“Life is always a victory. How can we ever fail by living, when death – the ultimate “failure” – is the only certainty?” LifeDeathFailureVictoryCertainty Author:Giannis Delimitsos
“The Buddha promised redemption after thousands of deaths and rebirths, after millennia of suffering. Epicurus promised the end of all striving with a momentary, single death. Apostle Paul could not promise anything beyond a Russian roulette between eternal bliss and eternal damnation...” DeathHellAfterlifeRebirthBuddhaLife After DeathSamsaraEpicurus Author:Giannis Delimitsos
“Death may be seen as a generous gift that is offered to us as a reward for our willingness to endure life and to play the game until the end. And if it’s true that after death there is only death, non-existence, that would be the holiest of all the blessings!” DeathQuotesBlessingGiftEnduranceWillingnessAfterlifeNon Existence Book:A PHILOSOPHICAL KALEIDOSCOPE: Thoughts, Contemplations, Aphorisms Source: A PHILOSOPHICAL KALEIDOSCOPE: Thoughts, Contemplations, Aphorisms
“A pleasing paradox — The more frequently we contemplate our death, the less dominant its effect in our lives becomes. Like King Mithridates, who used to take small amounts of various poisons to render himself invulnerable to them, so can we diminish the looming shadow of our certain death by welcoming small doses of it – the thought of it- in our daily mental pattern. Paradoxically, it makes life more intense, more valuable, more satisfying.” LifeDeathContemplationParadoxDemiseDesensitizationMithridatism Author:Giannis Delimitsos