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i want to get a discussion going about death.

i've always been fascinated by death, Sure i have been off an on depressed and occasionally suicidal, the main reason i never went threw with it is because i understand that it would just be transferring my pain to those who care about me. while that isn't what i want to talk about suffice it to say i have given death a lot of thought.

what i find interesting is that it is the only certainty in the universe, i mean everything dies. no matter what we are all constantly dying. hell even our birth was a lottery, out of roughly 250 different sperm cells 1 made it threw to cause you, and your mom just happened to be fertile. if you think about it the fact that you are alive is a miracle in an of itself.

so since death is guaranteed while life never was, i think it is only natural to think about it. one of the great laws of this universe is for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction. which has held true for everything we understand. however what about death? we are constantly creating memories, and our brain is constantly firing electrical signals creating memory, thought, self. so how can that just abruptly end? i was also christian for a long time (now agnostic) so in order for our life and memories and entire being to end there has to be another reaction.our bodies decay and give life to nature, but your soul, our being, where does that go? energy cannot be created or destroyed. and since there isn't a reaction that was can perceive then the only question is what happens.

through all of religion there have only ever been three options, heaven, hell, and purgatory. they may go by different names but these are base three options.
but there is no sign of a greater power anywhere, one surely has to exist but there is no reason to believe that they created an afterlife. and then there is the question about where the soul of every creature goes. what truly separates a dog from us? why should we attain an afterlife and not the fish? bugs? plants? at what point does life not have reason?

this isn't necessarily a discussion of the afterlife the only limitation is death. if energy cannot be destroyed then neither can data. and that is all our memories are. so my question is after death where do our memories go? where do our beings go.

i understand there is not a real answer but i would still like to discuss this.

a few other intresting points of reference, a scientist found the "Consciousness on/off switch" (https://qz.com/919819/giant-neurons-from-the-claustrum-found-wrapped-around-mouse-brains-could-explain-the-biological-origin-of-consciousness/?utm_source=qzfb) July, 2014
also a good article to read is the studies and affects of a lobotomy (http://www.livescience.com/42199-lobotomy-definition.html)

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If you are feeling up to it i would like to know your first time experiencing death, whether it be a pet, a friend, a family member, or idol. when was the first time the weight of death made you think.

I personally have never been saddened by death. it sounds messed up i know, but about 4 years ago my grandmother died, we were really close. yet i did not cry, i did not feel sad, even tho i knew that i would never see her again i was not upset. i have struggled with this for a while but i think it is just my understanding of death that causes me to not feel sad by it. i look at it as something that just happens, no point crying over something that cannot be changes, no point despairing when entering the unknown. however when i thought my dog might die i was extremely upset, and crying. i think it is because he wasnt dead yet. i am not sure.

http://www.sciencealert.com/brain-activity-has-been-recorded-as-much-as-10-minutes-after-death (http://www.sciencealert.com/brain-activity-has-been-recorded-as-much-as-10-minutes-after-death)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LtT6Xkk-kzk (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LtT6Xkk-kzk)

what we know as "death" is merely a portal for us to move on to the next phase

i think: live shall taste death.we're waiting for death and it will find us. :) hould we be scared? it was like a horror movie. in life there is death ve really.  :o

to live again

Death for me is an end of a cycle in a set time and space. There's no knowing what will happen after that.So because we humans don't yet have this proper knowledge, we think of it that death only happens in our current time and space.

Death is death.

Your imaginary beliefs end with death.  There is no next phase.

This is not the age of ignorance. 

For me, death is the completion of one life incarnation. If the soul did not develop, did not work out karma, did not fulfill its mission, then it will return to the earth for new life tasks. This is just my opinion, as I can say after my death when I see what is there ???

For me death is the end of everything. I am an atheist and do not believe that there is life after death. So I live now and don't believe in second chances.

I also think that death is a dead end, but I'm not afraid of it. I'm not so good living to worry about.

Death is something that we need to realized as part of living though its really hard to accept this fact. But this is something that we cant decide on ourself its only Him who can get this one from us since we just borrowed it from him. What we can do is just to maximize what the time and days that we still have it. Enjoy every moment for those people who are very important for you like you parents or friends. Death will help us to appreciate how beauty is a life is and it will also give as a perspective to move on through adversity.

