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Paeder · 12-04-2003, 12:23 PM

i was thinking the other day about how the earth works in cycles of life and death: the seasons, day and night, etc. that made me wonder if there were cycles of life and death in human life. i would like to hear what you folks think. thanks.

wilbjammin · 12-04-2003, 02:27 PM

"Live and die in front of a mirror," Baudelaire says. The words "and die" are not sufficiently noticed. As for living, everyone agrees. But to be moster of one's death, that is the hard thing. - Albert Camus, March 1942

Hmm.. cycles of life and death within life. I think we often have to metaphorically kill ourselves in order to let go of something we've been through to metaphorically rebirth ourselves and move on. I can easily say that I do this everyday in some way, and in a very significant manner at least several times a year.

Mantus · 12-04-2003, 05:19 PM

Death is generally seen as an end. I do not think that any part of us is really lost; it is simply assimilated into the new.

moonstrucksoul · 12-04-2003, 05:27 PM

there are some philosophies that suggest that there are cycles during your human time that are peiods of growth and change,
so i would think that during those cycles, and especially near the end, some of the things about you, you could consider that they are dying.

12-04-2003, 12:23 PM	#1 (permalink)
Paeder Upright Location: Hell???	Living and Dying i was thinking the other day about how the earth works in cycles of life and death: the seasons, day and night, etc. that made me wonder if there were cycles of life and death in human life. i would like to hear what you folks think. thanks. __________________ "If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music which he hears, however measured or far away."----Henry David Thoreau

12-04-2003, 02:27 PM	#2 (permalink)
wilbjammin * * *	"Live and die in front of a mirror," Baudelaire says. The words "and die" are not sufficiently noticed. As for living, everyone agrees. But to be moster of one's death, that is the hard thing. - Albert Camus, March 1942 Hmm.. cycles of life and death within life. I think we often have to metaphorically kill ourselves in order to let go of something we've been through to metaphorically rebirth ourselves and move on. I can easily say that I do this everyday in some way, and in a very significant manner at least several times a year. __________________ Innominate.

12-04-2003, 05:19 PM	#3 (permalink)
Mantus lascivious	Death is generally seen as an end. I do not think that any part of us is really lost; it is simply assimilated into the new.

12-04-2003, 05:27 PM	#4 (permalink)
moonstrucksoul hovering in the distance Location: the land of milk and honey	there are some philosophies that suggest that there are cycles during your human time that are peiods of growth and change, so i would think that during those cycles, and especially near the end, some of the things about you, you could consider that they are dying.