Does anyone ever think how bad it would be to live forever?

[GhostFace2K]

Every time I think about death the first thought that comes to my mind is how awful it would be to just NOT EXIST upon death. Picture yourself in this situation: They say you brain still functions for a short amount of time (7-14 seconds) after it has been completely severed from your body. Imagine that you have just been decapitated, and in your last fleeting seconds (with your head detached from your body) you're thinking about death. All of the sudden you realize that what if there is no after-life? what if... when you die, you are just dead, there is no more, you have no soul, you have nothing, you no longer exist, and everything that was you ceases to exist. I'm sure that makes the majority of you cringe, it's a terrible feeling to even think about it. So then i start thinking... wow it'd be much better to be in heaven and live forever... And then i start thinking to myself, would it really be better to live forever? would it really even be fun to live for eternity. Just imagine living till your 100, then imagine living to 1000, then imagine living to 10,000. Soon enough you should be able to get a small glimpse of how dull life would be, and how boring it could get after 100,000 years go by and you're still alive. I'm sure nothing you do amuses you after you've been alive for 100,000 years Would living infinitely long really be bad? Would you rather live eternally in after-life, or just cease to exist upon your death? Would you get bored after living for a million years?

GhostFace2K Reviewed by GhostFace2K on 04-21-2006. Does anyone ever think how bad it would be to live forever? Every time I think about death the first thought that comes to my mind is how awful it would be to just NOT EXIST upon death. Picture yourself in this situation: They say you brain still functions for a short amount of time (7-14 seconds) after it has been completely severed from your body. Imagine that you have just been decapitated, and in your last fleeting seconds (with your head detached from your body) you're thinking about death. All of the sudden you realize that what if there is no Rating: 5

[Highness]

actually if you died I mean really died and ceased to exist completely. It really wouldnt be that bad since you wouldnt be around to mourn or feel or think about what happened or what you lost so actaully that would be complete rest for ever. Living forever now that all depends, living forever staying the way we are now would suck ass and i would choose the permanent death instantly , but living forever and evolving and becoming more than what you are now that has my vote completely. A never ending adventure, who in there right mind would'nt want that and in all actuality nothing really ever ends everything is eternal, it just continues in different ways. Do you mean dieing and leaving your body living forever or do you mean living and becoming an Immortal man in the flesh?

[GhostFace2K]

actually if you died I mean really died and ceased to exist completely. It really wouldnt be that bad since you wouldnt be around to mourn or feel or think about what happened or what you lost so actaully that would be complete rest for ever. Living forever now that all depends, living forever staying the way we are now would suck ass and i would choose the permanent death instantly , but living forever and evolving and becoming more than what you are now that has my vote completely. A never ending adventure, who in there right mind would'nt want that and in all actuality nothing really ever ends everything is eternal, it just continues in different ways. Do you mean dieing and leaving your body living forever or do you mean living and becoming an Immortal man in the flesh?

i guess it meant kind of both... Would you want to live eternally as an immortan man in the flesh? most would say no, but i have 2 friends who say yes. But the question i wanted to address would be living eternally in an "after-life" scenario (i.e. heaven, purgatory, reincarnation/rebirth cycle, etc etc...)

[GhostFace2K]

and i'm not saying that it would suck to cease to exist completlely... you're right in the sense that if you cease to exist when you die, you wouldn't be conscious to even contemplate the issue, but i'm saying metaphorically from a 3rd person perspective... it kind of pinpoints the absurdity of life... in that there is nothing more to you than where you end...

[Highness]

Personally no If I am going to live forever I want the full package, my body and all to evolve to the next plane I never really understood why people always have to exclude the flesh like a piece of trash in order to evolve or live forever. And yes to be Immortal in the flesh and evolve as a whole would be my vote but to be immortal in the flesh and remain a mere human would be scary and my version of purgatory bar none.

A question for you sir.....why do you think people choose to suffer and have ultamatoms of do or die fatalistic tendencies when it comes to life in general. Why do people always foreshadow within there lifetime either a sacrafice to achieve greatness or forever suffering? Why dont people think about what it would be like to have the best of both worlds? why do they always sway to pain and suffering with this ingrained taste for morbidity?

well it turned out to be a 3 part question but each question is basically asking the same thing from a different point of view....haha i tend to do that alot being aquarius and all I look at everything from every point of perception possible I can not allow myself to leave anything untouched by my observation and perception. And will never understand why people choose Ignorance is Bliss over Knowing all that you want to know. But I think its because they are fearful to know the answers.

[Highness]

and i'm not saying that it would suck to cease to exist completlely... you're right in the sense that if you cease to exist when you die, you wouldn't be conscious to even contemplate the issue, but i'm saying metaphorically from a 3rd person perspective... it kind of pinpoints the absurdity of life... in that there is nothing more to you than where you end...

why do you feel there is nothing more to you then where you end? I understand is it because like most you dont like the options presented to you by others and the mass belief of humankind that you must grow old and die? If you are to die is'nt it better to die believeing and trying to achieve what you really want for yourself ..reguardless of what god,devil or the resyt of the world thinks. Or have you accepted someone elses beliefs as your fate and already given up? Im not saying you feel or think this way personally I am asking what you think of these things.

[GhostFace2K]

Personally no If I am going to live forever I want the full package, my body and all to evolve to the next plane I never really understood why people always have to exclude the flesh like a piece of trash in order to evolve or live forever. And yes to be Immortal in the flesh and evolve as a whole would be my vote but to be immortal in the flesh and remain a mere human would be scary and my version of purgatory bar none.