Many of you say death is the end and that there is nothing after death. for you i ask what is the meaning of life then? you are born to grow older, your grow older to die. so do we simply exist with no reason? and if so then why do we hold so much value on the here and now. i personally believe in an afterlife, i do not believe that something can live, have memories, feel emotion, and then disappear into nothing. i believe nothing is created or destroyed just transferred from different states.

however i do not think any religion i know of have it correct. how could we it is the ultimate unknown.

a few have mentioned reincarnation. this is one that i have personally favored. i mean think about it, this would easily describe all instincts in the world. how a bird separated at birth still knows where to fly for winter. or how salmon are able to find the exact place they were born despite not being there for many years. how people know basic survival tactics from birth. it just makes sense. how can we be born with knowledge if not from a previous life.

saying death is a portal is redundant. of course it is, the question is whether or not it is a portal to void where we are conscious, the end and we are not conscious, a paradise, a nightmare, or hitting the restart button on the game of life.

anyone who says they know is either lying or crazy, so we might as well think about it

If you believe that life will be eternal after death, then what is the meaning of eternal life, or what is the point then to live after death? If now there is no then and then there will not be. I believe that life exists for life. All that lives on the planet is a large organism, each part of which interacts with each other, including a person.

Death is final and there is nothing afterward. All of this nonsense about people seeing lights and whatever other shit they see is just their brain still alive for 10 minutes after death.

The next phase is decomposition...

Religion is just a human fantasy brought about by people that are afraid of death and its finality.

Death is when your life ends and your earthly vehicle slowly turns into a rancid puddle of bubbling black slime. Passing animals and insects feast on your slime and then it emerges from their little arseholes and it's truly over.  

You no longer exist in any way whatsoever for all eternity. I'm fine with that. Never for one second of my life have I believed in any outcome other than that.

In my opinion, death is a sweet escape from an unpleasant society, however, it is an unfortunate event for those who controls the society.

I also thought that this world (Planet Earth) is not a perfect place to dwell for a lifetime, so even if someone discovers the key to becoming immortal, he will definitely seek death soon (especially after the sun cools down and explodes like a supernova, and then the planet freezes up... and then he also freezes up like an iceberg but he is alive, cannot move, immobilized).

Therefore, death is necessary for every earthlings...  :P

I hope I am worth reading...  :D

Death where one can no longer alive and can not breathe.
Besides stress had no money at all is a very sad death

the end of existence, physical and any other.

Death is a transition to another world, the completion of a stage. They say that during a clinical death you can see another world. I can not say what life looks like after death, because I was not there yet.

Don't believe it. During clinical death the human brain is still alive and you can see the picture you are drawing of the brain. When the brain dies the vision too disappear. There is nothing after death. Death is the end.

Death to me is living alone without someone you can talk to. If you're feeling alone, the feeling of death will already come to you. Death is something which you cannot choose to happen or escape from your life. Its somewhat gives a person eternal peacefulness and on the other way gives a person eternal suffering afterlife. I just really want to say that you must enjoy life as it is because death will really come to you whenever you'll know. Death is like not being you anymore and no longer breathing.

Death is world over himself

What does Death mean to me?

A long nap.

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First off i love the reply's, it is nice to see such a variety of opinions and beliefs.

one person said the meaning for Life is to live, and the others that the meaning of death is to die. this may seem like a very simple concept but this actually has a very profound meaning.

if the meaning of life is simply to live and earth to die then that means that there is nothing beyond this world. there is no true purpose to life except to simply be. there is no justification for anything. there is no point to anything. but rather then look at it from a depressed nihilist view, we can look at is as freeing. we are not bound by our fate, we are not bound by anything. when you cant go any lower you can only go up so to speak. since we know that what we do in this life ultimately doesn't matter after death then we can be the best we can here and now without fear of failure.

however i cannot fully accept this. i believe in a reason behind everything. not necessarily Fate or anything as fancy. but rather we have thumbs because it was good evolutionary trait.  (you cannot deny evolution no matter how religious you are) therefore the reason we have thumbs is directly influenced by our history to better prepare us for the future. that is true with everything. everything has happened for a reason. we may not know the reason but nothing is random. Therefore there must be a reason for life, it has to be beneficial in some way or there wouldn't be a need for us. which means something somewhere needed us to live, the only question is why.

i believe that death means the end of it, in this case life of a being.

Everything has a expiration date not because is useless, it's just that his time has come ,i believe that there is nothing else after death, no extra level or heaven or hell, i cant explain ghosts and i dont want to go too far either.

Once your brain stop functioning theres nothing more than void

Death is a appointment, it is a phase of life when an existence ends.

Quite predictable and expected end of the life process. Time and method can not be foreseen, but the fact itself is more than obvious. Death is exaltation - the transition from one form to another, but no longer alive and active. And this transition is associated with pain for loved ones, but on the other hand, death liberates a place for a new life of descendants, and therefore gives impetus to development.

Death to me is the next phase of life. Bittersweet too. You'll leave the people you love behind and may not actually know what's going to happen next. You may live in a new phase or life. More beautiful maybe. I'm just hoping that there's really a better place for us after death.

