Yeah, it's definitely a noble thing, following the 'philosopher's path'. I don't know if it's a mentally healthy, though (believing that it's better to not exist (or be 'body-less') than to exist at all).
I think you've got the wrong idea about happiness though, you might be confusing it with hedonism. Happiness isn't restricted to vices. You can get happiness from being in a loving relationship and having a beautiful family and good friends. You can get happiness from artistic pursuits. You can even get it from internal sources (as opposed to the aforementioned external sources) through practices like meditation and counting your blessings. It's not all cocaine and hookers.
So what if death ends everything? Life's about the journey. I'm not going to stop being happy just because I know I'll die one day and then I'll no longer be able to feel happy (or feel anything else for that matter). Death is a part of life and knowing I'll die one day certainly doesn't invalidate devoting my life to achieving happiness.
I think you've got the wrong idea about happiness though, you might be confusing it with hedonism. Happiness isn't restricted to vices. You can get happiness from being in a loving relationship and having a beautiful family and good friends. You can get happiness from artistic pursuits. You can even get it from internal sources (as opposed to the aforementioned external sources) through practices like meditation and counting your blessings. It's not all cocaine and hookers.
So what if death ends everything? Life's about the journey. I'm not going to stop being happy just because I know I'll die one day and then I'll no longer be able to feel happy (or feel anything else for that matter). Death is a part of life and knowing I'll die one day certainly doesn't invalidate devoting my life to achieving happiness.
Originally Posted by Ele
Maybe we're living a computer simulation, like Elon Musk thinks (he reckons there's a 1 in a billion chance that we aren't). Maybe we're players in this simulation and if we die, maybe we return to 'base reality'. Or maybe there's only one person in this world who's the real player and we're all super-sentient NPCs, and when we die we just cease to exist. Maybe there are no players, and the simulation continues regardless of all our deaths.
Nobody knows, but it's fun to imagine that when I die, I'll take off some VR headset (or whatever) and continue on with my base reality day.
Yea i always thought that i'm the only person that can actually be thinking or something like that. I shared that with a couple of friends and they all said they experienced the same thing.
YO WHO IS YOU B?
No one knows what happens after death until now!!!
You rot and decay ggnore
in all seriousness though, I agree with shook in that there is nothing in the afterlife and I'm pretty sure I'm wrong
am I the only one who looks forward to dieing? not suicidal I'm content to die normally
You rot and decay ggnore
in all seriousness though, I agree with shook in that there is nothing in the afterlife and I'm pretty sure I'm wrong
am I the only one who looks forward to dieing? not suicidal I'm content to die normally
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Originally Posted by Kirito
No one knows what happens after death until now!!!
You rot and decay ggnore
in all seriousness though, I agree with shook in that there is nothing in the afterlife and I'm pretty sure I'm wrong
am I the only one who looks forward to dieing? not suicidal I'm content to die normally
Maybe it would depend the way you die. I was told that if you kill yourself you will most likely be going to hell because "You wasted the life that god has given you". Not that i don't agree with it but at the same time i don't think that all that happens is you rot when you die. Like Virus said the least thing you could do is turn into a ghost. Hunt some people here and then live a ghostly life.
YO WHO IS YOU B?
