How to face death: The universe doesn't care about you | John Vervaeke and Lex Fridman

[@chase-bank]

Damn. As someone who *literally* held my dad's hand as he took his last breath just ten days ago... Had to stand there next to my mom for what seemed like forever, wondering which of us was going to break, acknowledging the reality of what's in front of us, and actually check for a pulse... I clicked on this expecting to think "this guy has no idea wtf he's talking about". But damn, he's pretty spot on. "Your mortality is not an event in the future, it's a state you're in right now.' We'd all do well to strive to understand and remember that, and live accordingly.

[@violinsinthevoid4579]

I don't know you, so I hope it isn't frivolous to say I'm terribly sorry for the loss you are enduring. I pray that I would have the opportunity to be so close and present with my loved ones as they die; to listen to the breath and hold the hand. Those closest to me who have died were always so far away from me on their last days (grandfather while I was traveling. My friend to suicide right after he moved etc.). I'll take the last sentence of your comment, as well as the salient points of this video, to heart as I go into this day.

[@Yoshiling]

I am so sorry. For whatever it's worth, I send you lots of love.

[@MortPure]

Sorry to hear about that my dude. I wish you find some peace in time. I lost my mother this year as well and my father is a few years gone now.. Stay strong and go forward.

[@shawnmccuen6908]

My absolute condolences.

[@sorin0533]

I had the same experience in january , my father passed from pancreatic cancer . I hope you are well , stay strong !

[@bradleyjohnson6107]

As weird as it is to admit, death to me is the great equalizer and the final escape. Although I enjoy life, and I believe it is worth experiencing, I also actually look forward to the end of it. When you think about it, a final end to all the pain, fear, guilt, shame, embarrassment, disappointment, heartbreak and uncertainty that life inevitably forces upon you sounds absolutely amazing.

[@jph2455]

Well said. I have felt guilt in the past finding comfort in the thought of death. But I know it’s not wrong to think this way. And it doesn’t mean I devalue the human life experience. It just means I am able to enjoy all aspects of it, including the end, whenever that should be. Thanks for sharing.

[@ditavalerio615]

Energy changes form , we are light energy beings - your energy if separated from your physical body is then a different dimension- Light energy has been shoved into your physical body - Don’t believe what a material human says without experience- has this guy ever had a lot of OBE or near death experiences? What are his actual credentials ? Has he experienced things that will bring him out of his body ? He acts like he would be opposed to shamanistic rituals because he has to control his environment- A lot of a human ego needs to be in control 💯 of the time - and I’m seeing more and more atheists become rigid in their thinking because apparently they are scared to let go of control and experience ritualistic OBE experiences-

[@OskarElsgaard]

the things John refer to are very much up the alley of the arguments Søren Kierkegaard discusses in his "thought speech" at a graveside. in this he discusses the exact point you are making, but he argues that this way of discussing death as some sort of relief is problematic. He argues, much like John, that death is something which has to be thought of from a first person perspective, it is not a relief from guilt, pain, etc. it is an absolute nothing. There is fundamentally no equality found there, because equality is relation and it necessitates and actor for whom something is relative to. i can highly recommend at a graveside and Heidegger makes some of the same arguments in his chapters on death in Being and Time.

[@MentalFabritecht]

Better hope reincarnation isn't real 😅

[@basiaszendrei1603]

@@OskarElsgaard very well put. Thank you.

[@AlfredoBaker93]

The universe may not care about me but it’s the reason I’m here and I’m forever grateful, existence is an incredible mystery and something we may never understand, and that is fine with me

[@jambocrampon]

that's great, for many many people existence is hell

[@Xarkom89]

Dying isn’t scary to me. I have been dead before, it was that window before my birth and I was fine. What I dread is the day loved ones slowly start dropping. Because I have to LIVE with that suffering. Its one reason holding me back from having kids, I cannot fathom putting then through that.

[@Redflowers9]

I had my first seizure in a long time a couple of months ago, come out of nowhere, I was running along a pavement and when I woke up in the back of an ambulance one part of me was like 'this can't be happening to me right now' and yet another part of me was like 'yes it can'. I can't be sure but I imagine that this is similar to dying.

[@sportsfish21]

Not when you're ready for death.

