Posted by alexandra_k on December 22, 2005, at 22:57:45
In reply to Re: Sorry, I don't want to be dead » TexasChic, posted by Susan47 on December 22, 2005, at 22:49:43
yes susan.
yes thats what i was thinking...what is it like to be a rock?
it can't see anything (no eyes)
it can't hear anything (no ears)
it doesn't have any sense organs so it wouldn't have awareness of the external world...
it doesn't have a nervous system so it wouldn't have awareness of the internal world (e.g. emotions or hunger or biological drives)
it doesn't have a brain to play math or logic puzzles with itself...
to reflect on the a-priori...but what is it like to be a rock?
calm..
?
i don't think we can comprehend...
but sometimes i wonder...
with mindfulness meditation...
when you focus on one thing
so that one becomes all
and there is calm...maybe thats what its like...
maybe air is movement without nausea...
i don't know...
i'm not stoned or anything...
but i think maybe i've had a few too many trips in my day ;-)
but...
i guess i think death is something like that...
or else...
it is like nothing at all.
game over.
i really don't think...
i mind either way...
but i'm not so keen on pain :-(
but i figure...
there won't be any of that for a good long while at any rate...
:-)
poster:alexandra_k
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