Comments on: My First Endoscopy http://www.individualsovereigntist.com/2008/02/05/my-first-endoscopy/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 03:39:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 By: Ascent SEO http://www.individualsovereigntist.com/2008/02/05/my-first-endoscopy/#comment-539 Ascent SEO Thu, 10 Jul 2008 17:40:46 +0000 http://www.individualsovereigntist.com/2008/02/05/my-first-endoscopy/#comment-539 John, Your post is a very thoughtful one. I sincerely hope that you are physically healthy in all respects. To be healthy is to possess the greatest gift. I'd like to cite a reference to the ancient Indian epic Mahabharata. The King of death 'Yama', asks a question to the wise prince 'Yudhisthira' : Which is the biggest wonder in the world ? Yudhishira answers : The biggest wonder in the world is the man, while seeing people and other things die everyday, thinks he is permanent, knowing fully well he has to die one day. This is the biggest wonder in the world. When we are young and healthy we never care to think of death, and we can relate that to ourselves too. I have seen with myself that when I had some close encounters with death, I saw the futility in all material possesions we go for in our lives. The epic finally sums up the meaning of life in the theory of Karma Yoga in the final chapter 'Bhagwad Geeta'. Good Karmas in our life will make it meaningful, enjoyable and painless. And, we should not be afraid of death, as the the soul is eternal; it will just change clothes when it will enter a new body ... If you find time, at least try to read the summary of Bhagwad Geeta. It is one of the perfect books I have ever read with lot of wisdom backed with logic. John, Your post is a very thoughtful one. I sincerely hope that you are physically healthy in all respects. To be healthy is to possess the greatest gift.

I’d like to cite a reference to the ancient Indian epic Mahabharata. The King of death ‘Yama’, asks a question to the wise prince ‘Yudhisthira’ : Which is the biggest wonder in the world ? Yudhishira answers : The biggest wonder in the world is the man, while seeing people and other things die everyday, thinks he is permanent, knowing fully well he has to die one day. This is the biggest wonder in the world.

When we are young and healthy we never care to think of death, and we can relate that to ourselves too. I have seen with myself that when I had some close encounters with death, I saw the futility in all material possesions we go for in our lives.

The epic finally sums up the meaning of life in the theory of Karma Yoga in the final chapter ‘Bhagwad Geeta’. Good Karmas in our life will make it meaningful, enjoyable and painless. And, we should not be afraid of death, as the the soul is eternal; it will just change clothes when it will enter a new body … If you find time, at least try to read the summary of Bhagwad Geeta. It is one of the perfect books I have ever read with lot of wisdom backed with logic.

]]> By: dave walker http://www.individualsovereigntist.com/2008/02/05/my-first-endoscopy/#comment-507 dave walker Tue, 12 Feb 2008 00:24:07 +0000 http://www.individualsovereigntist.com/2008/02/05/my-first-endoscopy/#comment-507 I don't view the prospect of death with any great relish really. It's not the feeling of being dead that worries me. That must be somewhat similar to the previous 14.6 billion years since the Big Bang, for most of which, at least until my present incarnation I've felt nothing. No, the worrying bit is in the anticipation of the actual experience of dying. Will it be nasty, unpleasant, unwelcome or otherwise inconvenient and disruptive of my life- the life that is to the best of my awareness, the only one I've ever known. The ideal demise would be to peg out at the age of ninety eight and a half whilst doing something you enjoy, which in my case might be scoffing a cheese and onion sandwich, riding my bike or listening to Van Morrison singing "Days Like These", whilst also eating a cheese and onion sandwich and riding my bike. I'm actually being a bit fanciful here cos I don't usually do these three things together. But neither of my parents bought the farm in quite such a satisfactory way, so I don't suppose I will. My hope is that if I ever wind up in a hospital bed, unable to get up and visit the toilet and being viewed with contemptuous disgust by a succession of supercilious nurses, there will be a pre arranged relative present armed with a two pound hammer to humanely do the deed and send me on the journey to the next great adventure of life. Namely, becoming wormfood and passing into an eternity of non existence. I don’t view the prospect of death with any great relish really. It’s not the
feeling of being dead that worries me. That must be somewhat similar to the
previous 14.6 billion years since the Big Bang, for most of which, at least until
my present incarnation I’ve felt nothing. No, the worrying bit is in the
anticipation of the actual experience of dying. Will it be nasty, unpleasant,
unwelcome or otherwise inconvenient and disruptive of my life- the life that is
to the best of my awareness, the only one I’ve ever known.

The ideal demise would be to peg out at the age of ninety eight and a half
whilst doing something you enjoy, which in my case might be scoffing a cheese
and onion sandwich, riding my bike or listening to Van Morrison singing “Days
Like These”, whilst also eating a cheese and onion sandwich and riding my
bike. I’m actually being a bit fanciful here cos I don’t usually do these three
things together. But neither of my parents bought the farm in quite such a
satisfactory way, so I don’t suppose I will.

My hope is that if I ever wind up in a hospital bed, unable to get up and visit
the toilet and being viewed with contemptuous disgust by a succession of
supercilious nurses, there will be a pre arranged relative present armed with a
two pound hammer to humanely do the deed and send me on the journey to
the next great adventure of life. Namely, becoming wormfood and passing into
an eternity of non existence.

]]> By: John Scott http://www.individualsovereigntist.com/2008/02/05/my-first-endoscopy/#comment-495 John Scott Thu, 07 Feb 2008 03:51:56 +0000 http://www.individualsovereigntist.com/2008/02/05/my-first-endoscopy/#comment-495 I can't figure the weight loss out, could just be a lifestyle thing. I can't complain, though. Love not having to worry about what I eat. I can’t figure the weight loss out, could just be a lifestyle thing. I can’t complain, though. Love not having to worry about what I eat.

]]> By: cldnails http://www.individualsovereigntist.com/2008/02/05/my-first-endoscopy/#comment-494 cldnails Wed, 06 Feb 2008 15:07:25 +0000 http://www.individualsovereigntist.com/2008/02/05/my-first-endoscopy/#comment-494 Good news John! Also, I've been down that road a few times myself and the idea of being injected with a nuclear isotope always made me a lil weary. So what, did you have a increase in metabolism at the ripe old age of...? Good news John!

Also, I’ve been down that road a few times myself and the idea of being injected with a nuclear isotope always made me a lil weary. So what, did you have a increase in metabolism at the ripe old age of…?

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