To be honest, I envy you. By kind envy. I see that I have lived half a lifetime, and I have done so little and do not have time to implement all that I would like. And this is very distressing. If you think about the next phase of life, then maybe not everything seems so bad.

Probably, death will continue a total mystery until the extinction of the human race, that's why we think so much about that.
All cultures in the world (in generalized way) believes in some sort of "eternal existence".
But in my opinion the death and destruction are part of a natural cycle of the universe.

And I don't even think about. I know that death is the end. Hurry to live now. Then it will be too late.

That's right!
Maybe in the future we gonna be able to keep our conscious alive, but for now, all living things got a limited time to experience what we understand as reality

Death is the end of life.
However, those who do something extraordinary with their life, live forever through memories of the living ones.

Death is for me reincarnation. You try to win the lottery to life and if you get 6 numbers from 49, you get the control to that some person. But I would hurry with life because life is short and chances for winning this lottery are extremally low.

I also think that eternal life can only be in the memories. Most interesting, however, that no matter how you became famous is good or bad. Remember Hitler and Roosevelt.

Hmmm death means nothing to me, if I have done what I want to do, I won't feel anything to death, but if not I will feel regret for why I don't work hard when I'm still in this world.

A great metal band from the 80's and 90's

Here i another thing to ponder. involving religion and death. Religion was born from mans ignorance. Throughout history we have used religion to explain what our minds could not. however as time past we grew less and less reliant on religion to explain the interstices of life. through science we learned what religion could not teach. our understanding has concurred most aspects of this world. and what we do not understand we are studying. so how long until we understand the after life? If you think about it, the ultimate goal of the future is to not only understand death but to surpass it. and make life eternal. in the bible it mentioned the tower of babel. a human construct made from mans intelligence and understanding of all things to create a bridge to the heavens. however the envious god didn't like mankind to have that power and thus struck it down and cast all the people working on it to different parts of the world with different tongues so they may never again truly communicate. if we take this at its word then that means at some point in our past we surpassed god and overcame the afterlife by bridging the two together. what is stopping us from doing it again?

i think death is just a circulation of the people living we must pass this stage

Man consists of spirit, mind and body, Where the spirit is the dominant component, And in the state of life of the body and in the state of death of the body has its pluses. Being in the physics of the universe you can experience joys and moments of happiness from interacting with others. Owners in the state of death of the body you have other opportunities that are much broader and are not explained in terms of physical. The universe.

what is mans spirit tho? in order for an afterlife to be true mans spirit cannot be attached to the body but rather simply residing in it. because when the body dies the spirit must live on. and if that is true then would a lobotomy cut off the spirit, can man live without his spirit? and as far as the mind there is a procedure to help prevent epilepsy where a neuro surgeon cuts the pathways connecting the left and right hemisphere of the brain. this causes a phenomnon known as split-brain. i highly recommend you look into that it is very interesting, it essentially proves that there is not one but two aspects to our brain. which one houses our soul? there was an instance where someone with split brain with their right hand was mad and tried chocking his wife, while the other half fought off the right hand to protect the wife. as if there were two separate beings living within the same head

Death is a natural process like birth. For me death means the cessation of the life of a certain being.

Life and Death are like two sides of the same coin, whenever you think about one you also have to think about the other.

As Life is synonymous to birth i.e beginning of something new, i like to think that death also is the beginning of something new. It is just like an interchange point, a point of transformation from one mode of life to another, a life that we are not educated enough to understand at the moment.

what death mean to me is...when you don't any have any enthusiasm and zeal to move forward in life this is the stage in life when you are officially declared dead....because you stop advancing in life and hence cease your growth

Death is the end of the process. When the soul has already exhausted all possibilities in its physical shell, it leaves this world. And where the soul goes further, I just can not say. This issue has been poorly studied.

death is God's secret there will be no human that know, we as human only ask protection from god.

i really like this mindset, i think you are right about it being two sides of the same coin. everything that lives dies. that is absolute every spark vanishes, every light dims. it is very ying yang, all good is accompanied by evil, all life is accompanied by death.

i am not a fan of this idea, not that i dont respect the thought. rather that i think pinning things on god as an explanation is a lazy one. if god created us for free will why would he want us to not have the knowledge of good and evil, if god wanted our happiness and salvation why make us so we die. it very may be true that it is simply gods secret, but it goes against human nature to not be curious and try to learn. why the sun rose in the east use to be gods secret but we attained the knowledge. so to we will eventually learn the secrets of life and death. its only a matter of time.

"Death" is an inevitable thing. No one can't predict and escape death. Also, no one knows what will happen after we lose our conscious. But I do believe that there is life after death. :) For me death is just a pause but I know that there is continuation after death. Thank you.

