Destinations

[BigTL13Participant 89]

I have often mused on the idea of life being a journey. But the question I have regards to the idea of a destination, some would say death is the destination. But it seems to me that death is not a destination. For me, life is like a long car trip, where you choose where you want to end up, death, is your car running out of fuel with no petrol station available, something along those lines. Ultimately, the destination is your choice, and, with the right choices of where to turn, you can get there. On the road, there’ll be times where you can take a detour, making the journey go off course by some degree for an unknown amount of time or simply continue on the main road. But, these are just some thoughts, Gentlemen, I leave these to you for judgement. Warm regards

Get the Fuck Up, Brush yourself off, and stand against the current

[Anonymous 18]

In pragmatic terms death is the final destination. Everything else is pee breaks and refill stops.

IMO.

[No CountryParticipant 759]

I have been thinking about it to lately. Life is a trip, and one day that trip will end.

[RoyDalParticipant]

Quotes about death from the Stoic philosophers.

When we fear death, there are two possibilities that frighten us – the total loss of consciousness or the beginning of new sensations. If we have no consciousness, there will be no pain and thus nothing to fear. If we have new sensations, we have not died but rather just changed from one type of living being to another.

Death brought Alexander the Great and his stable boy together; for they were either received by the same life-giving principles of the Universe, or there were both scattered equally among the atoms.
–Marcus Aurelius
Source credit: http://everything2.com/title/Stoicism+on+Death+and+Dying

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How to be a Stoic This lecture;s topic: Stoicism and death
https://howtobeastoic.wordpress.com/2015/04/15/stoicism-and-death/

Society asks MGTOWs: Why are you not making more tax-slaves?

[RoyDalParticipant]

The journey is the reward.

I’m watching three different versions of Kurasowa’s Yojimbo. Thus is my boat floated.

Society asks MGTOWs: Why are you not making more tax-slaves?

[RoyDalParticipant]

Done with Kurosawa’s Yojimbo, and now graduating to Sanjuro. Next comes Throne of Blood. After that comes Seven Samurai. I’ll fit in Hidden Fortress last or next to last. My bin is full of samurai flicks that need re-watching.

Society asks MGTOWs: Why are you not making more tax-slaves?

[AntaresParticipant 208]

RoyDal wrote:

My bin is full of samurai flicks that need re-watching.

I’m assuming you have Harakiri in there?

Price is what you pay, value is what you get. -- Ben Graham

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