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Asante
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Being too comfortable with the heavy topics of life because you trip.
#28185998 - 02/13/23 06:25 PM (1 year, 4 months ago) |
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There was a discussion on the Dutch Internet about how feb 6-12 was The Week of Euthanasia.
My response: "It would've been beautiful if they let feb 6-11 be The Week of Euthanasia."
it wasnt universally appreciated 
I used to be so afraid of death, it was so taboo and highly charged with anxiety.. since i had my egodead cycle that changed. An important part of that fear is gone forever. I totally want to live, but if i don't.. ok. I have come to trust the universe. So many people dont really trust the universe.
Two weeks ago in the middle of the night i had a respiratory situation secondary to an infection, doc calls an ambulance for me, he asked that should i code, whether I want resucitation. I quick ask God, up for either, he says "nothing will happen but choose yes". ok.
In the ambulance i was composed, i remarked there was a malodor to their oxygen, like a valve lubricant.
In the hospital, out the hospital, not overly worried.
I found inner peace on many levels, mostly due to tripping.
Anxiety ruled me, its become a backround process most the time.
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Re: Being too comfortable with the heavy topics of life because you trip. [Re: Asante]
#28186025 - 02/13/23 06:40 PM (1 year, 4 months ago) |
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Huh. I've noticed that I don't share some of the cultural fears that other people seem to depend on, and I'm kind of cavalier about the way I disregard the importance of those fears to me. I think that did start to happen after reflecting on stuff I learned in part from tripping. I have no regrets though. I'm alright with a week of euthanasia being beautiful. I don't understand the significance of the date, but as long as it's not some fucked up exploitation, and the beauty is genuine and sincere, then I'd respect it. It sounds like a kind and compassionate holiday, maybe better than the day of the dead.
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Asante
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Re: Being too comfortable with the heavy topics of life because you trip. [Re: Mr.GuessWork]
#28186097 - 02/13/23 07:46 PM (1 year, 4 months ago) |
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Quote:
Mr.GuessWork said: I don't understand the significance of the date
well i suggested not a 7 day week of euthanasia but a six day week, implying they ended ity prematurely.
I didn't even mean it cynical. Euthanasia is exactly about not waiting to the last moment of the last day.
The late actor Larry Hagman took LSD, entered the white light, and as a consequience he lost all fear of death for all the decades after that.
he completely stumps the interviewer. You can tell she wishes it happened to her.
in part, something like that happened to me. i gained a lot of peace in a lot of ways and its made me do better things with my life,
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Re: Being too comfortable with the heavy topics of life because you trip. [Re: Asante] 1
#28186149 - 02/13/23 08:09 PM (1 year, 4 months ago) |
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I honestly feel that same sense of significance from some of my trips, but for me it was a dream I had as a teenager that took the fear of death away. Tripping brought some beauty, though that's probably too shallow a word, into life that wasn't there for me before. Hopefully I've got a lot of time left to bring some of that beauty into the world.
Anyone who's looked at inescapable suffering and felt powerless knows that euthanasia can be an inarguable kindness. I had a person ask me to kill them while they were slowly dying and suffering from a terminal cancer, and I told them something along the lines of "I would if I could, but I can't.". They sort of nodded their understanding, and said "it's okay, hunny. I know.". That was someone who could have used the kindness of euthanasia. We do it for our pets, but not our family, friends, and neighbors. That puts the term "dying like a dog" into perspective.
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