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Jul 10, 2007 23:32

I'm beginning to realize that my service to Eris is leading me down particularly odd personality paths of late. The fact that I identify with buddhist philosophy does not negate my deep appreciation of the discordian nature of being. My sense of humor is so deeply entrenched in pushing the boundaries of my own mind space that I'm losing "normal" ( Read more... )

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andrewducker July 11 2007, 07:41:31 UTC

I'm with you, except for (1),(5) and (9).

In reverse order:
(9) - just because my atoms will take new forms it doesn't mean that what I consider _me_ will continue in any way. And frankly that's what I'm attached to.
(5) - If anything I've become much _more_ sceptical about things. Breaking everything down and putting it back together again made me question everything. I now don't accept anything without a damn good reason.
(1) - I've lost a lot of my irrational fears. And I can deal with them a lot better because I can change my perspective on things when necessary. But death is still a big one, because it's the end. Inevitable though - and understanding that inevitability was very helpful.

channelpenguin July 11 2007, 08:25:54 UTC

*wry smile* I wouldn't rate my own ability to be funny all that much, but otherwise pretty recognisable ( ... )

drainboy July 11 2007, 10:46:27 UTC

1) I have no fear of death, but I have a very real fear of dying and it hurting a lot. So I still have a lizard brain fear of flying which my rational brain keeps in check ( ... )

andrewducker July 11 2007, 11:17:25 UTC

I agree we can never die

I'm trying to imagine what your definition of "die" is here. Care to fill me in?

drainboy July 11 2007, 11:28:43 UTC

That the concept of death is an illusionary one, either we are somehow eternal observers or life is merely the illusion of life.

Either we always are or we never really were at all.

This is even more true if all of our cells really are replaced every seven years (which I'm failing to find a citation for :)

Would you consider Star-Trek transportation to be "death"?

andrewducker July 11 2007, 12:42:27 UTC

Would you consider Star-Trek transportation to be "death"?

Depends on which explanation they're using :->

If it's the warping of space then no. If it's the "takes you apart and builds a whole new you at the other end" then yes.

Either we always are or we never really were at all.
We are self-sustaining patterns. True, those patterns change over time, but there's continuity to them. If you entirely break the link or destroy the pattern then that's death.

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