Death is a natural event "as a living thing that is for sure going to die", but death would not be predicted by anyone in the world and all living things will not be able to avoid death. and there are things that should be known that right after the death was still there a second life is eternal life in the hereafter.

Somewhere, right now, a cigarette butt is floating down a stream of dirty water on the curb of a street.  It's running toward a drain, and it will fall down that drain and be dragged into the sewers and swept away.  Slowly, it will wash along until it is disintegrated by time and the soft current of water.

The person that smoked that cigarette never thought about it while they were smoking it, and they'll never think about it again. The cigarette had no name, no history, and no one noticed any of the microscopic details that made it different from the other cigarettes in the pack.

It's gone.  It's dead.  In fact, it was never really here. 

Right now, you're at work, or at home, or waiting in a car for your girlfriend or husband to come out of the house.  You're reading this.  Maybe you'll think about it.  Maybe you'll respond to it.  Maybe you'll think about me, and why I wrote this.

Three generations from now, there will probably be few people who remember you, few people that think of you or miss you.  You will have floated away like that cigarette, disintegrated by time and the soft current of memory.

But unlike that cigarette, you were here.  You lived.  You had a name.  You had a history.  People knew the constellation of tiny details that made you you.  You were more than paper and a filter and ash.  You were an endless ocean of thoughts and possibilities and stories and potential. 

Our death isn't disintegration.  It's dispersion.  Dispersion of the last and best of our possibility so that someone new can live as we lived.

Death means we can't live forever.  And that's what makes life so unbelievably precious and beautiful.

In my opinion, there is next phase after the death at this phase. However, I don't like to waste my time just because I believe there is next phase, next opportunity for me. Death in me is being alone, being unloved, being poor. Death in me is also a opportunity to grow up everyday, to live without any regrets. Death is a timeline that reminds me to do everything I love, everything that I want to do. For me, death is not very disgusting like people said. Just YOLO. :-x

i believe death is just the failure of the body our soul possesses
after death we move on

nothing ,Death Is Just An Illusion We Continue To Live In A Parallel Universe

the end of life. we come from nothing , we return to nothing. No afterlife, no previous lives.

Death is a transition from one form to another, but no longer alive and active. This transition frees the place for a new life.

Death is a scary thing. Possibly the most scary thing that can happen to someone life. Death can traumatize and change someone's life forever

I think death means it is time to give up .
Chance for another buddy to have a life.
Well if is true that death is the scariest part of someone s life but we accept it and move on.

Death is certainty.

Nothing in our lives is certain, except death. Everyone will die someday.

Life Is For Death.

Probably this passage from the bible is an extremely distorted metaphor, but its concept is extremely valid, considering that certain mysteries may never be fully understood.
But, surely this, and other interpretations that we find in the bible, were based on some knowledge that was forgotten by mankind over time
I've spent a lot of time thinking about it, maybe the universe works in a such complex way, that can never be comprehended

It means I don't have to work as hard staying alive anymore.     ;D

I hate thinking about death. Makes me depressed. I love life and I love each day when I could be in this world. Therefore, thinking about the death of me does not do well. I hope you can still catch the researchers to investigate the elixir of immortality :)

I am sorry but immortality is impossible. death is inevitable. everything decomposes. hell even while you are alive roughly every 7 years your body completely renews itself (its an ongoing process taking 7 years) meaning over the course of your life. every cell in your body has died and been replaced probably 3+ times.

death is certain but dont look at as being depressing. without darkness light would have no beauty. without death life would have no beauty. the reason you fear death is because you love life. but if you never feared death life would have no meaning. it is much better to simply accept that the end will come sometime. so live as much as you can today. have no regrets, and enjoy every second of life

In my research Death is an achievement if you have Jesus in your heart, but if you die without knowing Him and not accept Him as your Lord and Savior Im sorry to say but you cannot enter the kingdom which is called "Heaven".   :)

Similar to getting married.     :'(

one thing i think is worth noting, is that what happens if you dont believe in christ. in the bible it simply says that if you accept him you are saved. if you dont you will perish. but what if you believe in something else? Hindu has reincarnation, Norse have Valhalla, Greek have Hades, Egyptians have paradise, catholic have paradisio, Jewish have a slightly different heaven, as do Muslim. with all the different variation of the same place, which one is correct? is there any way to tell?they all have nearly everything in common (for monotheistic religions and poly theistic in different categories), the same stories are told, the same evidence is given, and the same truths are mixed with the same lies.

so tell me what happens if you live your life in sin without remorse, never ask forgiveness until you are on the brink of death. you know Hitler was christian, he believed in Christ and that what he was doing was justified by the bible. is he in heaven? also by that logic ghandi, someone who saved many lives, before and after death, is regarded as a great man. he believed in Christ but did not worship him. is he in hell? and what about Lincoln, he was agnostic against organized religion therefore did not believe in Christ. is he in hell? all of the worst events in history were done due to religion overstepping its bounds. i personally am agnostic atheist. meaning i believe in a higher power but also believe every organized religion is wrong.
sorry to hear that xD

