The "burden" of life. Do you feel death is the end of suffering for many? Can it be a release?

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Permalink Reply by ariel le boursier on November 13, 2009 at 11:06am

That is your experience with death. everyones experiences are different. I find death...yes painful...but at the same time exhilerating and fascinating. It is a new adventure.

My job and other life experiences have brought me many a time close to death. I think it allows one to appreciate life in a new and exciting way.

I know that not everyone will share these thoughts or experiences that i have had. but it does allow one to acknowledge the fact that everyones experience with death is different and personal.

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Permalink Reply by Anadeia on November 13, 2009 at 12:47pm

everyones experience with death is different and personal.

Yes Ariel, that's true. It's far too easy, though, to stay in the mental realm while discussing the deaths of hypothetical people "out there" and to stay in the platitudes of "well, at least they're not suffering anymore" without feeling the emotions and turmoil that the death of a loved one brings.

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Permalink Reply by By the Beat of My Own Drum on November 13, 2009 at 12:50pm

Life is what I got till I don't. I may have my beliefs but I don't know it won't suck either. As far as euthanasia, I understand why some would prefer it, and it is their life to do with as they please.

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Permalink Reply by Maire Hel Wolf on November 13, 2009 at 1:10pm

Death is not suffering.
Dying, now that's another story.

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Permalink Reply by Amanda Rose Brennick on November 13, 2009 at 1:39pm

Death can be a release for many people. It can bring peace to a person who has just lived in hell on earth. For me, death is the inspiration to live life to the fullest. A quote I remember goes like this... "We're only promised today, never tomorrow. So tell the people you love that you love them". Death inspires love and life because as humans, we know that life ends eventually and we never know when that's going to be. That's alway why people say you should never go to bed angry because in an instant we can lose someone we love. Death inspires people to live like they only had one more day.
Blessed Be!

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Permalink Reply by Archmage on November 13, 2009 at 1:52pm

Death to me is neither a release nor something to be feared. To me it is just a portal to a new existence. As for not knowing what lays beyond the veil, there are ways to access these places. But I do agree to take advantage of the time here on the physical plane and live life to the fullest; grasping on to the lessons we learn in order to be ready for when we either return to this plane or advance to the next level of existence once we have mastered those lessons.

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Permalink Reply by Ryver on November 13, 2009 at 2:24pm

Personally, I think too many people underestimate the value of death. As for me, I will live my life the best I can in the mean time but I will welcome death when it comes. I do believe in reincarnation but I sincerely hope I will NEVER have to come back. I don't like this world, what it has become or where it is going. When my time in this life is over, I'm done. Death will be a sweet relief from the pain of living - no matter the lessons learned in the process.

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Permalink Reply by Moonsmith on November 13, 2009 at 2:57pm

We all see Death through our own eyes....

Certainly, it can be a great release. It can also be fought against tooth and nail. Look at murder. Look at execution. Look at accidental Death.

But for long term suffering, chronic situations and torture, it can be something to look forward to. Look at suicide.

Personally, Death and I are old companions...

I do not fear Death specifically and hopefully it will be a welcome when it does rise up and take me away. My only concern is having my affairs in order at the time.

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Permalink Reply by MidnyteSun on November 13, 2009 at 3:17pm

Death can be a release and the start of new things. I watched my powerful, happy strong willed father waste way to a shell of himself. He could only sit there and pray that his next does of pain meds was soon. I saw my mother turn from a woman that loved everything to a sunken shell that could only writhe in pain. My 8 year old cousin tried to smile to the end but she told me that when she died no one should cry. She would be happy again. I have seen death and came close to experiencing it. The things i have lived through have defined who I am today. I suffer from micro aneurysms, so my time could come at any moment. and it might come years down the road. So i try to live each day as best i can and enjoy the experience along the way. When death comes it will be an new adventure, I have come close enough that they put me in the morgue. ( i am really glad science has progressed further now).
I have seen true pain and lived through deep hurt. i have lost my child and my friends. I have been raped and moested by those that i was suppose to been safe with. I have eaten fro garbage cans and what i found in the woods. Lived in a car and on the street. Sold to the highest bidder and forced to make very hard choices. But I will not live my life in fear of something that will happen. When it comes it comes. will I welcome death when it comes, yes. Do I want to die No I still have so much that I want to experience. I have seen the down side and now i hunt for the joy. I have a living will so that I am not some vegetable in some room being a burden. There is real suffering in the world and I do what i can to ease what i can. No one should have to experience any of what I have seen. For those that have or do, I shall do my best to be there... and ya so that is my ramble for today.

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Permalink Reply by 3DDY on November 13, 2009 at 4:08pm

Like many things in our world, death is only Physical. It is the Spiritual Journey where true Life begins, and I'm not discussing only when our physical shell dies. We should nourish our Spiritual Selves and mentally grow. With life, there also comes responsibility, and that includes bringing another Life form into this world. Life is full of ups and downs, however, one should not seek death, but only live Life! ;)

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