[@infinitedelete]

i definitely think nothing could prepare you for or resemble the actual feeling of dying

[@davidhernandez741]

Damn no good bro

[@Redflowers9]

@@infinitedelete I definitely think there's no feeling for dying unless you know that death is what's probably going to happen as a result of your suffering. When I consider death as simply being the part where I don't wake up, I think there are a lot worse experiences to be had, for example, there are people who spend their entire lives plagued with all sorts of misfortunes like chronic health conditions, as though they were born to suffer, at least with death there's some promise of a relatively short time frame and not having to suffer ever again. I think there are many aspects to any experience, some are relatable, others not so much, and my situation relates to a reported aspect of dying that the guest in this interview describes, but certainly not in it's entirety, however the hell that could be defined lol.

[@Kerosian1]

I was definitely more concious and aware of my surroundings during a seizure I had when I was young, than I had when I went unconscious from a punch. I'd imagine its more similar to the later, in that its truly nothing. You remember waking up, but have no experience in between. Its like someone skipped that scene in your life. For those few seconds I did not exist.

[@JJ-wi2uw]

The problem isn't Death. The problem is suffering.

[@playtoearnmeta]

As someone going through chemo right now i couldn't agree more

[@angelsandocean2853]

Yes the problem is transition from life to death. The Queen just died during her afternoon nap at the age of 96. No suffering. Such a beautiful peaceful transition.. but only for a lucky few, the majority of people go to another world through pain and other suffering like Alzheimer's etc.

[@MihaiLatYoutube]

Physical pain is real because that's the body's failsafe feature, the body needs not much, just take good care of it. Mental pain on the other hand is not real, it is believed with totality and becomes a sort of real pain. But you cannot pinpoint it like physical pain. Although many may argue that mental pain, or mental suffering is even worse than body pain, that's how deep belief goes, just generally.

[@uvwuvw-ol3fg]

Agreed, seems like inherent optimism bias and terror management theory will always help regardless of ideologies such as antinatalism based on consent and efilism.

[@StormbladeViper]

@@tgwaste because pain is a very powerful motivator

[@MentalFabritecht]

Life is so cruel. Death is insane. Everything you ever loved and had, gone forever. The human condition. We'll each see what lies ahead on the day. Good luck y'all and may God have mercy on our souls

[@Petequinn741]

Death scares me the most..I truly enjoy exploring with my present consciousness, visually, smell, hearing..having the plug pulled just to become soil, terrifies me .

[@Xarkom89]

Why? Death at worst is just the time before your birth. Which was harmless.

[@OziBlokeTimG]

you must believe in your soul, spirit. The conciousness which exists and is trapped in your physical body. Physical body returns to the soil. Soul runs free to wherever, yet to be revealed. ....live your best life, believe, be humble, generous, kind... a clear conscience. No fear of anything.

[@nodieza]

I was 20 when my mom passed away and it still wrecks me 14 years later, but I don't really fear my own death, but rather the way in which I die. I do not want it to be a week of intense suffering or tortured, etc. I mainly fear that my death might affect the people I care about (above all my 3 year old son) in the way my mom's death did to me. I know I don't want to outlive my son and spouse, and the thought of outliving them always leads to bad things. As someone with major chronic pain, the thought of one day returning to a state of (non) existence similar to that of the one before I was born is a really comforting thought if I am honest. The moment my wife showed me her positive pregnancy test my existence rewrote itself. I live for my son and wife and try not to take that for granted. I try to learn as much as I can to better myself. I try to leave marks of my thoughts and feelings in many places. I try to fight for what I believe is right and what will better my son and future generation's lives. I do my best.

[@icebox_Intruder]

Accept that you are already dead. Then you can move freely. I fully believe that that is how I made it through 2 deployments.

[@pwk22]

Relax and float downstream.

[@ash9x9]

2 deployments..??

[@zdenkonovak7209]

Death is actually release from responsibility you are involved with in your actual life

[@dynamicloveministries334]

Nope in death you are not free you are dead

[@yingle6027]

I have a huge fear of dying, I love being alive and want to live as long as I can. I never want to die, I'd love to live forever.

[@EvolvedParasite]

Same here. If I think too deeply about my death I can sometimes go into a anxiety attack. I could easily live forever.

[@al1665]

Ok, fair enough. But think about what that really means. Getting old forever. Everyday more and more limited, physically and mentally, forever. Decaying in infinity. Do you really want that?

[@EvolvedParasite]

@@al1665 What if you could live forever at 24 years old? Future tech will allow humans to use gene therapy that will reverse aging.