Death is the completion of the stage, the end of the life path. Each person is given a certain amount of time to achieve life goals on earth. After death, the soul is born again in a new body and by the results of a past life gets what it deserves.

the end of life

Asking me for some known people to where they go after death, the answer is I don't know, only God will judge.. And I am not talking about religion, it was about what I have learned in Bible and my personal relationship between God and me. I am also a sinner, and I am still in the process of change. Im not perfect, asking forgiveness is given everytime I pray. About accepting God as Lord and Savior will not end there, it comes with an action by obeying His commandments and sharing Gospel to others. I Can't please everybody to believe and I repeat i'm not talking about religion its all about relation, because in relationship you feel the grace and mercy of the Lord by the power of the Holy Spirit.

Death is the end of your existence in this world and the end of everything that you cherish. thats why live your life to the fullest as if this is your last day. life is short and you cant tell when will your life gonna end so enjoy every minute that youre are still breathing.

The soul is immortal, and the physical body is its clothing. Do not be afraid of death, it's just the completion of our mission on earth in one life incarnation.

It scares me to think of death so I usually ignore this topic

I believe that death is the transistion between life as we know it and an after life in a religious sense. Many people do not agree with that, but many others do. I believe I will again be with my loved ones who have departed, or passed on before me.

When it happens ,it happens

Simply

end of your life

It is interesting how people often ask about life after death but rarely about life before birth. I think life after death is the same like life before birth. There is nothing to be afraid of.

Death is not the end of the book, but it is another chapter. Your book never closes, never ends. I believe that there's an afterlife.

Death is the only inevitable event in your life, so I see no point in wasting time worrying about it's coming or what it'll be like, if anything it's a celebration of achievement. If I die and there is nothing on the other side, then that is that - I have lived, I've had a hell of a good time, and the party is over. If my mind or soul somehow carries on into an afterlife then that's great, I believe it probably does, but I'm not counting on it.

simply is you death .

If death is the absence of life, then I think we are already living in a post apocalyptic zombie infested world. Waking up everyday at the same time to go and slave away your life for someone else to make money and just about pay your bills isn't life. Death will probably be a release for most people from the captivity they have put themselves in to.

Death means for me is new life in heaven or hell. Because I believe once person die or dead they souls go the heaven or the hell.
I dont like hell because the place for sure its full of sin. So if you want to go in heaven accept god as saviour.

Death for me is victory.  For I believe in salvation and life after death.  It is after death that one could be with the creator.  We could live in a place described as paradise.  It is written that those who believe will soon meet the creator and live with Him in the most beautiful place no words could describe. 

I have lost y son just a dew months ago due to motor accident.  He just turned 15 when he left us.  It was the most painful experience i have ever had.  The pain was nothing compared to my violent and abusive childhood,  nothing compared to my ugly and broken marriage.  My son died on the spot,  it was an immediate death. I found comfort in knowing that he is now in a far better place. I raised my son to fear and believe in God. He was an innocent and pure soul.  He had a warm heart and joyful personality. 

It was such a very difficult and painful experience for me but I live life better now.  Knowing and realizing that life is short I decided to resign from my job and work at home so I could have more time with my two other sons, 17 and 7 years of age.  Resigning from my job and choosing to work at home was an easy decision.  Loosing my son made me realize alot of things.  Working for more than 40 hours and working overtime deprived me to spend more time with my kids.  Work took too much of me.  I thought wokring hard could make me a good mother since I could provide for them but I was wrong and the death of my son made me realize that it was wrong.  I learned a valuable lesson that our kids,  family should come first before anything else.

Now I am a single mother raising 2 boys, i work at home to make sure i have more time for my kids.  We dont have much,  no extra money, we live from paycheck to paycheck but I dont worry about it.  The time and experience I am now making with my kids is priceless.  This is something I would never trade for anything. 

Envy those full time stay home moms who devote their time for their kids and family. 

Every person will mrasakan death and when death has come then it is impossible for them to dodge it by not need to scare or dare to die tai live this life and do good for all so that when death comes for us, they know and tell that we good people

Death is a new phase of life. Most fear death, often times they want it to come. Death is a part of life to be completed. No one can bail from it. Death is an end, literally because you never know what comes after it.

Death is the end of life ;D

Death is terrible, I hope it can stay away from me.

I think death is when we are accountable for what we have done in this world

Well, it's not phase of life but death.  :D

It means the end of my dreams and future plans.

it means my last day

I like this question, for me it's a natural event that is imminent and that maybe it would bring us answers to each of us.

