Is anyone really okay with dying?

I’m not only okay with it, I’m actually kind of looking forward to it. Not to say “excited” but maybe that’s a little too enthusiastic.

I believe that there must be something after death, since nothing is also something. I can’t imagine what will happen and I have a pretty open mind regarding this question. Maybe I’ll be reborn. Or go through the same “life” again and all the mistakes I make are to learn lessons I didn’t learn in my last life. Maybe I’ll just chill with some god with 8 arms and have conversations about what eternity is. Maybe I’ll lose consciousness, my self-awareness, the thing that makes me,.. Me. And just float around as a lost soul. Maybe the left over energy will forever be on earth and people will be reminded of me whenever some of this energy flows through them.

Death is not the end, just another journey. And I can’t wait to see what happens afterwards. This is why we should not be scared to die.
Because as long as we ‘are’, death is not. And when it happens, then we don’t exist anymore.

Anywho, I’d still be pissed if I died right now, even though I’m so curious about what happens after death that it’s ALMOST worth considering suicide. But I will one day (hopefully..) die a natural death when it’s time. So no need to rush things.
I’m still young, only 18 (well, in exactly one month…) and there’s still a lot of things I want to do. I’d really be pissed if I couldn’t do those things.

I’d probably look death in the eyes and shout: “Are you fucking kidding me? All my life I went to school, worked hard, did my best, sacrificed my weekends… For this?! No, it’s not time yet. Fuck you!”

This kinda makes me realize that I’m not really living life to this very day. I’m unhappy most of the time because I feel very limited and there’s a lot of restrictions. I don’t even like the place I live at.

Isn’t it funny how people think that “real life” starts after highschool? Wait, no, it starts after College? Or uh, no.. I mean it starts when you retire?… And then you die, and never really started living, because you’ve been waiting for ‘real life’ to start without doing anything yourself.
“Real Life” is always. It’s right now, it was yesterday, even 10 years ago it already was. It’s up to us to make the most of what we have. Because with every passing second, we’re a step closer to death. And who knows, maybe we’ll never get the chance to really ‘live’ again.

I am. I just joined HE & this was first thing I saw. I am okay with dying. I only fear suffering terribly for a great length of time. I am okay with dying because I know I am not only a body but also moreso a spirit. Spirit is eternal. Therefore, I will never die. What is it you fear of dying? The pain/suffering? Or the being ‘gone forever’ like game over? I don’t know how I follow on here yet so I hope I figure it out

@iambrian, I saw deaths almost hundreds for 4 years during my internship… and I’m always feel sad.
but if you’ll ask me for immortality? Considering my beliefs.. No, I will not stay here on earth..

Death is nearly as important as life.

We would not be here today if not for death.

Like apoptosis (programmed cell deaths), the termination of lifeforms evolved to clear the way for the diversification of life… without which inter-competition of limited resources would hijack the opportunities for more capable subspecies to leapfrog past the barriers of nature… a diverse gene pool increases probability of survival in an ever-changing environment…

with exceptions of trees in forests that live for millenniums or certain corals in oceans living hundreds, ancient colonies of species that thrived typically endow short lifespans…

but keep in mind evolution works at multiple levels, simultaneously…

the fear of death in sentient beings evolved as a means to prolong their survival… just long enough for procreation and protection of offspring… this intrinsic fear, however, begets a cascade of behavioral side-effects plaguing humanity, not just at a personal level which we experienced ourselves.

Though this Darwinian model may help me cope with our eventual demise, and the heart-wrenching departures of our loved ones… i’m fully aware that when judgement day arrives, those instinctual adverse reactions toward death processed in our lower, primal brain lobes will surely override said rationality in the outer lobes… i will react squeamishly like the third apes that we are, on that one grave day… hopefully not days…

until the day death knocks on my front door, i will try to live each moment knowing that the tabooed concept of death is actually a gift disguised in black (like rain)… a sacred heirloom, responsibly passed down from one cell to the next, and one life form to the other… a collective, sacrificial ritual performed by all lifeforms on Earth, for billions of years…

i will accept this grand gesture as much as i accept day followed by night… with deep reverence to our past ancestors… with shared camaraderie with our present relatives (encompassing all cohabitants of this planet)… and with compassionate hope for our future descendants.

@, Ya good points lmao.

I’m perfectly fine with dying– just not soon. I haven’t lived long enough and attempted to accomplish enough yet.

@iambrian, Not sure if anyone has brought this up (cuz I’m too lazy to read through 4 pages of replies). Complete mortality is impossible. Heres a list of things that a mortality cure could immunize against:

-Falling
-Getting hit by lightening
-Guns
-Nuclear technologies
-Getting hit by a car
-Bears
-Drowning
-Explosions
-Fire
-Knives

And obviously the list goes on. Accept what is meant to be and you will feel free. Its like trying to get the extra life in a mario game and wasting 3 lives getting it. Just get to the end of the fucking level and enjoy the game.