Is Death the End?

[regnauld]

^^ you're stupid and and i'm stupid so let's put and end to that discussion and let's move it the chicken and egg debate then.

again if you feel that it is not the end why are you still here? paghikog!

OT: RELAX lang mahina ang kalaban! Control your anger my friend. Just be calm. I am sorry if you were hurt and angry. Don't take it personally. We are here to exchange our ideas and I am here to defend your right to express your views and opinion. You are not stupid. What I meant was that the argument FOR ME is STUPIDITY meaning it has nothing to do with you personally. ok? I respect your view about death. End of the story.

[tokidoki]

^^ and who said I'm angry? If you feel that strongly, you have an opportunity to prove it personally. After all, you're the believer and I'm not.

pusta ko ani tagaan ko ug storya atong parable atong tao na nagsabot sila na kung kinsa mamatay magpahibaw ang usa and in the end god got pissed with both of them? now, that's a STORY! A fear mongering priest telling his "sheep" to shut up and stop questioning the church's doctrines.

[regnauld]

^^ and who said I'm angry? If you feel that strongly, you have an opportunity to prove it personally. After all, you're the believer and I'm not.

How do you feel right now? Better?

[tokidoki]

^^ if magbuot ka sa akong gibati, there's not point in answering, right? :P

[regnauld]

You don't need to tells stories to prove that death is not the end. Just observe LIFE if LIFE will ultimately end. LIFE GOES ON FOREVER.

As the Tao Te Ching says, The Tao is infinite, eternal. Why is it eternal? It was never born; thus it can never die. Why is it infinite? It has no desires for itself; thus it is present for all beings. The Master stays behind; that is why she is ahead. She is detached from all things; that is why she is one with them. Because she has let go of herself, she is perfectly fulfilled.

[regnauld]

Each separate being in the universe returns to the common source. Returning to the source is serenity. If you don't realize the source, you stumble in confusion and sorrow. When you realize where you come from, you naturally become tolerant, disinterested, amused, kindhearted as a grandmother, dignified as a king. Immersed in the wonder of the Tao, you can deal with whatever life brings you, and when death comes, you are ready.

[tokidoki]

I usually don't take the words of others, especially, "preachers" at face value. If you want to learn see teh world for yourself.

[regnauld]

Lao Tzu the founder of Taoism has no regard about one's belief whether you are an atheist or a believer. Lao Tzu was a great Chinese ancient master who just observed and realized THE TRUTHS in NATURE in his classic book the TAO TE CHING.

[regnauld]

Human death is a concern of philosophy expressed as an aspect of the human condition. As mortal entities, there are a series of biologically determined events that are common to most human lives, and some that are inevitable for all. The ongoing way in which humans react to or cope with these events is the human condition. However, understanding the precise nature and scope of what is meant by the human condition is itself a philosophical problem.
Humans, to an apparently superlative degree amongst all living things, are aware of the passage of time, can remember the past and imagine the future, and are intimately aware of their own mortality. Only human beings are known to ask themselves questions relating to the purpose of life beyond the base need for survival, or the nature of existence beyond that which is empirically apparent: What is the meaning of existence? Why was I born? Why am I here? Where will I go when I die? The human struggle to find answers to these questions — and the very fact that we can conceive them and ask them — is what defines the human condition in this sense of the term.

[regnauld]

Death is not the end. Death can never be the end.
Death is the road. Life is the traveller. The soul is the guide.
When the traveller is tired and exhausted, the guide instructs the traveller to take either a short or a long rest, and then again the traveller's journey begins.
In the spiritual life, when an aspirant does not cry for a higher light, bliss and power, it is the birth of his death.
In the ordinary life, when an unaspiring man wallows in the mire of ignorance, it is the real victory of death.
What can we learn from the inner life which desires the extinction of death? The inner life tells us that life is soulfully precious, time is fruitfully precious.
Life without the aspiration of time is meaningless.
Time without the aspiration of life is useless.
Our mind thinks of death. Our heart thinks of life. Our soul thinks of Immortality. Mind and death can be transcended. Heart and life can be expanded. Soul and Immortality can be fulfilled.