Comments by "" (@tekannon7803) on "The Paradox of Death (Episode #263)" video.
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First, I think I speak for a lot of people when I say how ‘alive’ Sam Harris sounds in this videocast; I would swear he was in my living room right at this instant… What death is will surprise every one of us I am sure, but I would like to say to Sam and his viewers and listeners how I think we can get to kick the can down the road a few more times before we have to give up the charade and hand over out super powers. What I have found is that I have had several near-death experiences and one in particular in the hospital where after the second operation in a few days, I had the sensation---the classic---sensation of seeing my whole life pass before me. Strangely, at every instant where I paused and would say something like, “Oh, I’m so sad to be leaving my daughter at this time, she’s so young.” No sooner had I thought-spoken, when in my mind I would hear something like this: “There’s never a ‘good time’ or ‘right time’ to leave your child, it will always be painful. When I said something like I was sad to be leaving the world without finishing my CD---I’m a songwriter---the same omnipresent voice would say “but you wrote the songs.” Sam, it’s got to have been an imaginary happening, but when I came to after the operation and I realized I had survived and was going to live, I couldn’t help thinking that for every thing I thought I had made a terrible mistake in my life, there was another voice from far away telling me I had done just fine. It was incredibly reassuring. Now here’s my humorous inflection. The real point I am trying to make as to why I don’t think I was allowed to die is that long ago I made a request to the ruler of the universe to make a CD. Yes; I prayed to God. I think he or she was listening and decided on the fly, okay, let him make his bloody CD. So; by the word of God, I would be able to do that one thing I dreamed of doing. By a streak of unbelievably stupid moves, I still haven’t made my CD and I’ve been through some things that could have been lights out for me and I’m still here. What I’m getting at is that maybe that’s the secret to long life? Could one simpley ask the universe to be able to do one thing on Earth before one dies, but discreetly keep putting it off and one could imagine God looking down and saying, “Has he finished his CD?” “No, your highness, he’s gone bankrupt again.” “Okay, okay, cut him loose, send him back, I promised him so we’ll just have to wait until he does.” When you have no other options but to complete your darling project, bang bang you’re a memory and not a man. Sam… Sam… Are you listening???
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