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Thursday, April 03, 2008
Life after Death
Popular personal-development guru Steve Pavlina discusses Life After Death.
13 comments:
Anonymous
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I think this would be a better and happier world if we worried less about life after death and paid more attention to life before death.
The author says he can't determine how he should live his life unless he knows what happens after death. Really? Is his sense of ethics -- of right and wrong -- really dependent on whether he gets a reward at the end? Or will he stop procrastinating and start experiencing only if he knows for certain that this life is really all we get?
If we are actually present in each moment; if we live with respect for ourselves and for our fellow living creatures, then I think death will take care of itself.
I have to say I agree with Michael. I don't see how life after death effects anything I do here. That isn't to say that the question is irrelevant, simply that an absolute answer is impossible to find. (As far as I know) If I cease existing that's all the more reason to make the most of the time I've got. If I persist through death it's likely that whatever work I did on myself will be extremely important, as will any relationships I established with other souls.
Either way I can only act in accordance with what I feel is right at the time, though like Steve I feel the latter possibility is a better motivator. In fact it's the view I hold, if only because it's more interesting.
*Gets down on my knees with a solemn look in my eyes, places my hands on anon's shoulder and hugs him tight* It's okay. You're safe now. Nobody is ever going to hurt you again. Shhhhh, it's alright...
*Pulls out a teddy bear* Now show me where the bad man touched you.
Damn, RAF is really reaching for his insults. His work used to be quality, soul-crushing stuff. It's the kind of thing I'd subject children to in order to crush their dreams and render them totally obedient to their authorities. But this... This is just WAY too over the top to be taken seriously. Really man, tone it down a notch. You're like one of those B horror flicks with so much gore and cheesy dialog that it makes you giggle when you should be screaming.
"I thought it was totally hil."
Meh, I've done better. Far better. That is assuming this was a compliment... I'm not actually sure what hil means. Nevertheless that's how I'm going to take it.
13 comments:
I think this would be a better and happier world if we worried less about life after death and paid more attention to life before death.
The author says he can't determine how he should live his life unless he knows what happens after death. Really? Is his sense of ethics -- of right and wrong -- really dependent on whether he gets a reward at the end? Or will he stop procrastinating and start experiencing only if he knows for certain that this life is really all we get?
If we are actually present in each moment; if we live with respect for ourselves and for our fellow living creatures, then I think death will take care of itself.
What's that sound? That's the sound of another of this blog's pompous, know-nothing windbags talking out of his ass.
I have to say I agree with Michael. I don't see how life after death effects anything I do here. That isn't to say that the question is irrelevant, simply that an absolute answer is impossible to find. (As far as I know) If I cease existing that's all the more reason to make the most of the time I've got. If I persist through death it's likely that whatever work I did on myself will be extremely important, as will any relationships I established with other souls.
Either way I can only act in accordance with what I feel is right at the time, though like Steve I feel the latter possibility is a better motivator. In fact it's the view I hold, if only because it's more interesting.
"I have to say I agree with Michael."
What a surprise! I am shocked.
*Gets down on my knees with a solemn look in my eyes, places my hands on anon's shoulder and hugs him tight* It's okay. You're safe now. Nobody is ever going to hurt you again. Shhhhh, it's alright...
*Pulls out a teddy bear* Now show me where the bad man touched you.
Don't give up your day job.
Hey, comedians get paid thousands for worse tripe than that. ;)
I thought it was totally hil.
That doesn't surprise me either. Even if you didn't like it you'd pretend to. Anything to avoid thinking about something and giving a real answer.
Damn, RAF is really reaching for his insults. His work used to be quality, soul-crushing stuff. It's the kind of thing I'd subject children to in order to crush their dreams and render them totally obedient to their authorities. But this... This is just WAY too over the top to be taken seriously. Really man, tone it down a notch. You're like one of those B horror flicks with so much gore and cheesy dialog that it makes you giggle when you should be screaming.
"I thought it was totally hil."
Meh, I've done better. Far better. That is assuming this was a compliment... I'm not actually sure what hil means. Nevertheless that's how I'm going to take it.
What is life? What is death? And, knowing that linear time is an illusion of this physical dimension, what is "after"?
"Hil" is what I write when writing the full word seems ridic.
I'm not actually sure what hil means.
I think it's a reference to Benny Hil[l], the late comedy genius.
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