The Afterlife

Trollheart · 10-02-2017, 05:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Mord

Leave. Stop paying rent by starting to live in the forest like a monk.

Don't monks live in monasteries and abbeys?

Zhanteimi · 10-02-2017, 05:57 PM

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**Janszoon** · 10-02-2017, 06:33 PM

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Originally Posted by Trollheart

Don't monks live in monasteries and abbeys?

Depends on the kind of monk I guess.

Trollheart · 10-02-2017, 07:18 PM

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Originally Posted by Janszoon

Depends on the kind of monk I guess.

I'm not sure that's the case. Unless I'm missing some joke here (and I feel I am but I have no idea what it is) monks tend to live in enclaves, communes typically located in temples, monasteries and abbeys. I'm not aware of them living wild in the forest, though I suppose there could be some. Think they'd be more hermits though than monks. Not that I know the first thing about monks really. Peace-loving bastards.

Zhanteimi · 10-02-2017, 07:20 PM

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Lisnaholic · 10-02-2017, 07:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Trollheart

I'm not sure that's the case. Unless I'm missing some joke here (and I feel I am but I have no idea what it is) monks tend to live in enclaves, communes typically located in temples, monasteries and abbeys. I'm not aware of them living wild in the forest, though I suppose there could be some. Think they'd be more hermits though than monks. Not that I know the first thing about monks really. Peace-loving bastards.

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I hope this clarifies things a little:-

My dictionary:

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monk = member of a community of men living together under religious vows in a monastery

Wikipedia on Simeon Stylites (the guy on the pillar):

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According to Theodoret, Bishop of Cyrrhus, Simeon developed a zeal for Christianity at the age of 13, following a reading of the Beatitudes. He entered a monastery before the age of 16. Simeon was so obsessed with Christianity, he almost gave his body away to God. From the first, he gave himself up to the practice of an austerity so extreme and to all appearance so extravagant, that his brethren judged him to be unsuited to any form of community life. They asked Simeon to leave the monastery.

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Neapolitan · 10-02-2017, 10:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Trollheart

I'm not sure that's the case. Unless I'm missing some joke here (and I feel I am but I have no idea what it is) monks tend to live in enclaves, communes typically located in temples, monasteries and abbeys. I'm not aware of them living wild in the forest, though I suppose there could be some. Think they'd be more hermits though than monks. Not that I know the first thing about monks really. Peace-loving bastards.

Well you should. It's not rocket science. Some monks live in prayerful solitude, while some do charitable work.

Trollheart · 10-03-2017, 11:51 AM

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Originally Posted by Neapolitan

Well you should. It's not rocket science. Some monks live in prayerful solitude, while some do charitable work.

Obviously I'm saying I know only the basics, and am admitting there may be things about monks about which I am ignorant. I'm sure you don't know all about them either, Ben.

Mindfulness · 10-03-2017, 02:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Trollheart

Religion aside, do you believe in life after death? Or if you don't, do you wish there was? If you're Christian or whatever religions preach that there is life after death, do you believe it or do you just shrug and hope it's so? If you're not, and you believe we all end up just, as Waits says, dirt in the ground, are you okay with this or do you wish there was something we could look forward to? Do you look on the idea of being reunited with your loved ones with scorn, but secretly wish it could happen, or do you in fact believe this is what awaits us after death? Or have you resigned yourself to the belief that once people are gone, they're gone, and you'll never be reunited with them? What are your thoughts about death? Does it scare you? Do you think about it a lot? Are you comfortable knowing you will die at some point, or are you thinking about cryo? Looking for ways to live forever?

someone once told me their view of heaven when i was young, which was that we could just go back and view all the memories we want to see again. sort of like flip through all through great memories, at every second by second.

i then, being me. went and started recording as much video i could on hard drives. i took this very serious, i dont as much now because i dont have that much of a life anymore. i believe spirits can send you signs or signals also.

you have a lot of questions,
ill save some for another reply

i believe in God though too, and that we die when we get older.

Trollheart · 10-03-2017, 03:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Mindfulness

someone once told me their view of heaven when i was young, which was that we could just go back and view all the memories we want to see again. sort of like flip through all through great memories, at every second by second.

i then, being me. went and started recording as much video i could on hard drives. i took this very serious, i dont as much now because i dont have that much of a life anymore. i believe spirits can send you signs or signals also.

you have a lot of questions,
ill save some for another reply

i believe in God though too, and that we die when we get older.

I ... I really don't know quite what to say....

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