Spiritual Forums

Home


Donate!


Articles


CHAT!


Shop


 
Welcome to Spiritual Forums!.

We created this community for people from all backgrounds to discuss Spiritual, Paranormal, Metaphysical, Philosophical, Supernatural, and Esoteric subjects. From Astral Projection to Zen, all topics are welcome. We hope you enjoy your visits.

You are currently viewing our boards as a guest, which gives you limited access to most discussions and articles. By joining our free community you will be able to post messages, communicate privately with other members (PM), respond to polls, upload your own photos, and gain access to our Chat Rooms, Registration is fast, simple, and free, so please, join our community today! !

If you have any problems with the registration process or your account login, check our FAQs before contacting support. Please read our forum rules, since they are enforced by our volunteer staff. This will help you avoid any infractions and issues.

Go Back   Spiritual Forums > Spirituality & Beliefs > Death & The Afterlife

Reply
 
Thread Tools Display Modes
  #21  
Old 16-02-2022, 04:06 PM
anne3 anne3 is offline
Newbie ;)
Join Date: Feb 2022
Posts: 2
 
to the core!!!!!
Reply With Quote
  #22  
Old 18-02-2022, 12:13 AM
davids davids is offline
Pathfinder
Join Date: Jan 2022
Posts: 68
  davids's Avatar
Hi All,

When asking about death being sad or beautiful, I cannot but recall these beautiful words of Kahlil Gibran in The Prophet when he wrote:

"Almustafa...had waited twelve years in the city...for his ship that was to return and bear him back to the isle of his birth. And on the twelfth year...he climbed the hill without the city walls and looked seaward; and he beheld his ship coming with the mist. Then the gates of his heart were flung open, and his joy flew far over the sea....But as he descended the hill, a sadness came upon him..."

Said Socrates, "Death may be the greatest of all human blessings....Already it is time to depart, for me to die, for you to go on living. Which of us takes the better course, is not known to anyone but God."

Amadeus Wolfgang Mozart, in a letter his father, who was dying, wrote "As death, when we come to consider it closely, is the true goal of our existence, I have formed during the last few years such close relations with this best and truest friend of mankind, that his image is not only no longer terrifying to me, but is indeed very soothing and consoling! And I thank my God for graciously granting me the opportunity (you know what I mean) of learning that death is the key which unlocks the door to our true happiness."

I just wanted to add my two-cents-worth to this excellently titled Thread (kudos, Dream Jo),

David
__________________
"I die daily." [IDEALLY!]

"...better...the day of death than the day of one's birth. It is better to go to the house of mourning, than to go to the house of feasting: for that is the end of all men; and the living will lay it to his heart. Sorrow is better than laughter: for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made better. The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning; but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth."

"Memento Mori."
Reply With Quote
  #23  
Old 18-02-2022, 06:49 PM
iamthat iamthat is offline
Master
Join Date: Feb 2017
Location: Golden Bay, New Zealand
Posts: 3,580
 
'Oh wow. Oh wow. Oh wow.'

The final words of Steve Jobs before he died.

Peace
Reply With Quote
  #24  
Old 18-02-2022, 07:34 PM
kanik kanik is offline
Knower
Join Date: Jan 2022
Location: Europe
Posts: 160
  kanik's Avatar
Quote:
Originally Posted by iamthat
'Oh wow. Oh wow. Oh wow.'
English is not my native language.
How that expression is most likely understood by the native English speakers? Does it express wondering, surprising, fear, joy, pleasure?
__________________
An impossibility is just a possibility you don't understand yet.
Reply With Quote
  #25  
Old 18-02-2022, 07:48 PM
iamthat iamthat is offline
Master
Join Date: Feb 2017
Location: Golden Bay, New Zealand
Posts: 3,580
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by kanik
How that expression is most likely understood by the native English speakers? Does it express wondering, surprising, fear, joy, pleasure?
I suggest that it means awestruck wonder and surprising joy.

Peace
Reply With Quote
Reply


Thread Tools
Display Modes

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

vB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off
Forum Jump


All times are GMT. The time now is 08:25 AM.


Powered by vBulletin
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.
(c) Spiritual Forums