[@AndrewHedlund100]

I’m guessing your not in your 80s

[@yingle6027]

@@al1665 Obviously I'd have to stay young

[@larssonk22]

there's still so much we don't understand about ourselves and the universe, I would not find that intolerable to keep learning. It's a infinite playground just waiting to be discovered.

[@sentient3906]

learn over multiple incarnations, the universe awakens and becomes aware of itself thru us, regardless of instance duration, like a leaf on a tree or wave on an ocean

[@1TakoyakiStore]

I would say a near infinite portion of the universe doesn't care about you. But if 1 person cares then by extension a small sliver of that universe cares.

[@MentalFabritecht]

That's a great way of looking at it

[@onetruekeeper]

Living forever trapped in a body sounds horrific but a non-corporeal existence not bound by the laws of physics sounds like an adventure.

[@skaraborgcraft]

Drop more acid......

[@kurtsydavis7517]

So why are we here?

[@skaraborgcraft]

@@kurtsydavis7517 Beer.....

[@onetruekeeper]

@@kurtsydavis7517 We just are..there is no why. It is the nature of consciousness to exist in whatever form and circumstances it finds itself.

[@kurtsydavis7517]

@@onetruekeeper why

[@swasho2939]

That's depressing and relieving to hear at the same time

[@MihaiLatYoutube]

@gjaegreag You may be already dead, but you never realise it as such. That's how miraculous life may be. You can only exist because everything can only exist.

[@colbygargiulo101]

you can think about death, but only in a beneficial manner. you can think about it and be sad or you can be real with yourself and use that as motivation to get all your shit done even if its things that r not enjoyable in the moment. use it to strive forward. you need to be aware of the fact that time is limited in this life and can be cut even ahorted than you expect. Get your shit done, have new experiences, enjoy life as best you can

[@MihaiLatYoutube]

@gjaegreag I didn't say you are dead, I only implied that you're not sure of anything. You are alive of course, and you can only be alive.

[@amalksuresh2538]

Fear death goes away with the death of one's ego.Just realise we and the universe is one and the same.There is no death.Just change of realisation of energy and matter

[@JakeyOhsogood]

I read an interesting theory on why public speaking is for most of us our worst fear, and it has something to do with left over fears from our tribal ancestors. When speaking in front of the tribe it was usually in the context of why they shouldn't kick you out, as we are social creatures at our core this effects us in many ways, and back then being cast out of the tribe usually meant death. My personal belief is that if you condense it down enough to its roots, death is always the motivation for fear, otherwise what would we have to fear? If you can't die, then no choice has any real risk.

[@atlasiroh5095]

I find relief in the truth of the universe "not caring" about me. But it allows me to be, and that is a great blessing on its own. The only bad thing would be the universe coming after you on purpose.

[@stevesetzer3361]

Lex´s exploration and being in the moment is.... inspiring. He is becoming the self-actualized human we all strive to be. Its a journey most dont undertake. You can see he is trying. Id like to be more child-like in my pursuit. CHildren are truely great teachers in their wonder of this reality we live in

[@halfdayofthejackal9372]

He's really beginning to relax and be funny now too, clearly enjoying the brilliant work he's created for everyone.

[@meho1010]

I hadn’t thought about mortality in a while, but this talk reminded me of the quiet desperation I had with it. As he described, the thought of living forever is horrific. Yet the alternative is only marginally better. Seems like there is no way out.

[@francesco5581]

the way out is the "no-time" environment, the forever "now". Time is only related to matter. what weight on us is the time lost (the past) and the fear for the future , without them there is only the "now" and is an "heaven".

[@Ideophagous]

That's a false dichotomy. As Lex pointed out, there are many options between dying soon and living forever. Personally, I would love to live long enough to read all the books I bought or plan to read, visit every location I have in my bucket list, including outer space, the moon, and Mars, and finish or discard every single project I started or conceived. By the time I'm done, there's probably going to be more on my to-do list. Eventually, either when the to-do list is finished or when I'm too bored or my suffering is greater than my sense of satisfaction, I would be ready to press the exit button. If it takes 1000 years or 1 million years, it makes no difference.

[@Dapryor]

This guy is proving Lex’s point. He’s completely avoiding the question.

