"Although different cultures, civilizations and religions/belief systems all over the world have fascinating beliefs in terms of life after death, the truth is nobody really knows for sure until we all go to through the process of physical death. I’d like to think of it as a passage of renewal, the purging fire of rebirth, a transcendence into realms unknown"
"The certainty of death gives our lives a prerogative to strive for bigger things, create such magnificent works of engineering, music, art and literature, among other things, in order to leave behind and assure our legacy would live on for eternity. We usually do that usually during the peak of our lives but there are exceptions of course, we basically create or achieve things to give our existence some meaning"
"I’d like to think of death as a process of renewal a shedding of our mortal bodies, an energy transfer. We shed our physical bodies to transition into the next stage. But ultimately nobody really knows for sure what lies beyond unless we through the process of death. But then again, maybe death is the total end or the absolute nothingness. Who knows?"
"Death is indeed the great equalizer, the grand leveller, it is inevitable and inescapable. It is the fate of every living being on this Planet even plants, animals and microorganisms eventually dies sooner or later. Death waits for no one and it sneaks at us at a time of its choosing. Some people believe in a more cynical view that there is nothing in life other than death and there is no point achieving better things because we’re all going to die, anyway. I did think that way when I was younger but the older I get, the more wisdom I accumulate and therefore, the more I am at peace with myself about the prospect of and the inevitability of dying"
"By creating or doing something significant that would ensure you transcend and live beyond death and in some way. Your physical body may die but your legacy will live on and therefore defeat death in a way. That’s how I see it"
"I have talked a lot friends about death many times when we are having drink, many of which aren’t even into metal- just ordinary working class people, especially a few years back when several of our friends, died on freak accidents or was murdered, those events, of course shook us all to the core because they were young adults at the peak of their lives and were so vital and full of energy and all relatively healthy-they’re people you’d never expect to die just yet but did. But I suppose that is death, it always arrives unexpectedly. So anyway, the results of my conversations with my friends, I conclude that many people are not afraid of actual death itself, but rather, they are more afraid about HOW they are going to die"
"What really IS death? Is the ultimate end? The terminus of existence? Or is it the agonizing cycle of existence? But I do adhere to the latter where I believe death and life is a cycle. The end is rebirth, in my opinion. There can be no life without death and vice-versa. Without death, life lacks imperative"
"... The prospect of death and dying drives us to establish goals and pursue our ambitions. For others life is just a long torment and kill themselves. I certainly don’t think people who commit suicide are cowards, no, because it is very hard to kill yourself unless you are being pushed to a brink. But I never thought suicide makes sense when you are younger because you still haven’t experienced a lot of great things but it’s think it’s okay to commit suicide if you are very old and terminally ill or by ritual suicide like what the Japanese does when they have done something horrendous to avoid disgrace and to save face. They’d rather die with honor than die at your captor’s hands or live in shame for the rest of their lives and their culture expects you to die with honor and kill yourself when you have done something terrible".
"... (death is) largely a part of the duality of nature. Just as darkness and light, beauty and ugliness, love and indifference, anger and joy, calmness and chaos, etc... Nature seem to always balance itself. It always have a sense of stability in order to function properly"
"... death, always mystified humans since time immemorial, It’s long since a symbol of renewal, a rite of passage, salvation or eternal damnation. Some ancient cultures even worship and celebrate death. It is an eternal mystery"
"If we can only choose how we die, then I would say a good death is dying for something you are passionate about or dying a sudden death such as an airplane crash or vehicle accident and the likes, while a terrible death would have to be dying of illness or tormented by your enemy. That would be incredibly agonizing, you’d be begging for death"
"I had a near-fatal illness when I was very young, but I was so young I was not consciously aware if it was something that would constitute a near-death experience. Perhaps I was a nearing a near-death experience"
"... whenever we climb up an old hiking spot in Mount Banahaw (widely known around here as the mystical mountain). That’s where strange experiences occur. It’s a place where a lot of mystics, occultists, religious cults and modern-day hermits dwell. The belief is that the place is where it’s healing waters and cool, fresh air gives us mystical powers. It’s the place where I felt a sense of energy emanating all over it’s very hard to explain. Two decades ago while camping there with a couple of friends when we saw strange lights high above the cold, dark skies that makes angular turns and flies like no other man-made aircraft. It was blindingly fast and it looked like a star in the beginning. Other than that, It’s probably the only place where I feel most strange... I didn’t see anything over there resembling a ghost or stray spirits though and I’ve never believed in ghosts when I was younger, but maybe they do exist. There are just far too many things in our world that is beyond explanation"
"Since I was young I was just drawn to dark things and have that fascination of death and life beyond or absolute nothingness after we die and the darkness of human existence, all the wars, bloodshed, epidemics and brutal things that results in widespread death was just a fascination for me. Don’t get me wrong I am a fairly normal person in real life and is very outgoing and have a lot of friends all over. I am no psycho or anything like that. But it’s just a fascination with such extremes that I seem to have as far as I can remember. So performing and writing death metal or extreme metal, in general was something that came in very naturally for me"
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