A question for you sir.....why do you think people choose to suffer and have ultamatoms of do or die fatalistic tendencies when it comes to life in general. Why do people always foreshadow within there lifetime either a sacrafice to achieve greatness or forever suffering? Why dont people think about what it would be like to have the best of both worlds? why do they always sway to pain and suffering with this ingrained taste for morbidity?

well it turned out to be a 3 part question but each question is basically asking the same thing from a different point of view....haha i tend to do that alot being aquarius and all I look at everything from every point of perception possible I can not allow myself to leave anything untouched by my observation and perception. And will never understand why people choose Ignorance is Bliss over Knowing all that you want to know. But I think its because they are fearful to know the answers.

Personally i think that the thoughts that you speak of are completely spurred from societal influences. In todays society, the bar is set so high, and living the "American Dream" is what all youth are taught is the way And there are points in your life that make you realize how far you really are from reaching that idealistic "American Dream" leisure lifestyle. So in a sense, society has set an ultimatum, and you adapt this kind of do-or-die approach to it. And the people who want to live that "American Dream" no they that are going to sacrifice greatly to get there, and those who believe that they're already too far behind will just reiterate the fact that they're doomed.
Stealing from Fightclub, i think this quote points out the absurdity of the American "way":

"God damn it, an entire generation pumping gas, waiting tables; slaves with white collars. Advertising has us chasing cars and clothes, working jobs we hate so we can buy shit we don't need. We're the middle children of history, man. No purpose or place. We have no Great War. No Great Depression. Our Great War's a spiritual war... our Great Depression is our lives. We've all been raised on television to believe that one day we'd all be millionaires, and movie gods, and rock stars. But we won't. And we're slowly learning that fact. And we're very, very pissed off. "


And as for the "ignorance is bliss" i think that you are exactly right. But the quote is exactly right as well... Ignorance allows people to live in bliss, without worries. And it's much easier to live an ignorant lifestyle than it is to know and accept the truth of life. And unfortunately, the truth of life is probably different for everybody.

[GhostFace2K]

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[GhostFace2K]

why do you feel there is nothing more to you then where you end? I understand is it because like most you dont like the options presented to you by others and the mass belief of humankind that you must grow old and die? If you are to die is'nt it better to die believeing and trying to achieve what you really want for yourself ..reguardless of what god,devil or the resyt of the world thinks. Or have you accepted someone elses beliefs as your fate and already given up? Im not saying you feel or think this way personally I am asking what you think of these things.

I don't feel that there is noting more to you then where you end? but that would be the conclusion if you believed that death meant ceasing to exist. I personally believe that there is a heaven. What you were referring to about at least dying believing something has been contemplated for centuries. You, my friend, have a philosphers mind. "Pascal's wager" in the belief of religion is that even if you do not believe in God, you're better off wagering that he does exist. Because if you're right and God does exist, then you've made the right decision. But if you were wrong, and God doesn't exist, there was no harm done. But imagine that you don't believe in God. Now if you die, and God does exist, you get the shaft. Basically...It's a win/win situation to believe in God and after-life.

[Highness]

Personally i think that the thoughts that you speak of are completely spurred from societal influences. In todays society, the bar is set so high, and living the "American Dream" is what all youth are taught is the way And there are points in your life that make you realize how far you really are from reaching that idealistic "American Dream" leisure lifestyle. So in a sense, society has set an ultimatum, and you adapt this kind of do-or-die approach to it. And the people who want to live that "American Dream" no they that are going to sacrifice greatly to get there, and those who believe that they're already too far behind will just reiterate the fact that they're doomed.
Stealing from Fightclub, i think this quote points out the absurdity of the American "way":

"God damn it, an entire generation pumping gas, waiting tables; slaves with white collars. Advertising has us chasing cars and clothes, working jobs we hate so we can buy shit we don't need. We're the middle children of history, man. No purpose or place. We have no Great War. No Great Depression. Our Great War's a spiritual war... our Great Depression is our lives. We've all been raised on television to believe that one day we'd all be millionaires, and movie gods, and rock stars. But we won't. And we're slowly learning that fact. And we're very, very pissed off. "


And as for the "ignorance is bliss" i think that you are exactly right. But the quote is exactly right as well... Ignorance allows people to live in bliss, without worries. And it's much easier to live an ignorant lifestyle than it is to know and accept the truth of life. And unfortunately, the truth of life is probably different for everybody.

hmm I see but I dont feel that its unfortunate that the truth of life is different for everybody and why do people let there surroundings course them so like if no great war in your generation really means anything or a depression for that matter, why dont, people just see things that happen as they are and realize reguardless of what happens they still are themselves reguardless of the times they are in. It doesnt matter what the generation quota is man, no purpose or place what does that have to do with what peoiple really want inside. Thats whats important , why do people point a finger at everything and blame it for there problems never realizing that your life is not so much in danger as is your perception of that life. Its all what you make of it I have met people that just go around finding every little thing to complain about when they dont really understand how bad it could really be. They dont understand that by remaining in that state of mind and being that in itself is them wether they realize it or not are choosing there future, destiny, fate or whatever word you want to label it with.

people act like its some impossible feat to change there mind witch in turn would change the outcome of there lives it may not happen instantly but it happens and that what i think counts , as long as your headed where you want to go even if it takes what seems like eternity, isnt that better than just giving in and jumping on the bandwagon of the majority rule and saying your doomed. If not then people desrve to have the doom they so repeatedly forshadow for themselves. Then they will get that smack in the face and wake up and realize that life itself wich is right infront of them can show them how to get to where they want to be.

But no, people disreguard lifes importance and its message in so they choose entropy and death and in the end they will realize no one was to blame but themselves.And in that fact its good that everyone has there own truth cuz it would truly suck to be chained to something that has nothing you want anything to do with.