[@Jeremy-Ai]

Lex, Death seems to be an “ultimatum” we use to make life matter or “wake us” from our “ reality slumber”. What he is saying rings true. We “die” many “deaths”throughout our life. In every moment with every choice we make… and the universe can, and will end, our time to do so. I suspect that mortality is precious and crucial not by its end, but by its endless moments offered.

[@MosesRabuka]

The greatest tragedy in life is not death but what we let die inside of us while we are still alive

[@bluesmama3726]

We are magnificent beings- carefully made for earth

[@richardjohnson9534]

I don’t think it’s the universe that does not care about us. It’s we who seem to believe that we do not matter. That we are not good for anything. So we don’t do anything that is really that good to begin with. So maybe now would be a great time to ask why do we do this to ourselves. Why do we hold these perspectives. For if we do not care enough about ourselves to delve deep inside our own psyche. Then why should we matter to anyone else. I am not the first person to say this. Aristotle himself said as much years ago. How knowing oneself is the beginning of wisdom. Which means in our non-introspective world. We have yet to begin to know ourselves. And achieve sort of everlasting wisdom. One that will transcend us. And all time. Very few of us have gotten ourselves out of the cave. And those who do tend to be punished by the rest of us. Such as Socrates. And Cicero. And the rest their accomplishments are not valued until well after their deaths. Like Copernicus and Galileo. Why do we talk so much in conjecture. And hyperbole. And in theory. And so little about our reality. About how we experience it day in and day out. Through our own sensory and sense making network. Why do we allow others to dictate to us how to think and feel about something. Why can’t we come up with it on our own. Are we each that cognitively deficient as to be incapable of one original thought or idea in so many of us. Why do we keep repeating more of the same in our way of thinking. Why are we so reluctant to rock the boat. When we know that is how all progress is made. Why are we even so afraid to ask the harder questions. When no one ever died from just asking a difficult and hence inconvenient question. While many have died from ignoring them. Just like we have been doing all along. To our own peril. Why lob softballs to those who claim to know all the answers. And why do we keep hoping so much. Exactly what are we hoping to prove. When we do so. For hoping never changed anything. And has left many things unchanged. Only to see them get worse. I believe this is why Dante wrote: Abandon Hope All Ye Who Enter Here. At the entrance of hell. For we have decided to remain ignorant in hopes of remaining blissful. And stupid. Only to wake up one day. And find we are in fact and have been in hell all the time.

[@nocollide6459]

damn.

[@alexanderthaler3584]

Beautifully written

[@MentalFabritecht]

Preach brother. Perspective

[@alexjbriiones]

Love is the only thing you can be certain of. Do this and you shall never die.

[@Elizabeth-nq9ly]

I like that my temporal horizon has flipped somewhat. It's forcing me to narrow my focus more and to think about where I'm directing life's arrow more.

[@AlchemicalForge91]

I love the idea of the obliteration of all context. That my town, my body, my own eyes, my own beliefs, my favorite color, whatever.. eventually being all erased. I do somewhere believe there is aspect of our light that continues on though, something true.

[@TDashem]

Thanks. I needed a pick me up to start the day.

[@AnthonyGiallourakis]

The meaning of death (contemplation) is to place (force) a value on time. Facing one's mortality induces a rationalization of an exchange of values between the qualitative and quantitative aspects of reality. When there is no limit to the quantitative, the qualitative is diminished proportionally. When you divide anything by infinity, the resulting value is.....

[@MrMikeymontemayor]

tends to 0

[@Xarkom89]

How do you ascertain value in time if anything of valued during that time is just stripped away from you via death?

[@skinnymoonbob]

The fear of not being loved surpasses all.

[@alexanderhamilton6370]

The thought of living forever is not horrific. It would be horrific if you lived forever in the same set of conditions, sure, but living forever could entail many, many things. Also for people who say heaven (or some sort of afterlife) would be boring, that presupposes you know how you would feel in an afterlife. You don't. You know how you feel as a physical, corporeal being made of flesh. But you have no idea how you'd feel in a timeless, immaterial existence.

[@RedOakCrow]

I think you're right, it's hard to determine from our present state if we would want to move on to another phenomenal world or exist in some sort of suspended bliss like the descriptions of Nirvana\Moksha.

