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    Johanna, I have always had the same impression of life and death as you. I think we go through many existences not remembering before but taking some of what we learned. I was raised catholic but always thought it didn't add up. If we all go to heaven or hell what happens when they fill up? I think you have to gain everything possible from one existence before going to the next. And I think our souls/spirits meet throughout existences. I think there is some truth to soul mates, but it could be a lover, a good friend, or an animal. One soul might have an existence to benefit another's or may linger around as a spirit/ghost for another's support until they're both ready to move on or they may need to reincarnate and do something over. I think a lifetime is just a blip in the scheme of things.

    When I was a kid I was pretty obsessed with dying. I just wanted out. I had this gut feeling that I had chose to be born at that time and place and that there's a reason I was and it will be worth the shitty childhood years. I now think that I'm an older/wiser soul and I had to be put in my parents' life so they will learn something for the next time. And I also think I have a calling to do as an adult, or else I wouldn't still be here.

    I'm pretty convinced my dog now is the same soul as my childhood dog. I know that sounds crazy but I do think our souls/spirits are recycled. And as we get better at living one experience we come back as a higher being until we learn our way to the next experience. Ever read Jonathan Livingston Seagull? That eerily matches up with my beliefs precisely.

    Do I look forward to death? No, not really. I'm enjoying myself immensely here and I've found so much love. I've experienced a lot but I want to experience more. I want to help and influence others. I'd be really sad if I had to die soon. I would really miss a lot of the people here and I fear that we won't be ready for the same places after this..

    Oh, and getting older, I'm not afraid. I know I won't have the same looks forever, but I think I'll always look good. I respect my body and value my health and fitness and plan to always be fit and able bodied. There's always cosmetic surgery. And I plan on having big fake boobies forever lol. I look forward to being elderly, it seems so carefree. I think the elderly now is not how future generations of elderly will be. We know more about taking care of ourselves and technology is only continuing to advance. I would love to have a cup of coffee with the man in that video, he seems to have a great attitude, I would love to hear what he has to say.

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    How do you know it won't get worse after death? Haven't you ever made a decision that in hindsight you found you wish you had chosen differently? Choosing death is a terminal decision. And even if you regret not choosing death now, some time in the future years ahead it is still an option, and you don't lose anything by choosing death later instead of now. But you lose everything by choosing it now.

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    Honestly no, I don't look forward to death, but I have a pretty dark outlook on my own personal hereafter.

    In a nutshell, I was raised very Catholic (not that that inandofitself is a bad thing) & seriously internalised the fire&damnation aspect that was held over your head when you fked up. Between that & other factors of my upbringing, including severe depression, I ended up w/ a strong guilt complex - I *always* think I've done smtg. It's not so much death that scares me as what a big part of me feels will be coming after death, & that fear has sm times been the only thing keeping me from taking more permanent measures.

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    Quote Originally Posted by joyluckstripclub View Post
    How do you know it won't get worse after death? Haven't you ever made a decision that in hindsight you found you wish you had chosen differently? Choosing death is a terminal decision. And even if you regret not choosing death now, some time in the future years ahead it is still an option, and you don't lose anything by choosing death later instead of now. But you lose everything by choosing it now.
    i didnt read this as a contemplation of suicide..just a contemplation of the inevitable, we will ALL die. thats the only thing in life that is for sure.

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    I don't look forward to it, but I am curious.

    It's more the losing loved ones/leaving them behind hurting that upsets me. Like recently I concluded what my 'preferred' way of going would be, in a 'if you HAD to die/be killed how would it happen' and wasn't too scared by the idea... kind of exciting...

    But I get upset at the thought of being so healthy into your old age then just quietly dying in your sleep when everything just stops working (A nice way to live and go) BUT imagine waking up next to you spouse and realising they're dead/vice versa! I'd feel like saying our goodbyes every night past a certain age. But then I wonder if maybe it wouldn't be so shocking- like you come to expect it when you are getting old and maybe be ok with the idea... i won't know til i'm older really.

    I like the death cafe idea, i'll look for one. People should talk about death more because it happens to us all and is natural, maybe it needn't be such a sad thing.

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