surreptitious … I applaud your modesty. =D>
The image of a pebble thrown into a pond comes to mind. The pebble quickly disappears below the surface of the water … yet … the ripples created by the impact extend … amplify … the geography and duration … timing … of the pebble’s impact with the water.
You are a living testimony … of an individual who has successfully overcome the fear of death … voluntarily or not is irrelevant.
All that you do … all that you don’t do … all that you say … all that you don’t say … is invaluable to those individuals privileged to see your actions … hear your words … read your words … share your thoughts telepathically and so on.
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Your comments are at least partially true if not completely true … so much of human behavior is mechanical:
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Fruit of ingrained habits … routines.
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Fruit of a stubborn clinging to a particular religious dogma/doctrine.
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Fruit of a stubborn clinging to a particular philosophical concept/theory.
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Fruit of a stubborn clinging to a particular cultural custom/tradition.
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Belief that one is trapped … with few if any choices.
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An enormous … immeasurable … amount of time and effort has been spent on communicating how to live a good life … a successful life and so on. How much time and effort has been spent on communicating how to die a good death … a successful death. Religions have failed miserably in their collective efforts to communicate a proper preparation for death.