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Which books will put me at ease about not knowing what happens after death and what this existence is all about?
It's fucking with my head, I don't know what to believe and I want to be at peace but I don't want to fuck it up either

>> No.18338749

>>18338730
Whole philosophy stems from the fear of this thing or whatever it is. There are million different answers to people offering you the solutions.

I would recommend you, The Courage to Stand Alone by UG Krishnamurti

>> No.18338822

>>18338749
Can I appreciate UG if I'm not a physicalist?

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>>18338730
Read Revival by Steven King.

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>> No.18338885

>>18338822
It depends on you. Just give it a try read first twenty pages and decide for yourself.
If you are an idealist then checkout Schopenhauer.

>> No.18338888

>>18338730
Accept eternal nothingness.

>> No.18338898

>>18338888
This makes the least sense out of all the possibilities IMO. I'm much more afraid of somehow fucking up and ending up in a bad situation, nothingness doesn't scare me
>>18338885
Alright I will

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>> No.18338928

>>18338730
Once the meaning of death strikes you, you will realize this is not the last experience that will be present to you. No supernaturalisms necessary

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>>18338928
Forgot my all important rec

>> No.18338947

>>18338912
I've read it
>>18338928
>this is not the last experience that will be present to you
I have very little doubt about that
As I said above I'm worried about taking a wrong path or not doing the right thing

>> No.18339119

>>18338730
The Qur'an and Hadith

>> No.18339126

The Qur'an and Hadith

>> No.18339138

>>18339126
>>18339119
Didn't mean to post twice

>> No.18339151

>>18338730
Seneca - De Brevitate Vitae

Core concepts:
Death is not when you die, death is the past, death is all the days you have lived. In these days you cannot act anymore, just as if you were dead.
You don't know when or how you will die, you only know you will, eventually. Why think about it? Live at the fullest any moment, seek virtue.
When you're there, there's no death. When there's death, you're not there.

Having read this book previously, helped me when my father suddenly died with no previous illness, one random morning, btw.

>https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/On_the_shortness_of_life

>> No.18339162

>>18338928
>you will realize this is not the last experience that will be present to you
explain
>>18338939
what is this about?

>> No.18339209

>>18339151
Stoicism seems helpful but is also seems like it promotes acedia, no?

>> No.18339267

>>18339209
>is also seems like it promotes acedia, no?
I'm not sure about that. Anyway I don't fully subscribe to any single philosophy or thought.
As I said, the concepts expressed in that book helped me cope when I lost my father. But it's not only that, Seneca also says (of course one can disagree) that life isn't in fact short, it's just that we lose time doing shit we don't want to do, keeping a facade, obliging to social duties, pursuing vain stuff like money or fame or sex or gluttony. If you actually do what YOU care about, you would be satisfied even if you die tomorrow. At least, that's my understanding of it, I might be wrong, I read it a long time ago.