Is anyone really okay with dying?

@iambrian, I think Im fine with dying, I wont know for sure till Im faced with it. I drowned the first time mum bathed me, I didnt know till I told mum about a recurring dream I kept having between age 10-11. The memories/dreams of the incident were calming, I didnt feel I had anything to fear or worry about so I have always been accepting with the idea of death. 6weeks ago my family and I said our goodbyes to our 3rd child whom was born sleeping, I feel like I am still accepting and comfortable with death. I do not believe in a religion but I believe that there is an afterlife and your perception of the afterlife depends on your beliefs, so if you believe in God but also believe you were a bad person then you will put yourself in hell. Does that make sense?

We shouldn’t care. You see why animals are so happy and careless of everything? It’s because they don’t know when they’ll die, therefore they don’t fear it. We should be like them.

I think I’m okay with it. I certainly no longer feel much sadness when I hear that someone’s dead anymore. Just because you’re dead, doesn’t mean you’re gone. Energy can’t be created or destroyed so you’re energy is still floating about, maybe it a few trees or flowers or maybe in another animal. Your atoms break down and join to other things such as the air or the ground. So you’re still about, just a little less organised and a little less conscious. I don’t really care what happens after death because right now, I’m too busy living. I kinda hope I don’t suffer too much when dying but at the same time, it’s okay if I do because at least then, I know I tried my best to survive and to keep experiencing life.

ya i;m cool with it

@danfontaine, and plumbing:)

@danfontaine, PERFECT QUOTE FROM WILLI WONKA

“If God intended for us to walk, he wouldn’t have invented rollerskates;)”

;)

I think we are born to build our dreams an hopes, and we have a life to accomplish them. Also, I believe that when we die it is because we have completed our purpose in life (not because of a religious doctrine). So I enjoy life to the fullest, but no, im not scared of death.

@iambrian,
I feel like I’m ok with it, but how can I truly know? I’ve gone really deep into the thought of dying. When I’ve come so close to experiencing death as possible without dying I feel a tremendous rush going towards it, but then it calms as I realise it’s just the end of my physical body and I feel at peace with it. On a daily basis I have no fear of dying. I actually romanticise it as I feel like dying would be a relief. Like to finally be free. Therefore I think I would pass on being immortal. I’d might extend my life somewhat just to have experienced that too, but I’d want to die in the end.
As you probably have figured out I believe in an afterlife… I don’t have a concrete image of what that afterlife is like. You have endless possibilties. But to me it must be an afterlife, or something like that, or else this life would be meaningless in my mind.
This is one of my favorite topics to discuss, and I could go on and on about my thoughts on this. But in fear of making this reply too long, I’ll stop here. haha

@xetado, Not quite true. Many animals, prey ones in particular, spend their lives eating, mating and running from death. From working with horses, I can tell you that a lot of them spend a huge majority of their lives on the look out for things that could cause potential death… predators, machinery… a leaf that skittered down the road in the breeze. Often, their fears are completely irrational but they still live in constant fear of dying and I would imagine the same applies to other prey animals.

Fear of death is an instinct that we all have, regardless if you think it is a useful feeling or not its still there. Some people are just more afraid than others. If you live the life you want to live you are probably less ‘fearful’ than those that put off the life they want until the ‘future.’ I also think that with old age this fear weakens for those that are happy with the life they have lived up until that point.

@iambrian, I work at a funeral home.
I carry dead bodies, take them out of houses, hospitals, and nursing homes. I see how they are treated and I can say that when I die, I will be proud of the life I lived.

Just don’t buy me a 5,000 dollar casket, a limo, or a church mass. That’s a waste of money. Just put me in a box, saygoodbye and bury me with a Peach Arizona Ice Tea

I am curious.. those of you that believe in an afterlife, what is your reasoning? I am undecided on the issue. I have a lot of death anxiety. Some days it makes complete sense that other dimensions exist that we are meant for and other days I am completely crushed by my insignificance and the pointlessness of creating meaning in a meaningless world that can only lead to death.