[@dominicstemp5690]

Thank you finally

[@ditavalerio615]

The universe loves energy and will definitely absorb your energy once you leave your body

[@tekannon7803]

Isn't the whole idea of life about getting through today and just before you take off for the land of your dreams, if you can look at yourself and realize that you are a happy person, that you are happy with your life and then----at least for me---it means you've made it, you've lived a good life? Because all we know is today, we can't even count on being here tomorrow, so if before you crash out tonight you can look back at your life and your day and say "I'm happy with myself and my life", then you've succeeded; you've made the grade; you've found your purpose and lived it to the fullest to the best of your ability.

[@HigherPlanes]

People fear not death, but death of the ego....and public speaking can be a from of ego death if it goes horribly wrong.

[@fancyshmancy]

Always try to stay strong enough to keep and open mind and heart. Take good care of yourself and the one's your lucky enough to have love you. The only thing I'm not down with is intentionally causing harm to another person. Its not really up to you to decide what hurts somebody else. And its not up to me to try and force someone to be something they're not. Live. Learn. Die

[@markgarcia8253]

@7:11 The feeling of excitement/anxiety exist in dual fates. Same feeling. One is a moment, one is a long period of time/or intense. Feeling nervous for a rollercoaster is normal, feeling that way the whole time til next week is anxiety. So living forever would have a similar feeling

[@billbadson7598]

The universe does care about your personal story though. You are part of the universe, it isn’t separate from you.

[@nanuk5243]

Around 3 years before natural death people went into children's behaviour. Child like before age 3. If they are not affected by any other injury, we can see them as treasurers of knowledge. A kid before age 3 can't understand death and the same happened before death. If relationships ,food, knowledge, right living, system 😄 etc are not well then we face fear of death most of times.

[@SusanHopkinson]

The temporal horizon shifts… an unforgettable description of ageing 😅

[@Milkmans_Son]

flips, not shifts.

[@cthulhu4411]

Death makes life meaningless, the universe is chaos and humans trying to make sense of things makes us fundamentally insane

[@cpk1977]

I live everyday not worried about my death, but worried about my special needs daughters life after it. Besides sleep, we are together all the time. I want to live in the present and enjoy my life, but I have been dealt this heaviness that keeps me awake at night. I wish there was a way to calm myself, but I just don’t see one. While I live I worry about death. When I die, it won’t matter anymore.

[@patrickunderwood5662]

An excellent example of how the experts don’t have any more of a clue than you do.

[@MatthewCleere]

I know one thing for sure, I love Lex Fridman. Joe Rogan told him he doesn't ask the "hard" questions, according to Lex himself. LEX YOU ASK WAY HARDER QUESTIONS THAN JOE EVER ASKED! No hate on Joe. Stay you, Lex. You might just save humanity with your love. Prince Mishkin FTW.

[@michaelkessler2852]

Asking the universe for help is like asking the wall for something. Don't care about you 😭

[@drewamasterpiece5268]

I'm satisfied with life . What a ride!👍

[@onetimeiateanindonesianguy6183]

Man I just met a girl I totally fell for and now I’m hearing this

[@freedomworks3976]

Living forever sounds like pure hell to me

[@ThomasJones-ij6hv]

This guy Lex is the deepest thinking mortician I have ever heard.

[@kirbyhill8498]

Glad I lived when I did...This world and its history is a sad story

[@TheJacklwilliams]

Watching this as I get ready to depart for my day and saw your comment. I understand, and in no way negate your words. I’ll add, for me, it’s an amazing story when we reach out and love others. I’ve had a wild ride, with probably more losses than wins however, as I near the end of my mortal journey, I have to say, those I Love and have been Loved by have been the greatest things in my life.

[@infinitedelete]

@@TheJacklwilliams thank you

[@brianlion123]

That temporal horizon flips at age 29 1/2. Exactly when It did for me

[@Ideophagous]

I frankly don't see any contradiction between efforts to extend life (quantity) and efforts to deepen our experience of living (quality). Together they would result in superhuman entities that have a richer experience and intellect than any human who has ever existed. Perhaps the issue here is that our currently limited time in the universe and limited capacities make it difficult to pursue both goals meaningfully for a single individual, but I personally consider both efforts vital for the next phase of human civilization.

[@markgarcia8253]

My mortality was in 2020. Two major deaths in the family, two major heartbreaks, got laid off, my dreams were reality checked and my dreams was destroyed. I’ve been dead since 2020 and now I’m just waiting to die physically

[@WeAllgodschildren]

Me Too

[@daveredinger1947]

Life is fearful as is death. Eternal life or eternal nothingness I can't conceptualize either one. So... I live for the moment. But it definitely a conundrum.!!

