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Ian Welsh
@iwelsh
I do understand that people are, basically scared of death because they think it's an existential end. But, 1) unproven; 2) proven: lots of really really bad shit happens while people are alive. It's not clear to me that death is bad or scary. Heck, even if it is the END.
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Mi’sen
@misen__
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@iwelsh
There was some paper not so long ago that suggested Himalayan Buddhists who believed death wasn’t an end, were much more scared about death. What if I fuck up in the bardo and end up in a hell realm? Much scarier than the night in which all cows are black.
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Cinder
@Triquetrea
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@misen__
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@iwelsh
Yes, this is basically my critique of the "death denial" dismissal of reincarnation. It assumes a lot of things wrt. feelings about death that I don't find to be true for all, or even necessarily most, people.
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