Philosophy on death

[Randolph]

Thank you all for the very kind sympathies and especially the beautiful sentiments about life and how we should take advantage of it to the fullest.

[cabmandone]

Sorry for your loss Shaun.
For some, death is a better option. My mother in law is merely existing right now. Absolutely no quality of life and no prospect for better quality of life due to a rare form of Parkinson's. For her, a quick passing would be a blessing. Once a person is just existing, what's the point really?

Over the last three years this seems like something I've become too familiar with. It has really changed how I view life and passing. Take nothing for granted. Live for today because there's no guarantee of tomorrow. Take more time to really enjoy the things you like doing and with people you enjoy doing them with.

[sc_rufctr]

Shaun, may your brother find peace.

- That's all we should hope for. If there's more then that's a bonus.

My personal philosophy... "Just keep swimming" (from Finding Nemo).

Last month a friend who I had know for more than 30 years passed.
She was 64 and had been battling breast cancer for years. In the end she passed peacefully - RIP Debbie.

[Roswell]

Shaun, I am so sorry for the loss of your brother.

[HobieMarty]

So sorry for the passing of your brother. He lives on in your memories. May he rest in peace.

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[Superman]

Originally Posted by LWJ

....I was just reading Joseph Campbell. He says that the meaning of life is to experience the "rapture of being alive". He taught that we shouldn't seek a universal meaning for life.....

I've thought about this "meaning of life" thing quite a bit. Life's meaning may be to go home, or reunite in a spiritual sense. But it could also be that life is its own meaning. Or both.

[3rd_gear_Ted]

I believe the instant your brother passed is that his life spark was transferred somewhere in the Universe to another entity of life. His life let a mark on that spark like the rest of us will too.
Imagining where that spark goes is hopefully my last conscious thought. Hope is an eternal force.

[Randolph]

Originally Posted by LWJ

Shaun,
I am so sorry to hear of your brother's passing. It makes me happy to hear that you are mostly ok with things surrounding this and your brother's eternal peace.

I was just reading Joseph Campbell. He says that the meaning of life is to experience the "rapture of being alive". He taught that we shouldn't seek a universal meaning for life, but instead bring our own meaning to it through personal choices, authenticity, and actively following our bliss.

I haven't yet processed exactly what Mr. Campbell was saying, but I think I like it.

If I had to choose one universal meaning for life it would be the pursuit of actively (as much you can) making the lives of those around you, family, friends and strangers alike, better.

[id10t]

Originally Posted by Shaun @ Tru6

If I had to choose one universal meaning for life it would be the pursuit of actively (as much you can) making the lives of those around you, family, friends and strangers alike, better.

As usual, there is an appropriate Pratchett quote...

In the Ramtop village where they dance the real Morris dance, for example, they believe that no-one is finally dead until the ripples they cause in the world die away - until the clock he wound up winds down, until the wine she made has finished its ferment, until the crop they planted is harvested. The span of someone’s life, they say, is only the core of their actual existence.


-- Terry Pratchett, Reaper Man