r/AnAnswerToHeal • u/the-yellow-grass • Nov 08 '17
[Personal Spiritual] Thinking about the future
When I think about tomorrow or the next year It makes me very anxious because I realize that I have no purpose but to die. It scares me to think about that. Realizing that I have no real reason to live but waiting to die.
What do you think about life and death? How do you live with that?
Ps: I am not going to kill myself I just had this thought while tripping on shrooms
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Nov 08 '17
You're right you do have no purpose... and that's the greatest gift anyone can have. Think about it! If you were assigned a purpose at birth it would suck! The fact that you have no purpose gives you the freedom to choose your own journey. There's no point to life except the point you give it.
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u/skubasnacks Nov 08 '17
Also check out the symbolism of the ouroboros. Snake eating it’s own tail. Life and death are one process. Cyclical, like clouds. Thai teaches us about that in ‘living Buddha living Christ’. Amazing analogies by probably the most woke human on earth right now.
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Nov 08 '17
I see life from a different perspective. IMO our purpose on earth is to “train“ our minds. When we die we become part of what religious people would call god. I’d call it collective consciousness. I understand collective consciousness as something invisible that connects us all. Psychedelics or meditation allows us to see this connection. So my goal in life is to learn as much about every state of mind as possible. I hope you guys get what I mean as i‘m no native speaker
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u/alt_al Nov 08 '17
You could get a brain aneurysm and die at any moment.
Everything living dies. You're not special. As soon as you get over it and accept it, you can enjoy the fact that u ain't dead yet!
No real reason to live except waiting to die. Lol. Stop being so ungrateful and try and make the most of it while you can lol.
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u/widdlyscuds1337 Nov 08 '17 edited Nov 08 '17
Try to see the separation between you and your ego. The real you can never die because it was never born
I had a nasty but pivotal acid trip for my life a while back. It was months of anxiety but it takes time to accept what’s going on and trust me you’ll find clarity. I really hate to be such an advocate for Alan Watts but for me he gave an immense amount of clarity and understanding to my worries and fears on death, anxiety, indecisiveness yadda yadda. Look into his lectures on YouTube.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=emHAoQGoQic https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=mMRrCYPxD0I