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The lack of Death Anxiety threads lately
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What's up with that? Is that a sign that everyone's shields are running at full operational functioning, with no problems? As in...isn't there anyone pointing out DA anymore?

Maybe this guy is taking a bit of a break from his usual duties of scaring the innocent, the guilty, the ignorant and the wise all at once.



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Re: The lack of Death Anxiety threads lately [Re: lolwut] * 1
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Since DA motivates everything we do, all posts are one way or another about our DA. Duh. :rolleyes:

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Re: The lack of Death Anxiety threads lately [Re: White Beard]
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:thumbup:  Especially posts made by RGVs.:satansmoking:


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"Don't believe everything you think". -Anom.

" All that lives was born to die"-Anom.

With much wisdom comes much sorrow,
The more knowledge, the more grief.
Ecclesiastes circa 350 BC

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Re: The lack of Death Anxiety threads lately [Re: lolwut]
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lolwut said:
What's up with that? Is that a sign that everyone's shields are running at full operational functioning, with no problems? As in...isn't there anyone pointing out DA anymore?

Maybe this guy is taking a bit of a break from his usual duties of scaring the innocent, the guilty, the ignorant and the wise all at once.




Well I had a lot to do with the glut of threads awhile back. I was seeing how well the ideas held water in debate and I was still working out the details and coming to terms with the concepts emotionally within myself.

I'm purty much convinced now.  I'm not very invested now as to if others accept it or not.  And I like to watch others debate the issue without my input from time to time.


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"Don't believe everything you think". -Anom.

" All that lives was born to die"-Anom.

With much wisdom comes much sorrow,
The more knowledge, the more grief.
Ecclesiastes circa 350 BC

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Re: The lack of Death Anxiety threads lately [Re: lolwut] * 1
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been hearing about this death anxiety stuff for years and still haven't read into it enough to know what it means

haven't read the bible either :shrug:

the way people use the term here seems to relate to other...

:pope:

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Re: The lack of Death Anxiety threads lately [Re: Hobozen]
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I'm still hungry for more Death Anxiety topics. :laugh:

As of late, I've been reading what other people have done with Becker's work and their interpretations. All of these people are part of the Ernest Becker Foundation. I've checked out Staring at the Sun: Overcoming the Terror of Death by Irvin Yalom who comes from a Existential Psychoanalysis background, and Lack and Transcendence by David Loy who looks at how Existentialism, Psychotherapy, and Buddhism view Death Anxiety. Just about an hour ago, I received Tranference and Transcendence in the mail. It was written by Daniel Liechty who actually works at a local University and is the Vice President of the Ernest Becker foundation. I've only read the preface so far, but I think I'm going to like it. The other two that I mentioned were pretty good though.

Irvin called his book Staring at the Sun because he compares facing your mortality to staring at the sun: you can only do it for so long. His book was interesting as he tries to use philosophical underpinnings and promotes healthy habits as a way to over come the terror of mortality. David Loy's book Lack and Transcendence tries to show how Buddhism, Existentialism, and Psychotherapy have been fundamentally concerned with the problem of Death Anxiety for a long time. He comes from a Buddhist background and says how the Buddha pointed out that there is an inherent "lack" (which he obviously calls lack) in people's lives that they aren't good enough, and that they want to be grounded forever in the present (their attempt to transcend); but the Buddha pointed out that we are groundless and impermanent -- All of our desire for afterlives and immortality are just humans attempting to have their needs met and to feel grounded in a groundless universe. We project higher spiritual realms to compensate for the uncomfortableness in this world. The only complaint I have about Loy's book is that it's thick and dense, like Denial of Death. Not necessarily in just subject matter, but in the the sheer amount of information that's packed into a page. In both Loy and Becker's books, I sometimes had to read a page more than once to fully grasp the idea. hah


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Re: The lack of Death Anxiety threads lately [Re: lolwut]
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What's up with that?

People are getting anxiety about death anxiety. :shrug:


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Re: The lack of Death Anxiety threads lately [Re: r72rock]
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Thanks for the tasty links. :thumbup:

Nice set of balls ya got. :thumbup:


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"Don't believe everything you think". -Anom.

