Quote Originally Posted by 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.
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 Reviewed by GhostFace2K on . 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