Five thoughts, ideas, insights, or quotes to power up your mind to think differently and creatively about life and who we are. Put all previous thinking away and open up a brand new world of the supermind. YOUR SuperMind.
This week – death.
If there is one thing guaranteed for all of us on this planet, it’s that we will die. No-one leaves the Earth alive. Now that should make us appreciate life. But no. It’s the very opposite as most people are bothered about, and plain scared of death. So, this week on SuperMind Saturday let’s take a mental look at the grim reaper’s end game.
- The author Mark Twain said, ‘The fear of death follows from the fear of life’. He suggests that we are scared to die because we haven’t done enough with our life. Is death, then, merely a fear of having not lived sufficiently or meaningfully?
- Thought – maybe we are not so scared of dying but HOW we will die. That the reason for our death is horrible or painful with suffering and not simply just slipping away at an old age.
- If there was no death perhaps we would all go mad as life just doesn’t stop, there is no end point. We might not be able to take situations that just go on forever. Could death actually be a means to encourage us to love, create, connect, give and the like as we only have a finite time?
- We have birthdays to mark the start of life and celebrate them every year. But the day someone dies is more sombre. Why can’t we have a yearly commemoration day on the day they passed away to equally celebrate them being in our lives and who they were? What are your thoughts?
- Death, the final curtain. And so it all ends. That is the popular view. But that view and the word death conjures up all manner of dread. As we can’t alter this ultimate outcome for all of us wouldn’t it be better to promote another word that defines when our mortal life ceases. What word would be more calming and less panicky that we could all use instead in death’s place?
That’s it this week my friends. Thank you for being here for the Saturday SuperMind time. Keep asking yourself these through the week to open up more of your mind to evolve its untapped power. Consider more, reflect more, think more, activate your connection to your personal mind more. Let’s work the SuperMInd and Super Think!
See you next time for more super thinking.