Death for me is really terrifying. Its not because i'll experience pain or something but because we really arent certain of what lies beyond the boundary. What if its just an endless journey of drifting into nothingness? Or that your just aimlessly wandering around the world, uncertain and alone. The thought of it scares me especially if it involves judgement of where you're going to reside for eternity.. heaven? Hell? Who knows?

Death Means To me: Relief from this Hectic Life

Death is just only the beginning

i believe death is just the failure of the body our soul possesses. after death we move on.

To me it's simply the end of all my dreams and future aims. Nothing else.

Nothing.

your body is dead but is not really dead, only your body. you'll live again in another world.

To die is to return to God, if we are evil it will go to hell and if we are good will go to heaven

While the topic is taboo in the West, there are many Eastern traditions that encourage discussion, and even meditation on death. Buddhist practitioners who are intellectually inclined are often recommended to meditate on the various stages the body goes through after death so as to remove attachment one has to their body. A Buddhist view of the body might come as a surprise, but the body should be viewed as disgusting and repulsive.

Something I always found quite fascinating was the Tibetan Book of the Dead which I first read in middle school. These three foundations always struck me as "liberating":

1. Death is certain
2. The time of death is uncertain
3. The only thing that can help us at the time of death is our mental development

Here is a bit more if you are interested:

http://www.buddhanet.net/deathtib.htm (http://www.buddhanet.net/deathtib.htm)

To the OP's point on thoughts of death during a depressive episode - be careful not to obsess, or let such thoughts overwhelm you. There is an important distinction to be made between skillful and unskillful contemplation of death. Unskillful thoughts on death will create negative feelings, and ultimately cause you to suffer. If you want to contemplate death skillfully, or mindfully, I do recommend doing so in the Buddhist way, of which there are many resources online and teachers willing to guide you.

Here is a decent guide:

https://kadampa-center.org/sites/default/files/DeathHO5.pdf (https://kadampa-center.org/sites/default/files/DeathHO5.pdf)

For me, death is the completion of one stage of life and preparation for the next incarnation on earth. The soul is immortal and it needs to go through reincarnation through death.

The liberation of my soul ..

To die means to go to hell, I am sure there is no one who is all right, there may be one in hell for an hour there are also in hell for 100 years

Death is when a person get's killed and sent to the spirit world where he or she lives with the dead

death is when people forget you, completely.

I think that death begins a new and everlasting life

I imagine death like sleeping forever except the fact of dreaming.That means that you don't understand anything even your existence!!

Death is an opportunity for the soul to replace the old flabby body with a young one. However, in the next life, as a rule, we do not remember the circumstances of the previous life. This information lies in our subconscious and does not disappear.

Death is where the soul of a person has gone from his body and into another world. After death only good deeds accompany us. So always do good for charity in the afterlife.

Death for me is a new chance to do the things we didn't accomplish in the past

Hey man, from a guy who almost experienced death, I have an advice to you. I am telling you, you'll never want to experience death. Because when you die, there is no more turning back. Who knows where you will go or what will happen to you after you die. But all I want for you to keep in mind is to value the life that you have now, value the opportunity that you were given by God. This life might be your only opportunity to experience living, so why not make the best out of it instead of wasting it. Death for me has two meanings; why? because it depends on how you died. When you died at an old age, being able to do and experience everything in life, then death is a beautiful thing, because in that way, death is like the end of your long journey full of emotions and experiences. The other meaning of death for me is a sad, unfortunate, and sudden disruption of God's plan for you, this meaning is for those who die out of accidents, suicides, and other sudden deaths.

For me death means the transition of the soul into a new dimension. The physical body can not exist forever and it is calculated only for a certain period, but the soul is immortal.

For me death is the end of the story. I don't believe in the existence of the soul and the afterlife. So I try to take from life all what I need now. Another chance I will not. Feel sorry for those people who limit themselves in this life in order to have a better life then that's not happening.

Wow man this is very deep. I like your answer, this is very unique and different from the other comments here. I somewhat agree with your answer, because I have just gone through a huge breakup. My ex girlfriend and I were together for 3 years, but we just recently broke up, around 2 months ago. Now she already has a new boyfriend who is more handsome and richer than I am. I think she already forgot about me and the feeling really sucks. It almost feels like I died, it's really hard to move on and live a normal life like nothing happened.

Your time is over in the world, as simple as that :D Hope you had a great time!

Death: relaxing, peaceful, quiet, cool feeling.

life: pain, sadness, and money. we need the money so it couldn't win.

death is cheaper and more comfortable. ;) good luck.

For me death is the end of everything. but who knows what happen when you die

Death means to me another life if in hell or paradise , but hardly to be spreated away from family and friends , oooh GOD it is very hard to remember that moment when you are alone in dark grave .

