Anonymous
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8/2/2025, 12:23:47 PM No.512026590
I wonder what some of the more interesting non-cliche takes on this are on this board. The thought-out more interesting ones.
Personally, being through my mid-20's, I don't "fear" death anymore, at least not consciously. I still have fight-flight and a fighting spirit in me. But I am not afraid of it, I don't think about what happens after. I often also think of "No atheists in foxholes".
I do think about death every day, it just comes to mind. Ever since I can remember reality always showed it's uncaring callous attitude toward the wishful prayers of men. I experience the world sensually you could say. I went down self-improvement with powerlifting and martial arts and cold showers and floor-sleeping and anything else physical. I walk down the street and feel the heat and the smells and the crushing spirit of the city and concrete. I'm also no stranger to animal slaughter or violence and filth.
Point being, I don't concern myself with the possibility of a God or an afterlife. I don't think man should because he cannot know. Therefore my experience and concern is only with this Earth and what I see in front of me. I live every moment with intention and the possibility of death by any means goes beside me at all times. I draw some inspiration from the philosophies of the ancients the so-called Classics and what is important to me is living life with virtue (masculine qualities) and never backing down, never kneeling. Death is not something to be avoided at all costs.
Live life expecting the worst and accepting that you're no different from the savagery you see in National Geographic coated with more advanced communication and behavior, and understand that mere life in itself has no value except through great acts and the overcoming of weakness. The existence of a God or an Afterlife should not be in your mind, let go of what you cannot control, and put all your energy of will on what you can. I refer to this outlook not as Stoicism but as Tragic Heroism.
Personally, being through my mid-20's, I don't "fear" death anymore, at least not consciously. I still have fight-flight and a fighting spirit in me. But I am not afraid of it, I don't think about what happens after. I often also think of "No atheists in foxholes".
I do think about death every day, it just comes to mind. Ever since I can remember reality always showed it's uncaring callous attitude toward the wishful prayers of men. I experience the world sensually you could say. I went down self-improvement with powerlifting and martial arts and cold showers and floor-sleeping and anything else physical. I walk down the street and feel the heat and the smells and the crushing spirit of the city and concrete. I'm also no stranger to animal slaughter or violence and filth.
Point being, I don't concern myself with the possibility of a God or an afterlife. I don't think man should because he cannot know. Therefore my experience and concern is only with this Earth and what I see in front of me. I live every moment with intention and the possibility of death by any means goes beside me at all times. I draw some inspiration from the philosophies of the ancients the so-called Classics and what is important to me is living life with virtue (masculine qualities) and never backing down, never kneeling. Death is not something to be avoided at all costs.
Live life expecting the worst and accepting that you're no different from the savagery you see in National Geographic coated with more advanced communication and behavior, and understand that mere life in itself has no value except through great acts and the overcoming of weakness. The existence of a God or an Afterlife should not be in your mind, let go of what you cannot control, and put all your energy of will on what you can. I refer to this outlook not as Stoicism but as Tragic Heroism.
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