraid of my death. If it happens, it was meant to be.