[ExI] Fear of Death { feelling/thought}

[citta437 at aol.com]

"> Thoughts and feelings similar to fear of death arise from 
narcissistic
> desire for immortality that evolved in the genetic evolution of the
> human species.

Lee: "I don't know how old you are, but let X = Terry's age. Then
would you call your desire to continue to live well past the
age X  *narcissistic*?
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Desires to live well past whatever age is a genetic predisposition/ 
narcissistic/ego causing dissatisfaction/duality, mental 
conflict/distress.

Lee: "Because I want to keep on living---forget immortality (let's
say that all matter is due to disintegrate in a few trillion years)
---why does that make me narcissistic?  Or does it?
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My reply: Want/desire cause suffering because of 
misperceptions/assumptions of reality. Genes are the blue prints of 
DNA. This is a fact not an assumption with existing evidence which can 
be tested by the scientific method.


> What makes us humans who fear death?

Lee: <sigh> Those in the EEA who didn't fear death often did
not leave behind as many viable offspring. That's why.
Clear enough?
No, what is EEA?
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Lee: "Speaking very precisely, and not in the usual manner, it's
not death at all that I'm afraid of.  I merely regret not getting
to go on living.   Do you have a problem with that?"

My reply: There is cellular death and the deaths of thoughts as in 
trauma, dementia  and there are those so called living dead who are 
comatose, asleep or during general anesthesia. The problem is when you 
failed to wake up during general anesthesia, stayed comatose till all 
neurons and body system all declined or become irreversible.

> Humans share about 98% DNA with other primates according to the 
recent
> study/findings of the scientific method of investigation. The other 
2%
> {a well -developed cortex} makes all the difference between humans 
and
> the apes. A well-developed brain in humans have the potentiality to
> reason, to use technological advancement and a language/scientific
> method to investigate beliefs of reality, thoughts and memes.

Lee: "Yes.  And reason tells me that if my life is worth living for a 
certain
(future) interval Y - X, then I would rather be alive than dead
during that interval.  Is there a particular reason that you don't
want to be alive during the interval  2350 A.D. -  2650 A.D.?"
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My reply: Who does'nt? Of course, I want to be alive with all my 
faculties for thinking and feeling intact. Time does not exist 
permanently. Feelings and thoughts change in time. We are 
thoughts/feelings changing all the time. IF you cling to time past and 
future, you suffer for fear of losing a memory, a thought as well as a 
feeling of security.

Terry {sometimes secure and insecure} :-}