From October 2, 2012 (Edited)
The reason why this is a common and difficult question to think about is because no one really wants to admit that death teaches no lesson to life. Death and life are the same thing. They are part of the same process.
So, instead, here’s my lesson about death: Don’t sadden yourself over it. It is inevitable. To sadden yourself allows your mind to accept the illusion that being alive was a permanent residence, and that it is cruel to be taken away from it prematurely. I had to come to this conclusion because of seizures, where my short-term memory shuts down, and I can't retain anything to get it into long-term. Not having a memory, at least in my book, is the same as death.
Besides, think of it this way... the act of being alive is a constant experience of something new, even if it is just the next breath taken. We can't apply that to death because that's the last experience we'll have. There's nothing to learn from it if you won't remember.
Is it any wonder why we came up with concepts like heaven or reincarnation? We want to desperately remember. Truth is, though, you won't be enough of a being to retain that information. What you're made of is going to disperse as energy in one form or another. And other things will consume it. And the cycle will continue on and on and on and on...
...until everything stops moving.
- Anya
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