[@thisisme2681]

I would love to see you have, Ask a Mortician Caitlin Doughty on your podcast!

[@CuriousOne75]

We give way too much importance and attention to death. Death is only relevant on one day in Life... the last

[@BlowinFree]

Don’t be silly, death has a huge impact on the people left behind and how we actually check out of this world is very important and relevant

[@pwk22]

Interesting topic, but I didn't understand much of the discussion, unlike most of Lex's stuff. It's interesting that almost none of the comments herein are based on a religious concept of eternal life.

[@adamwilson6]

I used to fear death. Now I'll be grateful to live the human plain someday

[@thetruthoutside8423]

Well, in the epic of Gilgamesh that was exactly what had been said, it is the inability to sustain life itself let alone leaving for ever. He is absolutely correct and I think in line with the very true notion that has been expressed in that great epic. Life itself is a tragic event full of pain and a lots of suffering all the way , you born with a lots of pain and agony and you continue in it with a lots of suffering and you will die with tears and also suffering .

[@MentalFabritecht]

So then why do we insist on reproducing?

[@doubleaz1234]

Denial of death and escape from evil are the best books I ever read

[@Jp-jg9gr]

@@Sirjohnfootball what books would you recommend

[@doubleaz1234]

@@Sirjohnfootball Death terror management nearly a science. Its literally just needs more peer reviews.

[@MrMadness574]

Death doesn’t come from without; but rather, it grows from within

[@jamesbogart]

The first part of your life is 2 thirds and the last part is 1 third . I assume that the temporal shift is activated in the last third.

[@MellowMikesMind]

I think people underestimate how bad death can be when they say they don’t fear it. Your most most wild imagination can not image the suffering that some will incur forever after their final breath. If there is nothing then I’m wrong, but I think there is more to our stories.

[@arampathkushan2861]

Watchu mean the universe dont care about me 😧

[@processrauwill7922]

I always find Christ story the best inversion of death. That the only way to conquer death is to accept its embrace. Only then can we transcend it

[@rogersacco4624]

"Why You Really Really Don't Want To Live Forever" Brett Gallaher Huffington Post

[@thetruthoutside8423]

Indeed, that is the case.

[@austinechomusic]

Thousands of years ago the Book of Job provided a similar answer.

[@ferperez1524]

The best would be to be able to choose how long...

[@oll6531]

Not the concept of death it’s self but the process of it bothers me most

[@everythingstemporary603]

There's a good chance we'll live through tomorrow and a good chance tomorrow will be a good day.

[@rlews1531]

Lex, it's remarkable that you often have clearer insights than someone who has devoted his intellectual life to the subject. You immediately caught the immortality dualism as not nuanced.

[@echo-trip-1]

Who has the authority to say the universe doesn't care about you?

[@kundaigotore992]

Does the girl/boy you like you back?

[@ianisles2537]

H. P. Lovecraft

[@echo-trip-1]

@gjaegreag - I couldn't disagree more. Prove that it's a fact.

[@Redflowers9]

@gjaegreag define colours to a blind person

[@echo-trip-1]

@gjaegreag - Okay, if the universe has a sort of inherent will of its own, or if consciousness (subjective experience) is more foundational than matter, then we as conscious beings could be what that will or foundational consciousness has been striving to develop into or to create.

[@jossa942]

The universe has saved me from death couple times. Im just saying something helps me out or maybe its luck.

[@franknbeans2623]

I care about you, and am but a fraction of the universe

[@Maxpsychologie]

Wow, another nihlistic take on death, how refreshing!

[@Redflowers9]

If death wasn't nihilistic I don't think it would be scary.

[@MihaiLatYoutube]

Haha.. refreshing is a nice word.

[@718saurav]

“The problem is not death, it’s you bro.” - ME HERE RIGHT NOW. 🌚✌️

[@collinschultz3868]

Our bodies are finite are consciousness is infinite

[@kurtsydavis7517]

Then how is it possible to get knocked out conscious?

