RE: Musings on Old Age and Death
I try to see death as a sort of blessing in some small way in that it makes our lives and what we do so much more important, knowing we have such little time on this earth before we die, and realises that the few times in my life where I have felt the most alive are the few times that I thought I was about to die.
The closest we can ever really get to immortality is being remembered after our deaths, and our legacy persists in people that we have inspired and met.
The daunting part is how we are just going to be forgotten. All your accomplishments, milestones and achievement will not mean anything to anyone when you no longer persist on the Earth.
I'm sorry for your loss. People like you always motivate me to love and cherish my parents now rather than regret it later since they can go in a flash. Keep staying strong @onceuponatime.
"The closest we can ever really get to immortality is being remembered after our deaths"
I have a very different philosophy to what you espouse. I actually think that is what traps one into earthly existence and endless rounds of incarnations. Best that your accomplishments and focus are internal and hidden from the world except when a specific task for humanity is involved. Even then, try to accomplish it in a way that you get blamed (ego-deflating) rather than praised (ego-inflating) for your good deed.
This post was a stimulus for the recent blog I did and it seems like we always strive towards self-fulfilment. It is probably best to let go of earthly inclinations and rather than be remembered by other we should focus on the mind as it is our greatest asset and that we should work on conditioning and helping ourselves internally rather than facing and looking towards external influence as in the end rather than be narcissistic and caring about the legacy of yourself being self-sacrificing and meek seems to be a more graceful way to part from the world as we are put back into the ever going cycle of life @onceuponatime
I hope to escape being put back into "the ever going cycle of life" :-)
Maybe our being will become so diluted that it is non-existent and we can be free from the shackles of this incessant loop.
Also thank you so much for the support on my recent post. I would feel bad if I let it pass without showing you my gratitude and appreciation.
Thank you so much for reigniting my vigour for steemit and ending my bad day on a good note @onceuponatime :)
Now I'm probably going to take a well-deserved sleep as it is nearing midnight and I hope you have a great day!