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Re: Question about death. [Re: Icelander]
    #7537279 - 10/19/07 09:06 PM (16 years, 3 months ago)

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Icelander said:
Does this statement make sense to anyone but me and if so explain yourself.

"We are both running from death and struggling to die."




Sure.  Makes tons of sense to me.  Here is my explanation:  I think we all fear death, in a form of separation anxiety from what we identify as the Self.  This is the absolute most frightening thing there could be, to die.  But we know that dying to the Self is a return to the unity that we all crave and desire, regardless if we recognize it or not.

Eventually, this death occurs anyways, and we find that we don't die, we only transcend what we thought was our Self and begin to identify with a higher Self.  This can be taken to refer to the physical death and extinction of "life", or of an ego-mind death, or body-mind death, etc.

That's just what your statement meant to me.  :shrug:


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Loving in truth, and fain in verse my love to show, That the dear She might take some pleasure of my pain: Pleasure might cause her read, reading might make her know, Knowledge might pity win, and pity grace obtain.


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Re: Question about death. [Re: jonathanseagull]
    #7539082 - 10/20/07 12:07 PM (16 years, 3 months ago)

Right on.:thumbup:

Many folk here have responded in variations of this idea and all are great posts and good insight.:sun:


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

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

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Re: Question about death. [Re: Icelander]
    #7540686 - 10/20/07 08:16 PM (16 years, 3 months ago)

"i don't want to live, but i sure don't wanna die"


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Re: Question about death. [Re: demiu5]
    #7541818 - 10/21/07 08:10 AM (16 years, 3 months ago)

Which song/group? I can't remember at the moment.


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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: Question about death. [Re: Icelander]
    #7542735 - 10/21/07 01:09 PM (16 years, 3 months ago)

Try some ginkgo biloba...


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Re: Question about death. [Re: OrgoneConclusion]
    #7542838 - 10/21/07 01:34 PM (16 years, 3 months ago)

ginkgo biloba...


Are you sure?:confused: Yeah! You're right, that was them!:thumbup: I can't believe I forgot my favorite group.


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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 (10/21/07 01:34 PM)


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