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By Peter Sellick, published 13/10/2021If modern existential death has a face, that face is clearly outlined in the TV series White Lotus.
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Why do you watch such crap?
Posted by david f, Wednesday, 13 October 2021 8:34:05 AM
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Probably because the rest of his life is even worse crap.
David Posted by VK3AUU, Wednesday, 13 October 2021 9:28:45 AM
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Yes why do you watch such crapp? But then again watching of listening to the news is exactly the same thing - Skyhooks- horror movie the six-thirty "news".
But Christian-ism is a death denying religion. All Westerners including all Christians systematically eliminate death and suffering from their view. Western philosophy and "theology" is the always-wanting-to-forestall-the-day philosophy that does not embrace death and does not (really) take it into account. Real Spiritual and religious life is not based on the rejection of death. It is based on taking death fully into account, on making the fact of death the framework and the fundamental basis of your understanding of life and its purpose. A philosophy and "religion" based on the rejection of death becomes materialism, utopianism, "worldliness". Protestant religiosity is of course very much about such utopian worldliness (either in this world or projected into the next world) The gross body-based, materialistic disposition made into a culture, a society, politics. Philosophy and religion based on the acceptance of death - and, thus, on the understanding of this life, associated (as it is) with death, with ending, with suffering, with limitation - is an entirely different kind of philosophy and religion. It is the basis for profound Spiritual practice, for the profound surrender and transcending of separate "self". Some of the usual references: http://global.adidam.org/books/easy-death http://www.easydeathbook.com/purpose.asp The Purpose of Death Right Human Life Must Transcend the Materialist "Culture" of death http://www.aboutadidam.org/newsletters/newsletter-february2004.pdf http://www.aboutadidam.org/dying_death_and_beyond/index.htm Posted by Daffy Duck, Wednesday, 13 October 2021 9:54:10 AM
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Sells torments the tormentors.
Good. Dan. Posted by diver dan, Wednesday, 13 October 2021 10:00:49 AM
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This is not crap. It has a finger on the pulse of our society and we would be foolish to ignore it.
Posted by Sells, Wednesday, 13 October 2021 10:01:33 AM
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Dear Sells,
It is not worthwhile watching because it has a finger on the pulse of our society. Our society is omnipresent around us. We can learn about other things - the arts, the humanities, the sciences, other societies. We can speculate about changes in our society. Still seems like crap to me. Posted by david f, Wednesday, 13 October 2021 10:22:17 AM
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