" All that lives was born to die"-Anom.

With much wisdom comes much sorrow,
The more knowledge, the more grief.
Ecclesiastes circa 350 BC

Edited by Icelander (08/29/12 12:38 PM)

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Re: The lack of Death Anxiety threads lately [Re: lolwut]
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Time to overcome some anxieties again ?
You know these anxieties are all in our imagination ?
So I'm still convinced overcoming them, not pushing away or ignoring them, is a very possible way to walk.
Learning how to overcome regular anxieties will teach one to treat DA as well.
I not feel much touched by the topic anymore anyhow.
'Rex Kramer


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Though lovers be lost love shall not  And death shall have no dominion
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"Our scientific power has outrun our spiritual power. We have guided missiles and misguided men."Martin Luther King, Jr.
'Acceptance is the absolute key - at that moment you gain freedom and you gain power and you gain courage'

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Re: The lack of Death Anxiety threads lately [Re: lolwut]
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it has been debunked along with god, success, the subconscious, money, UFO's and sex


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Re: The lack of Death Anxiety threads lately [Re: BlueCoyote]
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BlueCoyote said:
Time to overcome some anxieties again ?
You know these anxieties are all in our imagination ?
So I'm still convinced overcoming them, not pushing away or ignoring them, is a very possible way to walk.
Learning how to overcome regular anxieties will teach one to treat DA as well.
I not feel much touched by the topic anymore anyhow.
'Rex Kramer


Of course, its your very own brain being the real threat.

Im not sure what i fear more anymore, death or insanity. I think i would prefer death over hell within my mind, if i am even able to comprehend that i will die if my brain starts going the wrong direction.


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Re: The lack of Death Anxiety threads lately [Re: liquidlounge]
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I think about this also.  I hope I'm ready to act if I get any nuttier. :braindamage:


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"Don't believe everything you think". -Anom.

" All that lives was born to die"-Anom.

With much wisdom comes much sorrow,
The more knowledge, the more grief.
Ecclesiastes circa 350 BC

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Re: The lack of Death Anxiety threads lately [Re: Icelander]
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I must say that i have started joking more about insanity than death, internal that is.

"What if i cant find the one i assume to know and start looking..." its fun til i start believing in it.

Thats it, im outta here now. :peace:


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Re: The lack of Death Anxiety threads lately [Re: liquidlounge]
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Interesting points :smile:

How's this for DA: A few months ago I bought The Denial of Death, but I decided to re-read all of Carlos Castaneda, a Buddhism text, and then a novel (one of my fav series) before confronting Becker. Still reading Carlos atm. :lol:


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Re: The lack of Death Anxiety threads lately [Re: lolwut]
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And don't forget your childhood collection of comic books. :lol:


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"Don't believe everything you think". -Anom.

" All that lives was born to die"-Anom.

With much wisdom comes much sorrow,
The more knowledge, the more grief.
Ecclesiastes circa 350 BC

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Re: The lack of Death Anxiety threads lately [Re: Icelander]
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The threads about DA have been making me think of moments where I've had it. I would say drug use is the biggest one. When my mind is placed in a completely new mode of being, it tends to worry about either the suffering of all life or death.

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Re: The lack of Death Anxiety threads lately [Re: Icelander]
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Icelander said:
And don't forget your childhood collection of comic books. :lol:


I've been meaning to re-read all my MAD comics but it keeps slipping my mind. Thanks :tongue:


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Re: The lack of Death Anxiety threads lately [Re: lolwut]
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all of the comics are on isohunt - read these before becker -
my faves include:

