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Group: alt.philosophy · Group Profile
Author: THE BORGTHE BORG Date: Jul 29, 2008 06:00
"Andy" googlemail.com> wrote in message
news:27b56064-8196-4345-b9db-568c3f79960e@s50g2000hsb.googlegroups.com...
Suicide Isn’t Painless
It Hurts Like Hell
It’s Set Aside For The Famous
A Little Suicide Sells
Well Nothing Lasts Forever
And Nothing Ever Did
It’s Big But It’s Not Clever
And It’s Really Not That Big
So No More Tears
You’re A Big Boy Now
Let’s Have A Few More Beers
We’ll Work It Out Some How
(Morrison/Carter) , From the album Post Historic Monsters by Carter
USM
As I write this, I’m recovering from a failed suicide attempt. I am
receiving psychiatric treatment, which appears to be working. Like
many people in my situation, the experience has renewed my faith. I
could have died, but I didn’t- was some higher power looking out for
me- was something telling me “it’s not my time yet”?
The experience led me to ponder over the Book Of Revelations. My
personal interpretation of this text helped me to reach the following
“conclusions”.
The physical world will eventually end, and everybody eventually will
die. It is not a question of “if” but one of “when”.
The final battle, “Armageddon” is a battle for personal integrity, or
the fight for one’s true self.
It is never too early and never too late to begin this fight.
Everybody living is in the process of dying. As we age, our DNA
shortens as cells divide, till eventually cells are unable to
reproduce and our body ages and dies. Everything that is made out of
matter will similarly decay until one day it returns to its
constituent elements. Old stars, including our own Sun, eventually
disappear into black holes and new ones are created. This is not
religious speculation, but generally accepted science.
What do people desire most? If I had one wish, I think it would be “I
wish I was me!”. Not in slavery to anybody. Not in financial or
emotional debt to anybody. Not addicted to any substance. Not
imprisoned by my sex drive. To be able to relate to and empathize with
all people, whatever their physical manifestation or viewpoint. Men
and women are enslaved, in my opinion, not by the powerful or any
other human master, but by their own minds. We make value judgments,
and tend to project our own thoughts on to others, thus bringing
ourselves into conflict with others. Thus we build our own “cocoons”,
which become our jails.
The line “wake up, strengthen what remains”, leaps out at me from the
Book of Revelations. Remains of what? Integrity seems the obvious
answer. We all have a tendency to “sell out” our core beliefs- just
look at the world of politics! How many times do we make
“procrastination decisions”- where we take the “easiest” short term
solution? For an alcoholic, this might mean having a drink- when one
is in this situation one can say “I’ll stop tomorrow”- and come
tomorrow we simply repeat this statement.
Besides giving up bad habits, there are many other ways in which we
can strengthen our integrity. We can put aside more time for our
family, friends and colleagues. We can learn new skills and hobbies.
We can fight for a cause which is close to our hearts. We can improve
our physical and mental health by exercise and meditation.
In the Second World War, when the allied troops were being evacuated
from Dunkirk, many must have wondered whether the war could ever be
won. But somehow those soldiers managed to keep their spirits up, and
were rewarded with victory a few years later. For every “darkest hour”
follows a “finest hour”. We must resist the temptation to give up,
remembering that success may always be hiding around the corner. Stay
true to our true selves, and good things can only happen, and will do
so in their own time!
www.positiveparty.blogspot.com
You seem to have a temporary respite from the filthy, ugly, abhorrent, cold,
hostile, loveless world of the human.
HOW can you think there could possibly be a god with an existence like you
humans have?
The mere fact that you attempt suicide proves that what was thrown at you
was more than you could bear.
You think some kind of powerful being - a god - would allow this kind of
thing?
You think the ugliness and horror of the Bible a good place to seek comfort?
More fool you.
Next time try hanging yourself.
Always works.
THE BORG
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