The knowledge of death is the birth of "self"-consciousness. It is also attachment to life, which gives it any meaning we experience.
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Replying to @mistermircea @then_there_was
We are humans because, fundamentally, we are afraid of death. It runs in every blood cell. The awareness of our finitude is not just mental.
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Replying to @mistermircea @then_there_was
The flip side of this is that we get to experience meaning, precisely because we are deeply aware that everything is transient.
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Replying to @mistermircea @then_there_was
The flip is also that we experience fear, pain, anguish etc. Attachment to life brings in both polarities, can't have one without the other.
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Replying to @mistermircea @then_there_was
So you see, fear of death is our biggest bug, and our biggest feature. We cannot escape it, but we can learn from it.
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Replying to @mistermircea
Do you think it's possible for a human to overcome this fear of death? At least on a conscious level?
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Replying to @then_there_was
It will only be overcome if and when humans succeed in immortality. But the question is not one of overcoming. It's one of understanding.
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Replying to @mistermircea @then_there_was
Being conscious of death is a given. Becoming conscious of your built in fear of death, of which all fears are merely an echo of, is not.
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Replying to @mistermircea @then_there_was
Therefore the more you inquire into the nature of the fear of death, you are also inquiring into your own nature as a human.
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Replying to @mistermircea @then_there_was
Inquire into the fear of death & you also inquire into your attachment to life and realize that love & death are 2 sides of the same coin.
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You can't have one without the other. You can't have life without death. And then you'll see that fear of death is actually fear of life.
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