How incredibly morbid.
Dying is like defeacating: necessary, happens to everyone and probably
not worth spending a lot of time thinking about. Living, on the other
hand, is.
Thinking about one's death and it's circumstances when not actually
faced with the prospect seems overly self involved.
Well, I got a point of view very different from mine, which is, when on the journey, surely everyone would think about the ultimate destination? And to me , death is like insurance...better to think about when it is not an urgent necessity. The parallel between death and defacation is not accurate because the latter is something we experience and can talk about (er..if we wish to) afterward...but imagine an experience which is going to come to each one of us, and yet we know nothing about it! Really piques my curiosity.
Deepa.
-- b
On 08/08/06, Deepa Mohan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> There has been a lot of mails about where each lives and where one would
> like to die...but I want to post the question, WHEN would you (ideally) like
> to die? At what age? At what point would you feel that you had done/achieved
> enough? Do you believe in euthanasia? How would it be implemented, if so?
> Would you want your body/brain preserved it fhat could be done for free?
>
> I am that stage right now. I have a lot of interests and am happy almost
> every day of my life; but I was reflecting that if I had to die in a day or
> two (obviously I would like to die without any suffering or ill-health!) I
> would not mind going ..I am not the type who wants to hang around for my
> offspring or the grandchild-that-might-be...am pretty curious to know
> whether, if death really approraches, I would stil maintain my keenness to
> experience it, or I would fear it. Would I rush around trying to tie up
> loose ends?
>
> Many of you on Silk are very young...do you think about death? If so, what
> do you think about your own? Am very interested in your thoughts...
>
>
> Deepa.
