Why do we fear death? You’re essentially dead every night during sleep, same thing if you’re under anesthesia, so why do we fear death so much? – Naval Ravikant I don’t think I am scared of death. Maybe, partially because of reading this take?
What's "small stuff?". Roughly, work that has zero chance of being mentioned in your obituary – Paul Graham
The longest-lived and those who will die soonest lose the same thing. The present is all that they can give up, since that is all you have, and what you do not have, you cannot lose. – Marcus Aurelius
Death is our friend precisely because it brings us into absolute and passionate presence with all that is here, that is natural, that is love. – Rainer Maria Rilke
How psychedelic assisted therapy can help transcendent a fear of death. “One day wife of Patrick Mettes noticed that the whites of his eyes had turned yellow. He was a journalist in his fifties working for MSNBC in New York City. Days later he got diagnosed with a bile duct cancer that had spread to his lungs...” Read the rest of one of the most incredible stories I have read here Trip treatment
Finding Peace With the Fact I Would Die – How an NYU guided psilocybin research study helped me deal with my cancer-related anxiety
Please help :)! I once read a beautiful funeral script by a British artist. I remember there was a low-key party with flowers, costumes and chocolate. I was very inspired by this but cannot find it anymore, maybe you know where it is?
Read my funeral script here: Pawel died – a party!