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11/11/14

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Originally posted by Sarcophagus ↑

"Most people are scared of dying.
Religion offers comfort to those fears."

would have being better if you posed that as a question

interesting then that most folk are eating, drinking, smoking, working, themselves to death.

if i was still so afraid of dying then i wouldn't be able to sleep well at night because i would be so afraid of dying during sleep
a more real fear is the fear of suffering, or being separated from those that you love.

folks find religious comfort in many activities - booze, heroin, workaholic-ism, sports, church etc... whatever
yes, whatever is done on a regular basis (religiously)

how about this for a mind-bender:
if you practice virtuously dying daily to the self, do you think that the fear of death will increase or decrease?

and you have stacked the odds in your favour

i suspect that death will be a hoot, for those that are well prepared

it can be a very worthwhile to view earthly life as a preparation for death
[the illusion of] birth and death is a ubiquitous expression of duality

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"a more real fear is the fear of suffering, or being separated from those that you love "

Death incorporates all of that

"i suspect that death will be a hoot, for those that are well prepared"

Prepared for what ? Death is one thing that requires no planning or effort

Needing to believe in some kind of afterlife is an unconsciously egotistical and selfish mind
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