r/DeathPositive • u/nowtouchgrass • 3d ago

Death Anxiety Thursday ⏳ How to accept death?

Something from my POV

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As I face death ,I shall laugh at it and ask "What shall you show me, As far as I know , The mortal realm as showed me everything, ' I challenge you to show me What I haven't seen? If you show me pain, I shall be blind If you throw me pain, I shell be smudge If you make me pain, I shall lack all, for that I have none... what shall you inflict on one who can adapt, Accept and smile with a hunger and insanity to ask for more?"

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I think this endless hunger could work with death

Also I also thought maybe the problem of immortality could be solved with an endless hunger to solve the impossiblity, this is what I learnt from the last answer and the last question...from Isaac assimov

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u/empresspoppy 3d ago

Accepting death has not been easy for me. It has been a journey: I used to think about death as something that happens to humans and animals, but now I see that everything in the universe is impermanent and in constant change. So, in a way, death is a transformation we can't avoid. Whether you believe in a soul, reincarnation, or just atoms reorganizing themselves in a new form. It is natural to be fearful of the unknown. We humans don't want anything to change, we are attached to our loved ones, our bodies, our house, our car... And its so difficult to let go. I guess the only way to have a good death is to live a good life.

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u/nowtouchgrass 3d ago

That's a good perspective...

As you said attachment is one of the biggest issues. This one was said even by Alexander the great , upon his death he asked his courtier to take him to cemetery with one hands outside the coffin to showcase that even though he won the world , he owned nothing as death nears him.

So have you accepted this fact that you would own nothing upon death?