I’ve come to think that fear of death is nothing more than a biological mechanism that evolved to keep us alive. None of us has any recollection of the situation before birth. I have yet to meet anybody who feels traumatized by the state of affairs before they came to exist. If existence is far superior to non-existence, we should have negative reactions to non-existence regardless of whether it occurs before or after our lives.
Which brings me to a question: would you prefer to die tomorrow or never have existed?
This is from the blog Philosophy of the Void. I love the word void. This concept interested me when it was brought up in rehearsal. That there is nothing to fear of non-existence, that the time before you are born should be the same as after you are dead. It all seems a little too simple, but still interesting, and not the common way of viewing life.
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Are you calling our rehearsals "Class!" Well... if it gets you to do the work, then yes... Class. I am really intrigued with the challenge of trying to create nothing into something into nothing in the face of our show being an endless cycle. I am not sure this makes it easier or harder.
Oops, I still think I'm in school sometimes. Defining myself as a student has been hard to change. But isn't everyone part of world's classroom or something hokey like that. ;) (it looks like a wink)
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