RE: Optimism at the End of the World #11 : Death is Awesome
Wow how did i miss you all this time. Great post. I find death fascinating I no longer fear it. I mean if you hung me off a cliff I am sure I would scream bloody murder but the act of myself dying I do not worry about. It is a natural part of the cycle. I am not religious myself. I do not fear hell or worry about heaven. I try to be the best person I can be because I want to.
A bit off topic i had an aunt tell me I needed to do three things or I would not be able to visit her in heaven. ( this revolved around Jesus) I found this so.... ridicules. Of course I did not say that, I love my aunt, I just said " i'm sorry I don't believe it works that way." but the way different religions and belief systems deal with Death is fascinating as well.
When I die I don't want to be put in a box I don't really care but it would be nice to be just thrown in a ditch so my body would decay and become part of the soil.
This reality is good enough for me. I don't need to believe in a god or afterlife to make this life worthy of living. Im OK with realizing I don't know what happens and nobody knows and if its just lights out. This life was stiff great and for me luckily worth living.
I find life fascinating too! The fact that we exist and live on this rock ball hurtling through space blows my mind.