A process we all have to go through to ascend or keep learning from our mistakes. 

“For to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace.”
Romans‬ 8:6‬ KJV‬‬
http://bible.com

There is going to be live after death, and I believe is not everybody that will see death. For those who will see master death, they will see master death because that is the way God create them to see transition before judgment day.

For me death will find us whenever we go. We are destine to die, we are not immortal like God and we have life which helps us to live longer,  death will give us life again when we die,  at some point i believe in reincarnation because when we die God will give us new life to be reborn again and live as a human,  animals or any living things that that live on earth.

Death is just death itself. Death is nothingness. Couldn't explain more besides the other belief of afterlife, purgatory, hell, heaven or an infinite dream for me death is nothing but death. Youll come back as part of this universe. No one really knows.

To me death has no meaning, it just the end of your life here on earth, if you believe in something bigger then it may be the next step on your journey if you don’t then it is the end.

No living thing can actually say what death or dying feels, one can die with too much suffering and one can die in an instant without feeling any pain. I am too is wondering deeply about death, but different religions can say that death leads to something. That "something" is still a mystery because no dead has ever live again and can tell how it feels to be dead. I know there are stories worldwide bout dying and being revived but not all can believe each stories for which a person will truly believe a thing if it happens to that person or that person is a witness of that miraculous event.

Death it means end of my journey here on earth. I really don't want to think it right now I am enjoying my life as much as I can and live the most out of it. I still wanted to live long on earth to see my kid grow older and wiser.

depends on which side you are, if you are dead - a new life, if someone's dead - a new life without

For me death means the completion of one life that was given for the development and refinement of their mistakes. After death, after a while, the soul can again be born on earth.

Death means its the end of my mission on earth.

the way i perceive death is something of a culmination of life's journey..Its like graduation from school. It a special day when you graduate but what is important is the journey you had before you graduate. Same thing for death, you will be mourned for a few weeks or months, but what what you will be remembered is how you lived your whole life. The thought of death makes me want to live my life to the fullest.

For me death is the way to everlasting peace.

death is a life that can not come back, because life is only one time not twice

Death means that is the end of our journey here on earth no one knows when will be our last breathe will occur so as much as possible i enjoy every single day of my life and give thanks to God our creator.

No one knows what being dead is like,there are many hypothesis, but I think it is mean a person has stopped breathing. This results in oxygen not entering the body and the organs, especially the brain, which affects brain function. If this condition is not quickly corrected, then biological death will occur which is when the brain has been deprived of blood and oxygen long enough and the cells begin to die.

For me, death does not mean an end. I think it means beginning something new. But for each his own and of course, who believes in what.

For me death is the knot will separate us from our love ones it is sad but everything has come to an end. No one also can predict when is our last day here on earth si we must value every moment.

all living things will  death, we can not guess when death will come to us, we can only use our lives as well as good and useful for other living beings

Этo кoнeц, кoнeц вceмy, жизнь oкoнчeнa, нo нaвepнoe нa мoмeнт cмepти бyдeт вce paвнo. Haдeюcь пoтoм бyдeт eщё жизнь.

Death is end of my life and starting my question marks. I can't comment what i don't know. Who knos what will happen after we die? No one i guess..

for me death is when your soul leave your body and it means that this is the end of your journey and life here in earth

Death is an integral part of our life, I think, it  is continuation of our path

Death is peace for those who suffer. It is an exit to a miserable life or a disease in the body or in the mind, even in the heart.

Death is pain to those who lost someone or something. An end to love and life that we wish to last forever.

Death is a journey for those who were left behind. To walk life through memory of what ifs.

I admire your interest with the topic of death and how you passionately express your thoughts and sentiments about it. I cant believe there are also people like me that thinks deep about the concept of Non-Being. My undergrad thesis is about Martin Heidegger's take on Philosophy of Death. I suggest you read his works.

For him death is the ultimatum of life, the moment you die is the moment that your possibilities has ended. Heidegger was trying to make us realize that as long as we are living, we have endless possibilities so we should make it count and live life authentically. Read Martin Heidegger's works, I want to talk about him with you more. :)

"If I take death into my life, acknowledge it, and face it squarely, I will free myself from the anxiety of death and the pettiness of life - and only then will I be free to become myself."
-Martin Heidegger

Death is the end of life in the world, everything we have in the world we will leave, people we know will gradually forget us.

I am not any more fascinated by death. Now I just want to avoid it. :)

Death means the end of your life  :)

I think death is nothing, no meaning, no life after

Death is the end of one thing and the begin of other thing.

death for me means living everything especially your loveones forever

Death is the end of ones life here on earth. And no one is exempted of it. For me, Death is the sweetest thing that will happen to an individual  IF he has JESUS in his life.

