Saturday, April 2, 2011

Day 174 - Dream a little dream of

Death.  Horrible dream.  Terrible dream.

When I was a kid I had different feelings about death.  I didn't quite grasp death as I do now.  But it isn't the death so much that I am worried about, but what if...

What if there is nothing after death, but I go to it fully conscious?  Like Mark Twain's Mysterious Stranger I am the only one?

That was the dream, I went to nothingness and I was alone.

How long would one have to live to not be afraid to die?  500 years 1000 years 10000 years?  I think living forever would be much like dying into nothingness, so there would  have to be an end a stopping point, a point where I wouldn't want to live anymore, but as long as there are people around I think I wouldn't mind being alive.

Well I am alive today so lets not worry about tomorrow.

2 comments:

  1. Did you have the "death dream" last night - I heard you "groan" once but only once?

    Although I don't have a pipeline to the afterlife, I'll bet big bucks you won't have a "conscious state" after death - it wouldn't be death & still be conscious. I've never been big on reincarnation either, so I'm in the "when it's over, it's over" camp.

    As you pointed out, "TSH doesn't have a spiritual bone in his body." (not even a miniscule piece of bone or cartilage).

    Let's watch Mary Poppins or something light, like Salem's Lot tonight.

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  2. I had bad dreams last night too. Something in the air?

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