  <DIR>          100 Bullets (Brian Azzarello)
  <DIR>          2020 Visions (Vertigo
  <DIR>          21 Down (WS(11-2002-11-2003)
  <DIR>          Accelerate 01-04 (Vertigo(2000)
  <DIR>          Air 01-24 (Vertigo(2009-2010)
  <DIR>          Alien Nation (Adventure NonDC
  <DIR>          Angeltown 01-05 (Vertigo(2005)
  <DIR>          Area 10 -(it's about alien trepanny)
  <DIR>          BATMAN
  <DIR>          Bloodhound 01-10 2004-2005)
  <DIR>          Brian Wood comics
  <DIR>          Catwoman
  <DIR>          Comics_sketchbooks
  <DIR>          Daredevil 01-06 (2011) (Minutemen)
  <DIR>          Deadman complete part 3
  <DIR>          Desolation Jones
  <DIR>          Detective Comics
  <DIR>          DMZ
  <DIR>          El Diablo (Brian Azzarello)
  <DIR>          Elseworlds
  <DIR>          Enginehead 01-06 (2004)
  <DIR>          Enigma 01-08 (Vertigo(1993)
  <DIR>          Ex Machina (WS
  <DIR>          Extremist, The 01-04 (Vertigo(2003)
  <DIR>          Fables #1-79
  <DIR>          Global Frequency 01-12-Warren Ellis (WS(2002-2004)
  <DIR>          Greek Street  01-16 (Vertigo(2009-2010)
  <DIR>          Hellblazer (Vertigo
  <DIR>          Hitlist week 2012.06.06 Part 2
  <DIR>          html2011-3-7
  <DIR>          Human Target (Vertigo
  <DIR>          Hunter-the Age of Magic 01-25-Books of Magic (Vertigo(2001-2003)
  <DIR>          Huntress
  <DIR>          iCandy 01-06 (2003-2004)
  <DIR>          Kabuki - Complete
  <DIR>          Loveless (ongoing) (Vertigo)
  <DIR>          Luna Park (2009) (Minutemen-DTs)
  <DIR>          Madame Xanadu
  <DIR>          Man Called Kev, A -The Authority 01-05 (WS(2006-2007)
  <DIR>          Martian Manhunter
  <DIR>          Minutemen
  <DIR>          MTCDC-NMC 45 Superman
  <DIR>          My-New
  <DIR>          Nathaniel Dusk
  <DIR>          Paul Pope
  <DIR>          Sachs & Violens 01-04 (Epic(1993-1994)
  <DIR>          Saga of Swamp Thing, The
  <DIR>          Scarab 01-08 (Vertigo(1993-1994)
  <DIR>          Scene of the Crime 01-04 (Vertigo(1999)
  <DIR>          Score 01-04 (Piranha Press(1989-1990)
  <DIR>          Scratch 01-05-Batman (2004)
  <DIR>          Secret History of the Authority-Hawksmoor 01-06 (WS(2008)
  <DIR>          Secret O-Shal
  <DIR>          Seekers Into The Mystery 01-15 (Vertigo(1996-1997)
  <DIR>          Shade
  <DIR>          Sin City Comics
  <DIR>          Small Press Collection 17
  <DIR>          Spe-Stq
  <DIR>          The Killer
  <DIR>          The Vinyl Underground
  <DIR>          Thief of Thieves
  <DIR>          Transmetropolitan - Complete
  <DIR>          Vertigo-MaxiSeries
  <DIR>          X-Files
  <DIR>          Xer0 01-12 (1997-1998)
  <DIR>          Y - The Last Man Complete
  <DIR>          Zatanna
  <DIR>          Zero Girl (Homage
  <DIR>          Zero Month, The Complete v1-v4-DCP Archives
      24,243,156 Heart of the Beast, The-Dean Motter (Vertigo(1994).cbr
      52,799,251 Cairo HC GN (Vertigo.cbr
      10,366,729 crossing midnight -japanese comic.pdf
      45,770,427 Hunter's Heart 003 ctc (1995).cbr
    122,177,348 Noche Roja (2010) (c2c) (Minutemen-DTs).cbz
      81,082,232 Star Wars-Return of the Jedi.cbr


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Re: The lack of Death Anxiety threads lately [Re: redgreenvines]
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I prefer manga :smile:

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Re: The lack of Death Anxiety threads lately [Re: lolwut]
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Quote:
I've been meaning to re-read all my books on memory enhancement, but it keeps slipping my mind. Thanks :tongue:



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