[@Thedeepseanomad]

Well, as a part of, and local representative of the Universe I would like to inform you all that I do care, but also point out that we are currently early in the process working trying to make existence as we want it to be and that operations are expected to continue testing strategies and evolutionary paths for some time. As you may suspect already, there is no direct evidence that the universe for the notion that the Cosmos was created for the individual organism, but that organisms, such as the writer of this text, emerged in, and as a part of it as an evolutionary process by which the universe is given consciousness, manufactures meaning and gets to know itself regarding what it is and what it can become. So pls, continue to explore, write, dream, love and build: - make stuff that gives us meaning and transform the world towards what we want it to be. It gives us (the part of the universe actually capable of planning and directing change) the information on what works and not works, what hurts and not hurts, and what should be cultivated and which to put aside for history. One day, if this trail on this planet will succeed and spreads out, our combined effort will change us; the living universe, to something else, hopefully more accommodating to our new conscious form.

[@kaibe5241]

Jesus christ, there are some absolute GEMS being stated right here. Fuck me.

[@theplaymakerno1]

I would love to live forever if I also have regenerative powers like Wolverine and also am basically indestructible

[@JJ-wi2uw]

As a "cautious" believer in Reincarnation, I recently read the 2022 book by Anthony Peake; Cheating the Ferryman: The Revolutionary Science of Life After Death. It provides a fascinating and plausible explanation as to how we "come back", again and again, as ourselves.

[@brandondetroitfanmichaels4325]

But there wasn't 7 billion people a hundreds of years ago.... So how many are old, how many are new?

[@user-ms1bx8fx1e]

@@brandondetroitfanmichaels4325 another repeat of the universe, maybe elsewhere

[@JJ-wi2uw]

@@brandondetroitfanmichaels4325 What if at the end of each "cycle" of the Universe; the cycle starts all over again and we are then all born in turn. Most as ourselves?

[@excessivecabbage7350]

I didnt read ALL the comments so im not sure if im the first to say this. Hes just saying things. Until you die you cannot understand your existence. Thats the point. I was fortunate enough to be declared dead and return. My experience was profound and life changing. Life is simple to me. Love and happiness. Thats the point of me being here as far as i can tell. Everything else either doesnt matter or simply remains unanswered

[@ameeshupadhyay]

As Norm would have pointed out - we are also part of the universe and not above it, so the universe does care if we care.

[@Alienbreed2010]

Death is not the end, it is the beginning

[@Goodborni]

Dying is just another door to another life, just like us being souls only in a certain place, then we went to the mothers womb, after that we came tp this world, then we go to the grave and will be ressurrected. We basically lived 3 lifes, and after the resurrection that will be the everlasting one. Tldr: Death is just a process of a greater plan.

[@OrthodoxPlatypus]

Intriguing how the thumbnail is taken from album art off "Death Will Reign," by Impending Doom.

[@sicario_paintball]

We are a grain of sand in this vast universe.

[@TheJameskidwell]

"Matter and energy cannot be created or destroyed"-Einstein Add consciousness to that list.

[@treich1234]

Damn he'd good

[@kaminski321]

Love the impending doom thumbnail

[@MatthewCleere]

Infinity needs the finite. In fact all things finite are in fact infinite. Maybe not personal, but definitely infinite.

[@markm3988]

If you consider yourself separate from the Universe I suppose so.

[@birgirkarl]

We, ourselves, are part of the universe and always will be, so this is a nonsensical statement. After the death, our bodily elements will transform to become other parts of the universe.

[@MitchellMakesVids]

I think about it everyday and I don't want too. I live a normal life but I think it's the terrible media that is doing this to me and probably some of you. Lets be free and live in the present.

[@johndzwon1966]

Immortality: All bad things come to those who wait...

[@kurtsydavis7517]

Wait for what?

[@THendy1411]

I know how you prepare for death, and it’s quite simple; You love your life as if when you wake up you don’t know if you’ll wake up again once you fall asleep that night.

[@THendy1411]

The reason you are in the position you’re in right now is because of your love for what you do, whether you know it or not you love what you do because you know there’s a shit load to learn, yet you don’t know how much time you have to learn it. The pursuit is the preparation.

[@THendy1411]

Lex, that snooze button analogy is a great way to put things. I promise I’ll figure it out for you. If you know please share if you see this as simply as possible

[@SWAZIGOLD]

YO LEX !... THAT PROMBLEMATIC HAIR STYLE OF YOURS IS BORDER LINE PSYCHOPATHIC !😎

[@nancycm]

The Snooze Button. Love it.

[@robertstan2349]

'you' are a periodic phenomenon. given enough time, you will repeat, ad nauseum