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What do you want it to say on your tombstone?

 
 
Arjen
 
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Reply Wed 20 Aug, 2008 02:23 am
@iconoclast,
I would have written of me on my stone: 'I had a lover's quarrel with the world'.


But seriously: leave me where I fall and let nature take its course.
Tyr
 
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Reply Wed 20 Aug, 2008 02:55 am
@Arjen,
"If at first you don't succeed, look what happens!"

"This way up."

But in all seriousness...

"Shed no tears,
For you never knew me.
How could you know me,
When I still don't know myself?"
iconoclast
 
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Reply Wed 20 Aug, 2008 03:14 am
@Tyr,
Arjen,

Quote:
But seriously: leave me where I fall and let nature take its course.


It's not an uncommon sentiment, and yet we go to such lengths to mark people's passing. Tell me, would you be happy to let your friends/relatives/lover(s) fall where they may?

iconoclast.
Arjen
 
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Reply Wed 20 Aug, 2008 04:12 am
@iconoclast,
iconoclast wrote:
Arjen,



It's not an uncommon sentiment, and yet we go to such lengths to mark people's passing. Tell me, would you be happy to let your friends/relatives/lover(s) fall where they may?

iconoclast.

I suppose in the world we live in it would complicate matters. In nature it would be much more sensible. Then again, I might have some ill feelings over scavengers eating the still warm body of a loved one. Good point.
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Mr Fight the Power
 
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Reply Wed 20 Aug, 2008 06:45 am
@boagie,
boagie wrote:
Didymos Thomas,Smile

I would say that the mother's sense of self is incorporated in or embraces the child, even the experience of compassion is an expanded sense of self. If one cannot see one self in another, one would have no compassion, no love.


It is hardly so considered or rational. It is just dumb nature.
Holiday20310401
 
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Reply Wed 20 Aug, 2008 10:36 pm
@Mr Fight the Power,
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BrightNoon
 
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Reply Mon 25 Aug, 2008 09:11 pm
@Didymos Thomas,
Regarding the original question:

It's funny, i've actually thought about this quite a few times; i'm an arrogant fellow I guess. I would, ideally, be cremated on a wooden pyre, having previously made arrangements with friends for a massive drunken feast/party/orgy (in that order) to be had around the fire. However, in light of governmental regulation, even in death, that's probably not likely to happen. So, if I did have a grave, my tombstone would say something like, "Wow, am I ever dead!"
Holiday20310401
 
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Reply Mon 25 Aug, 2008 09:14 pm
@BrightNoon,
You'd've lived a very benevolent life if humor could construe in such depth with a wizened mind, and a serious note.
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savagemonk
 
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Reply Mon 1 Sep, 2008 12:39 pm
@Didymos Thomas,
I want my tombstone to say: All valuables are locked in safe after burial. All offenders will be haunted.
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TheRedMenace
 
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Reply Mon 6 Oct, 2008 05:57 am
@Fido,
Fido wrote:
What makes love seem selfish is that it is good for people, and they seek the good; but in love, no one considers their self without the other, or the other without their self. Just as with every form of relationship, people must sacrifice for the relationship, and almost always, what they sacrifice is part of their self, such as their immediate pleasure, or full control of their lives. So, few lose themselves in love, and many find themselves in love; but the self is blended with another, and the self is expanded in ones thought to two rather than one. Does that make sense to you?


When I say love I mean brotherhood love. Love for mankind. When we can truly hurt when our brother hurts, feel joy off their joy, through this love when we reach empathy then we find altruism.
Fido
 
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Reply Mon 6 Oct, 2008 08:07 am
@TheRedMenace,
TheRedMenace wrote:
When I say love I mean brotherhood love. Love for mankind. When we can truly hurt when our brother hurts, feel joy off their joy, through this love when we reach empathy then we find altruism.

Sir; you are the first good menace I have ever talked to. Prepare for revolution. It is in the mail!
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nameless
 
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Reply Mon 6 Oct, 2008 02:35 pm
@TheRedMenace,
Here lies nameless, still...
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dbeers
 
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Reply Mon 13 Oct, 2008 10:30 pm
@TheRedMenace,
Just a circle... (if i have one, I prefer cremation)
Khethil
 
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Reply Tue 14 Oct, 2008 04:27 am
@dbeers,
"Here lies what's left of some guy"
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Gwyniviere
 
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Reply Tue 14 Oct, 2008 09:30 pm
@Didymos Thomas,
The earth is not only for the living...the earth is the embodiment of all that was is and will be.
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Rose phil
 
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Reply Thu 23 Oct, 2008 02:35 pm
@VideCorSpoon,
VideCorSpoon;19388 wrote:
Love --> Selflessness --> Purity --> Happiness

Would we find selflessness through love? Love is essentially a selfish emotion.



Do you really believe that?
Rose phil
 
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Reply Thu 23 Oct, 2008 02:59 pm
@Rose phil,
I too want to be cremated but I also want to join in the fun so here goes.

On my tombstone it will read -

'Their dogma ran over my karma.'
boagie
 
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Reply Thu 23 Oct, 2008 03:14 pm
@Rose phil,
I rather be in PHILADELPHIA!
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Stormalv
 
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Reply Thu 23 Oct, 2008 03:18 pm
@TheRedMenace,
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musicman1
 
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Reply Sun 9 Nov, 2008 08:05 pm
@TheRedMenace,
Id want my tombstone to say, "Preston(middle name) (last name) was here.... Peace and Love everyone"
 

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