Your Thoughts on Old Age and Death

UltimateContrarian wrote:

Psypsy wrote: Hey UltimateConrarian, I can sympathise with a lot of your critique and logic, and I don't disagree with the questions you ask, cos they seem legit. But dude, there's no need to jump at everyone's throats by responding in condescending manner that makes you seem like a belligerent dbag. If one wants to believe or have faith in something cos it provides them comfort - Good for them. No need to be judgmental and demoralising. Have a little faith man, you might live longer.

Anyways back on topic. Death is something we shouldn't fear, but most of people characterise it as negative, cos there is the element of uncertainty - and naturally people hate uncertainty. The very idea of value in life would not be true if death didn't exist. In the end, death is just like breathing, a natural part of life. A life cannot be considered a life without death.

peace

So I am sorry. I will remain as I am.

You do seem like one...

Life is short, cherish it.

junwei1985 wrote: Life is short, cherish it.

but don't YOLO

Death is part of life as well as part of nature. Not only elderlies die but there are fetuses,young children, teenagers, and young adults as well who died as well.
After death there was an afterlife. Ever since I was 17, I had a visitation in a dream about my grandmother after couple of months that she passed away. I was visited into this place filled with white lights everywhere, the ground is white, the walls as well, there's no such thing as time over there. When I saw my grandmother's soul, she still had white hair but she was a long white robe with short sleeves. I was glad that was safe in another dimension, I believe this place is called heaven. I wasn't the only person to see her soul, most of my relatives of my father's side of family can see her as well, in the same form. There are people who has the third eye chakra opening, which is located in the pineal gland in the brain, it showed about intuition and spirituality.

I dont look forward to getting old. I would be depressed I cannot do much anymore. And watch my friends die..
But I am not afraid of dying.

When my time comes I will gladly accept it. But if I'm 60 years old and struggling in a hospital with cancer or alzheimers, not being able to do basic things and losing every shred of dignity. Do me a favour, pull the cord.

My grandparents are in their 80s with Alzheimer's and Parkinson's, they can't do any basic things without help from others and yet they don't want to die. It's a scary thing even for them.

sorry to hear that, joe. that sounds really difficult.

patches wrote: sorry to hear that, joe. that sounds really difficult.

The only thing I can do is to keep on supporting them

joestarbill wrote: The only thing I can do is to keep on supporting them

yes, well, thank goodness they have you to help them. and, hopefully, with your parents help, you don't have to do it alone.