JUST PHILOSOPHISING - ON THE IMPERMANENCE OF LIFE AND ITS SIGNIFICANCE. PART 2.
First the life of the person who has passed and in whose passing we anticipate our own.
The impermanence of not only what we perceive and reconstruct, but also of us, the perceivers.
Probably unlike any other primates, it is given to us humans, through our still on-going evolution, to not only 'feel or sense' the moment of our approaching oblivion.
But we are also able to contemplate and think about it. To even plan how we might deal with it.
To even deliberately expedite our demise. To resolve the question of our impermanence
And what should we make of this impermanence which is at our core, and which can cause us such anxiety and emotional pain? Should we seek to undo it?
To make our impermanence into permanence, by gaining immortality?
To defeat death by means other than dying? Doubtlessly, many or most people might have spent some or alot of time contemplating such a thing.
At sometime in the lives of all humans, the thought of gaining immortality, without the necessity of dying, might have crossed our minds.
To be continued!
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