It's nothing. emptiness. There is nothing and no me. The dreamless sleep.

Death means to me the end of everything. It means that theres no hope and cannot change what you have done.

Death sever all our affairs in the world, and death is the thing that will lead us to heaven ...

death is a thing that can not be rejected by anyone. Death where the lives of all living creatures in pull by the creator.

if I think suda to death we can not lick anymore life will surely die dear if we do not have faith.

an END to Life.

if I think suda to death we can not lick anymore life will surely die dear if we do not have faith.

eternal punishment for all except for me because I AM DEATH

I believe that death is the VERY OPPOSITE of life, not at all life in another form.

The only way out of death will be resurrection on earth by Jesus Christ.

Death is but a cruel joke everyone will forget you and parts of you will create a new human being.

to enter to new unknown (for now) life. the soul never dies. cannot die.   :)

Death is the one who die which become immortal to the other place called heaven..

Death is very sad, broken of everything

Death is a new chapter of reincarnation. I believe in life after death in another body. Death is not actually the end, but a start of something new which you will not know as another beginning. Somehow, universe has its msyterious way of working, and it's better not to know so we can enjoy the feeling of not knowing something.

Death is a key to Entering to eternity.after death our memory exists that is why if we could enter paradise we will ask for our loved ones to be allowed to enter paradise.we need to research about after life with all whatever we can. But I think through religious books can help most.

if your soul leave's your body. that is death means to me

death a stage for  us to transfer from worldly life to the hereafter,it is also a test for us if who among us will make good deeds in this worldly life which will be rewarded in the hereafter, death is reality but most people are trying to escape from it,we all believe in death but we are not well prepared for it to come.

Death is mean another begin with me, your soul will start another life in another body.

For me, death is death. Like a phone that was turned off. Until the day of judgement.. To the eternal life.

Death is the separation of the spiritual body from its Physical body

I never experienced death to be hones, but I think after this life, there is nothing, as it was nothing for us before we were born.

I thinks it only a start of a new life after. A new beginning.

death means another life but this time its eternal and its gonna be paradise or hell.

death is the door to eternal life

it is the initial way to face god

Your time here in Earth is done.
that's all.. death going to another body i dont think so.

it is the preparation for accountability for your good and evil throughout life

Death means transferring to the next life.

Death means no more to me. Pain and strife are relieved by the departure of the soul, leaving the bereaved family with infinite thoughts and sorrows.

Death is the process of the separation of the spirit from matter, the soul from the body or the discharge of the spirit from the body or body. Ultimately, death is the end of life (the world) and the beginning of a new life (hereafter). So death is not an end, destruction or annihilation. but death is a transition from one world to another.

Death is a natural part of life. Rejoice for those around you who transform into the Force. Mourn them do not. Miss them do not. Attachment leads to jealously. The shadow of greed, that is.
– Yoda

It means that I deserve it. Death is somethind usual. Everyone will die and we can do nothing to avoid it.

death is obviously a horrible experience for anyone. it is always very hard and painful to lose friends and close people

For me death is, the ending of your life in this material world.

For me, death means relief, after all, life is too hard.

Wages of sin is death ;D

Death is the ultimate ending to a story, it comes for us all.
Read it once that death is life's greatest invention.  :D

Definitely is a very interesting question. I could talk for hours about this. For me it is the end of everything, all your energy, how your atoms were held together to form the fascinating structure you came to be during life. From a consciousness standpoint, i'm pretty sure you know when your time is about to come, like slowly watching how a candle turns off... Most certainly that is the only question humanity will never have an answer.

Death for me is like the end. The end of everything.

Death is the end of everything that you have in this world. It you have bitcoin in your wallet and only you who knows the password then your bitcoin is in limbo  :).

For me the dead is just a door to our second life.

I'm a serious thinker about everything going on so I'm scared of death, I do not dare to think of it

For me, death is just the beginning of life because you will experience the true living when you are gone in this world, and that is in heaven.

for me death is a predetermined thing can not be changed or in move follow the grooves and nets of time until when we will live

Act of Nature. Nothing else to me.

It is the time where your time on earth has ended and gotta face heaven or hell based on God's judgement to you.

For me Death for me is the separation of our soul from our physical body

Death is the end or doom of life in the world, where all property will be abandoned. Only charity and deeds during life in the world brought
 

It is the beginning of the end. Beginning of our new life in heaven/in hell. And the end of our life here at earth

Death is the end of life. Death means you graduated from all sufferings, diseases, debts, angry, wories everything under the sun.  ;D

For me Deaths comes in unexpected ways and it cant me ignore or prevented by mortals , so death can come anytime, everywhere we must be ready to death and accpet it when as if its our last in world.