death

Martin Heidegger:

"If I take death into my life, acknowledge it, and face it squarely, I will free myself from the anxiety of death and the pettiness of life - and only then will I be free to become myself." ― Martin Heidegger

Maybe it’s not about overcoming the fear of death, but rewiring your psyche to think radically different about anything that’s in the future (from tomorrow <> death).

Face death to dance through life, but don’t be so paranoid over the perfect dance that you sit on the side. Dance! You are in a field of patterns. See them, move through them, assume you’re in a dream.

What would you literally die for? Maybe you’d die for your spouse or family members, but maybe not your friends, but maybe some of them? (where’s the cutoff?) Some would die for their religion, or country, or company. Some die for honor. Really? For impact? Is any grade of impact worth losing the seat of your consciousness over?

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