We entered winter once again

Threadstarter, where do you live?

One time I went to Sweden and I walked through the foggy cemetery in Uppsala in the middle of winter while listening to Orchid or Morningrise. It was pretty sweet.
 
Vivören;7757672 said:
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you are an asshole, if you let me tell you. :)
 
As far as I know that living here in north is as hard as it goes speaking of weather. In Finland literally. So maybe it's a reason that we like very much of depressive music.
 
i first got into Opeth when driving and listening to Blackwater Park during the Fall... i had listened to it a few times and wasnt into it, and suddenly i "got it"
 
Autumn = Nostalgia
Autumn + Snow = Depressive atmosphere
November = Month of the Deads
Winter = Grim

Unlike most of you folks, I don't really like death. I hate Winter, and even more snow.
Opeth is in fact more enjoyable during that period, since it has exactly that kind of feeling.
 
Autumn = Nostalgia
Autumn + Snow = Depressive atmosphere
November = Month of the Deads
Winter = Grim

Unlike most of you folks, I don't really like death. I hate Winter, and even more snow.
Opeth is in fact more enjoyable during that period, since it has exactly that kind of feeling.

You should be glad for death because without death there is no life. They are part of the same cycle. Death is the climax of life. Saying you don't like death is like saying you don't like breathing out.
 
You should be glad for death because without death there is no life. They are part of the same cycle. Death is the climax of life. Saying you don't like death is like saying you don't like breathing out.

Yes, with a such logic I'd be glad. On the other hand, it doesn't really make any sense since I'm not necesserly glad to be alive. I'm afraid of death because it's a natural instinct. The living ones are made to live, naturally. Pain is against our "nature", though it's part of life, just as death. So fearing death, or just not liking it, is absolutely normal. But if we get into more spiritual things (which only humans are able to do), then death may look more acceptable.

So umm.. I don't necesserly like breathing, but I have to.

I'd enjoy to learn more about what you were saying, your way of seeing it all.
 
Yes, with a such logic I'd be glad. On the other hand, it doesn't really make any sense since I'm not necesserly glad to be alive. I'm afraid of death because it's a natural instinct. The living ones are made to live, naturally. Pain is against our "nature", though it's part of life, just as death. So fearing death, or just not liking it, is absolutely normal. But if we get into more spiritual things (which only humans are able to do), then death may look more acceptable.

So umm.. I don't necesserly like breathing, but I have to.

I'd enjoy to learn more about what you were saying, your way of seeing it all.

Are you really afraid of death? If I was in a life-threatening situation, I probably would be, but normally I am not.

Anyway, I don't really have any special way of seeing death. To be honest, I just read a few pages of a book about death by Osho today and this was basically what he was saying. It was interesting though. Maybe you want to check it out, I don't remember the title, but it has the word "Death" in it.
 
Are you really afraid of death? If I was in a life-threatening situation, I probably would be, but normally I am not.

Anyway, I don't really have any special way of seeing death. To be honest, I just read a few pages of a book about death by Osho today and this was basically what he was saying. It was interesting though. Maybe you want to check it out, I don't remember the title, but it has the word "Death" in it.

I'll check it out, I guess. All I say is that we naturally don't want to die, so we naturally fear death, it's in our essence. But human's mind is different from other animals at some point. First of all, we define what death is, which is only a concept that animals naturally own. And we are able to delude ourselves, with beliefs and such. When saying you don't fear death, it's because death has become a concept for you to understand externally from your own. Thinking of death and understanding what it involve can change your opinion faced to it. For example, I think we should not fear death because it's only a "brake" to our lives (and other reasons). But I believe that deep inside of me, I should fear it. The only way of not fearing it, is to be plunged into a total delusion.

Imagine yourself learning that you are going to die tomorrow. Don't think of it like if it was a stupid situation which you already thought of. Believe it's true. If you don't feel any fear, you probably have very strong principles about death.

For the book... is it one of these?
"From Death to Deathlessness"
"The Art of Dying"
 
I'll check it out, I guess. All I say is that we naturally don't want to die, so we naturally fear death, it's in our essence. But human's mind is different from other animals at some point. First of all, we define what death is, which is only a concept that animals naturally own. And we are able to delude ourselves, with beliefs and such. When saying you don't fear death, it's because death has become a concept for you to understand externally from your own. Thinking of death and understanding what it involve can change your opinion faced to it. For example, I think we should not fear death because it's only a "brake" to our lives (and other reasons). But I believe that deep inside of me, I should fear it. The only way of not fearing it, is to be plunged into a total delusion.

Imagine yourself learning that you are going to die tomorrow. Don't think of it like if it was a stupid situation which you already thought of. Believe it's true. If you don't feel any fear, you probably have very strong principles about death.

For the book... is it one of these?
"From Death to Deathlessness"
"The Art of Dying"

The Art of Dying.

You're right, maybe I don't fear it because it's such a foreign concept to me. Death is something that happens to other people and not even anyone close to me has ever died. If I learned that I was to die tomorrow, I might feel fear... I think I would feel more depressed than anything though.