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Dash87

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70. If we could be free from our lives, and it were possible,

Tue Mar 12, 2013, 11:12 PM

Mar 2013

would we look back and find the fear of death not only spurious, but ignorant?

Humanity is too flawed to view death reasonably. I can't trust my own judgments about it.

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If not Heaven and not Hell... [View all] sheshe2 Mar 2013 OP

I think our "energy" floats around in the universe. femmocrat Mar 2013 #1

Energy and matter are interchangeable and indestructible... Sekhmets Daughter Mar 2013 #3

You know what, femmocrat. sheshe2 Mar 2013 #4

Works for me. too. Except I'm bit troubled by that at times. freshwest Mar 2013 #68

No, freshwest. I doubt those will be your last words. sheshe2 Mar 2013 #71

It will be a couple billion years for that to happen... snooper2 Mar 2013 #39

I believe that also. Works for me too. n/t RebelOne Mar 2013 #60

Neiman Marcus.... Sekhmets Daughter Mar 2013 #2

With a heavenly credit card no doubt! sheshe2 Mar 2013 #5

But of course! Sekhmets Daughter Mar 2013 #10

Sekhmets Daughter sheshe2 Mar 2013 #13

sheshe...I'm in love! Sekhmets Daughter Mar 2013 #15

about that credit card In_The_Wind Mar 2013 #18

Duplicates! Sekhmets Daughter Mar 2013 #20

however ... that bit of platinum will bite you in the ass In_The_Wind Mar 2013 #21

Nah...I better not say it... Sekhmets Daughter Mar 2013 #22

ok ... so In_The_Wind Mar 2013 #23

OMG... Sekhmets Daughter Mar 2013 #25

a little In_The_Wind Mar 2013 #26

It's fun when women get freaky with each other... Aristus Mar 2013 #36

sometimes friends help without realizing it ... ... ... In_The_Wind Mar 2013 #43

So glad you qualified that statement SD! sheshe2 Mar 2013 #38

Don't want to confuse my friends! Sekhmets Daughter Mar 2013 #64

LOL sheshe2 Mar 2013 #66

Very good! Heh. Moondog Mar 2013 #7

Shop til you drop, Moondog! nt sheshe2 Mar 2013 #9

into the recycling bin In_The_Wind Mar 2013 #6

Also a good option. Moondog Mar 2013 #8

From my point of view : that is all that is... In_The_Wind Mar 2013 #14

Damn! sheshe2 Mar 2013 #11

It is what I truly believe. In_The_Wind Mar 2013 #17

~~~ sheshe2 Mar 2013 #24

You go nowhere. You're dead. You don't exist. HERVEPA Mar 2013 #12

damned if I know -- Tuesday Afternoon Mar 2013 #31

Very well said.. HERVEPA Mar 2013 #45

credit goes to Tecumseh - of the Shawnee Tuesday Afternoon Mar 2013 #47

Thanks Ms. Afternoon HERVEPA Mar 2013 #48

yw - should have given him credit and thanks for asking so that I could rectify. peace. Tuesday Afternoon Mar 2013 #50

Well, he's no longer around to receive and you are. :-) HERVEPA Mar 2013 #51

the whole "poem" Tuesday Afternoon Mar 2013 #52

Wow. Thanks muchly to both of you on this Tuesday Afternoon. HERVEPA Mar 2013 #54

yw, my pleasure - Tuesday Afternoon Mar 2013 #56

Yo! Stop! Don't need more places to have to visit when I retire in a couple years. :-) HERVEPA Mar 2013 #58

Yes. cliffordu Mar 2013 #72

Some people are afraid of going to hell. zanana1 Mar 2013 #44

You sound awfully sure about this Duer 157099 Mar 2013 #46

OK. But thinking we exist in any form where we'd have any knowledge of a prior existence... HERVEPA Mar 2013 #49

It's not scary Puzzledtraveller Mar 2013 #61

Can I disageree with the statement that you agree with me? :-) (nt) HERVEPA Mar 2013 #62

Absolutley!!! Puzzledtraveller Mar 2013 #63

It's scary to me because I long easttexaslefty Mar 2013 #78

I understand. I'm sorry. As a father, it's a hard thing for me to imagine happening. HERVEPA Mar 2013 #79

Thank you. n/t easttexaslefty Mar 2013 #81

This message was self-deleted by its author Tuesday Afternoon Mar 2013 #16

You know those reports of monsters in closets? Lady Freedom Returns Mar 2013 #19

Ha! Tuesday Afternoon Mar 2013 #29

. Son of Gob Mar 2013 #33

I hope it's like anesthesia NightWatcher Mar 2013 #27

Floating Unaware. Sweet! sheshe2 Mar 2013 #28

Yep, just turned off NightWatcher Mar 2013 #30

Well, that's a good question. Newest Reality Mar 2013 #32

To be honest sheshe2 Mar 2013 #35

Ah! Newest Reality Mar 2013 #37

You become unstuck in time. Like Billy Pilgrim. Taverner Mar 2013 #34

Hopefully I'll spend eternity spooning my partner in a drowsy half-sleep...its my "heaven" now Rowdyboy Mar 2013 #40

What a beautiful eternity you describe, sheshe2 Mar 2013 #41

I've often thought that's when I'm happiest and most content. Rowdyboy Mar 2013 #42

Into the thoughts of those we leave behind. nt rrneck Mar 2013 #53

Sweet! nt sheshe2 Mar 2013 #55

Same place before we were conceived. nt valerief Mar 2013 #57

Reincarnation Puzzledtraveller Mar 2013 #59

I think I'll go out for dinner struggle4progress Mar 2013 #65

6ft underground Major Nikon Mar 2013 #67

For me..... sheshe2 Mar 2013 #69

If we could be free from our lives, and it were possible, Dash87 Mar 2013 #70

K&R. cliffordu Mar 2013 #73

Just out there into the cosmos. Bake Mar 2013 #74

Will do, Bake! sheshe2 Mar 2013 #77

I enjoyed this one. Xyzse Mar 2013 #75

Wow! sheshe2 Mar 2013 #76

I know... Xyzse Mar 2013 #82

No only read the write up. sheshe2 Mar 2013 #83

My pleasure... Xyzse Mar 2013 #84

I thought about this alot a few months ago olddots Mar 2013 #80

Hell is real. The locals call it Paramus. name not needed Mar 2013 #85