Dreams offer me some comfort and help me accept death.
Every night, when my body stops moving and when I lose consciousness, I have dreams, which are rich, vivid experiences that are concealed from my waking mind.
I'm not saying that I believe that death is like a dream. But the fact that I dream leaves the question open: I will never know what happens after I die, just as I don't know what will happen when I go to sleep at night.
I find comfort in my mortality by recognizing my ability to search, find, and feel meaning in every waking moment.
But I too find comfort in the uncertainty of sleep (and death) Do I search for meaning in my sleep only for it all to be forgotten when I awaken? How do I know whether the meaning I find in my wakeful state isn’t the meaning I dream of in my slumber?
Dreams offer me some comfort and help me accept death.
Every night, when my body stops moving and when I lose consciousness, I have dreams, which are rich, vivid experiences that are concealed from my waking mind.
I'm not saying that I believe that death is like a dream. But the fact that I dream leaves the question open: I will never know what happens after I die, just as I don't know what will happen when I go to sleep at night.
I find comfort in my mortality by recognizing my ability to search, find, and feel meaning in every waking moment.
But I too find comfort in the uncertainty of sleep (and death) Do I search for meaning in my sleep only for it all to be forgotten when I awaken? How do I know whether the meaning I find in my wakeful state isn’t the meaning I dream of in my slumber?