The source of our thoughts is in our brain. So the center is us and our heads, everything else is around us. This creates an illusion that we are the center of the world even the center of the universe. We have needs, we must be pleased, we must have, posses, take, we must enjoy in love, we must LIVE…then suddenly out of nowhere unexpected and undesired horrible DEATH comes. How can creatures like this not be terrified of death? Philosophy of human life is the one that produces enormous fear of the death.
If we open our eyes wide we will see that a person is not so important. It is just one sample of some species called “humans” which is misled by its brain and emotions (especially its emotions) that it is most important. But here is the trap, how can something most important has an end?
First I believe that person is not most important, and we probably also exist in some higher dimension; our body is just kind of support of our existence.
Second I believe that death is not an end, there is transformation from one matter to another when person dies; death of a body or in "human terminology" a person is not most important.
If we understand this we will be more comfortable with the idea of dying, as a pass from one door to another.
Which another door? Generations will tell…..
To date I have not really found any sound scientific evidence to even suggest that the source of our thoughts is in our brains. Up until this day scientists are very confused? What is the origin of our consciousness? Where is the centre of our consciousness?Neuroscientists have examined the brain inside out, but there is nobody home?
ReplyDeleteOf course the brain is a great transmuter of energy and defines a lot of our personality construct and out ego, can be shaped my out actions and out thoughts through neuroplasticity, but is where our soul hangs out? I am not so sure? Somehow I doubt it.
So how do you define physical reality? I guess it is what you want it to be? For those who cling onto their existing belief-blinded theories of the physical world being the ultimate true reality, then that is their truth, but it is really only a little-picture paradigm. A bigger picture is to consider that there might be a bigger reality than the physical universe. The physical universe is bounded by a set of rules, defined primarily by the limitation of time and also the speed of light c. This gives us a definition of space; hence we have the space-time rule set.
This is not really a big leap of faith, it does not require too many assumptions to make, all that is required is to consider the possibility that there is a larger reality outside of the physical universe that is not bounded by space-time and is inherently non-physical. Because we are physical beings, we find this hard to comprehend or translate, but once again this is because we are trying to process a bigger picture idea, using a ‘little picture’ rule set.
So then death becomes horrible? Why is this? Suffering and the process of dying is not fun, but how do you know moving beyond the physical will be horrible? How can you prove it? Is this not making a false assumption about the nature of non-physical reality?
I believe that you do come here to the physical world to evolve in some way; however you do not get instant enlightenment from dying? I do not think it is as easy as that?
Generations will tell? Well maybe they might understand a bit more, but isn’t the important thing to find answers now? If you are dead before the generations tell you anything, then you have waited for nothing, learned nothing and expected someone else to do the hard work!
Yes, we all have opinion, but who is with the right one? These questions and thougts are the deepest see od words and theories.
ReplyDeleteSo, in my node of complex living, the beginnings and the ends will be synonyms for the mornings and the nights, and other little things that are fully connected with the present. It is highly immportant to be aware of what we are today. Beyond the tunnel/horizon is the secret we will descover when the time will come, and when we will be read
Well Dom I like your comment as usual...When I say that the source of our thoughts is in our brain , I mean we feel it that way.
ReplyDeleteAnd for next generations...I wish I find the answer or at least my generation to do so....
Nice point of view Elena...we will see when we will be ready....
ReplyDeletePeople are not afraid of death because of their nature. We always find comfort in something or someone. We always hope, which might make us optimists?! On the other hand, we have a hard time accepting our blame if we did something wrong, we always find someone else to blame and we make it a bigger deal, even if it is not. Human nature is very complex but we can all agree in one thing, nobody (sane) wants to die, so in lack of blaming somebody of what has to happen eventually we turn to our faith and hope. When this question is in front of us then we are optimists, because we have to be, in order to give our life a purpose, in lack of other world we can call ourselves, life optimists. If you could saw our lives as unbiased observer, like we(humans) don’t care what happens with the small insects or butterflies which die in 24 hours, then we can find impartial conclusion about the death of humans, animals or even plants in general. Since we can’t read animal’s minds we should wait for someone extraterrestrial to tell us, or we can find out for ourselves when the time comes…
ReplyDeleteThere is a theory that we are all connected to a greater "collective subconscious". When I say "we" I mean all living beings on Earth - possibly in the Universe.
ReplyDeleteI for one am not at all afraid of death. I, as an individual of the human genome, am more afraid of regret, of leaving a negative imprint on fellow life forms, and of not using my gifts to the fullest.
It is true that life is a continuum where life forms morph from one configuration to another. The collective subconscious collects all our experiences and distributes them across all life.
As for needs - we really need very little. We think we need more than we actually do because we're cultured to be creative, to make things, to acquire things, to value things, to care for things - but it's all about things. These things are dead, inanimate, and insignificant except to the human mind. It's a notion that stimulates the pleasure centres in the brain because we have been conditioned as such by culture. To use the tools we discovered early on in our evolution. All of this, believe it or not, is due to a simple evolutionary asset - the opposing thumbs. We can pick up a stick and another stick and put them together to make something else. This leads to curiosity and exploration, and ultimately discovery and knowledge. Knowledge is a good thing, but can be misused and misunderstood. It is powerful when understood within the context of the collective subconscious, but can be destructive if confined to the limits of the physical world.
When you understand that you as a human being are merely a part of a greater system, you will no longer be afraid of dying. You will care about the whole system much more than you will care about yourself.
We, the Human Race, will eventually discover this collectively. Our intelligence, especially emotional intelligence, is in its infancy. We have a long way to go. We can begin by removing religion (and sentimentality) from our lives, and spending more time respecting all life on Earth, without putting ourselves at the top of the pyramid, but rather by understanding that no one life is more sacred than another. Then death won't matter.
Wonderful thoughts Alex...bravo...
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