Honestly, I believe that in some shape or form, everyone is scared of death. They might not realize it, it might be purely subconscious, it might even be stared right in the face, but no human being can share a dance with death and not feel even the smallest tinge of fear. Humans do everything in their myriad [of] powers to evade and even stall death. The Philosopher's Stone, the Fountain of Youth... they're even thinking they can prolong the life of our cells with the Human Genome Project.
If you're life is about to be ended, especially prematurely, you will be afraid. At the very least, afraid that you might not have been virtuous enough to escape eternal damnation.
I remember stating this a while ago in response to a survey/study about fear. My second response actually, made after a few anonymous parties clearly stated that they were not afraid of death (which is silly, since it had nothing to do with the original question). After thinking about it a bit, I felt like building upon it.
What makes death so frightening? The fact that we really have no clue what, if anything, happens after it? Or just that we love to live so much that we can't bear to leave it? Is man so wretched that it must fear all that it fails to understand? If a kid comes out and admits his fear of the dark, he'll likely be teased for it. Teased for having an overactive imagination. Teased for allowing his mind to conjure horrible demons from the shadows because he can't see what truly lies there. Teased because his human nature is preparing him for the worst possible situation, regardless of plausibility. What is death? The end of life? Maybe so, but that's all we know. Death, or at least the moment of it, is a gate that we can only see one side of. There could be a gaping abyss, or a bountiful arcadia beyond it. Maybe it's an oversimplification, and maybe I'm asking too many questions, but aren't we all a little scared of the dark here? That eternal darkness lying at the end of the path, the train for which death is the one-way ticket.
There may well be light at the end of the tunnel, but death is the lantern that guides us through.
3 years ago
3 comments:
i love this ^_^
Didn't you post this on GFaqs at one time?
Wow, heh, pretty good thinking. For me, sometimes, there are things you shouldn't question. Kinda like if you're little and you ask your parents where babies come from. And i dont wanna sound perverted, but what i mean is you shouldn't question that. If you parents won't tell you, deal with it. And if you find out too early, you might just still have only a path of more questions.
And it doesn't what is on the other side of life, what matters is how you make the side of life you're on right now. If you can live your life to its fullest, then there's no need for an answer because you've already lived a life. An afterlife is just another life. You already have a life. Live with it. Life is a miracle. Don't take it for granted.
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