What YOU have to Say About Death and the Afterlife: Part 2

"Without death, life would lose its meaning. Death is an inseperable part of life. The cycle of Life, Death, and New Life(or Rebirth) is infinite, and requires all three pieces to function properly. Besides, if nobody died, then we'd run out of space. Where would we put everybody? luv ya -Smurfnhat- "

"Death is important to learn that even though your loved one physically is not there, memories and honoring the things that person taught you enhance your life and therefore that person lives on physically in you. Your job, in turn is to recycle the knowledge and wisdom and teach it to others, until you meet that person you lost again on another plane of existence."

"Yes death is very important to me. I say this because I feel that everyone should have a second chance and, in my opinion, when we pass on we get that second chance."

"Yes, death is important. If you were to never die things would stay the same. People would find no reason to change. And if we don't die then how can we live another life, that might be better than the one we are living now."

"Yes, it is. It represents entropy, and the Universe's never-ending quest to balance itself. The soul needs a respite from the material plane to "regroup" and start again, learning it's lessons as it goes."

"In the cycle, Memories from one lifetime would tend to interfere with the successful integration into another. Death is simply a way to sort and store experiences we have and the things we have learned until we are born and die again. We are constantly experiencing ourselves and those other souls whom grace us with their presence in the dance of eternity."

"Death is should be important to everyone. If one does not achieve their own personal purpose in life then one is left to relive that life whereas if one finds and accomplished their purposes in life then they will go on to become a "better" person in the next life."

"Death is important because we can not constantly go through pain without some eleviation. It is most important to me because my pain has been great and I am tired and would like some relief."

"yes death is important to me there is a constant reminder that death is all around us look at all the people that are dying in the world, and there will always be a constant reminder that death is important, that reminder of Salem, Mass that so long time ago"

"Though I'm not eager to die, I realize that I would only be dying to this life. Perhaps a greater adventure awaits us all in the next world."

"Death has to be important because that is how we learn, from one lifetime to another. I just hope I will do better next time around. Death is change, loss is change, grief is change, illness is change. "She changes everything she touches......" Seasons change, people change. Everytime we break a habit we change, pain changes, people and friends change. It is as natural as birth. I am kind of like the guy who said " I am not afraid of death, I just don't want to be there when it happens!!!" LVX Barbara , contact me if you would like to."

"i fear it terribly because i dont know what happens"

"Not important! If it's your time to go, then i'll see ya"

"Yes, death is important.. I belive if it wasn't for death the whole universe would be fucked, the area will be over populatied and there wouldn't be enough food. We would be able to live and learn from the loseing of a loved one we wouldn't be able to move on and learn from past lives..."

"Death is important to me because it completes the circle of the person plant animals life cycle It may make me feel kind of bummed but it has to happen"

"Death is important. Only by the body physically dying can the soul be reborn into another body. By this, the soul experiences new things, learns new lessons, rights the wrongs that they did in the past."

"Death is important in order to continue the cycle. I do not look foward to death, but i do not fear it. There could be nothing worse any where els that I haven't been faced with here."

"Death is a natural cycle. It makes room for the new. Just think if everyone lived to be a hundred. We'd all suffer from over - population."

"yes, because we're all going to experience one time or another make certain that if we know when we're going to die that we celebrate it."

"Death is important to me just because of the fact we have so much to accomplish in so little time. But the way i think about death is that its a time to move on to something better"

"no it is not because i don't think anyone should die."

"Yes, Death is important. Yes, Death is important to me. Why? Why don't you ask yourself that question? Death is a necessity, whether we like it or not. On the other hand, Death is a time of relaxation and a release of energy."

"Physical death is inevitable because ever since we have been born there has been perpetual change in our mind and body. This perpetual change has to stop one day. Every thing that is born has to die. Every thing that has a start has an ending as well . Because we were born therefore we have to die. But I am sure of one thing that death of our body is not the end of us. There is something else to us than merely our physical body."

"I think death is important because after living in this messed up world, our souls need a break, a time to rest in peace."

"Death is important because it is a rebirth. We go to Heaven if we used our life in ways that would change the world or someone else's life for the better if we did what we were sent to do. Hell is for those who are weak they kill or rape or destroy. They are reminded that they are not supierior to the rest of us. We are all equal."

"Death is important, for without Death, there can be no rebirth or continuation of creation. It is the driving force behind so much of what we as humans do with our lives, for we are ever aware that our time on this Earth is limited in this existance, and we must use that time wisely in order to give meaning to our lives. There are lessons here for us to learn and for us to teach, and we must do what is necessary for us in this turn of the Wheel or we will not be ready to move on to other things."

"Yes death is important, it is so because we all need to depart from our bodies, and our souls must someday reach our destination, hopefully Heaven."

"if we don't die, how can we come back and learn more."

"YES,BECAUSE ITS PART OF LIFE."

"Yes, it's important. And it's sad to lose that incarnation of them. But it's good to know that they are not gone forever to you. Souls travel in packs. You will see them again. But I still miss them when they are gone."

"I know everyone and everything must die eventually. It's an important part in the cycle of life. I'd, however, like for it to be my time to go now, I've had enough of this selfish world."

"Everything dies eventually even memories. To keep them alive might not be a natural way of how we've been shown so by speeding up technology we slow down someones death."

"Yes important. Fear of hell"

"if you see death as a portal to the next chapter it is a thing that must be appreciated. if you truly realize that you are an eternal being, it is not difficult to understand that infinty not only goes back, but forward as well. there are many chapters yet to be read."

"I think death is very important because i think life is just a test to see if you can handle , or deserve death . I think death is just a lable and has a different meaning to everybody . People make death sound bad but i think it's actally a gift from the gods/goddesses."

"Death is important in that it allows a new beginning."

"Death is important so the world can continue on without being over-populated. Death is not important to me because it can bring pain."

"Because of the pain I have encountered in my life, I look forward to a time when the pain does not need to be. I feel that there are many people that feel this way also."

"no becuse everthing gets reaincarnated"

"I dont know. Death is just a thing. Until I experience it, it's just a thing."

"I think death is very important, it is just as important as birth. Death to me, though I fear death and it makes me sad to have something die, should be looked on in a better light. For those who are very sick death can be a relief. The death of a plant that decomposes into the soil can make the soil more rich and fertile allowing other plants to grow and thrive. The death of animals provides food for other animals (not just greedy humans). Remember, death is not the end, whether we believe that we go to a better place or that we are reincarnated, what we do, what we say and how we act in the here and now can live on long after our physical body is gone."

"Yes, because then there would be major over population or there would be no need for reproduction and I just won't have that. Yes, because I have heard that it is better than this life and I can't wait."

"it is because i would never want to be on this earth forever....."

"Yes because it helps the cycle"

"Death is a very important stage to spiritual growth that's why I feel that you should develop your spirituallity as much as possible because that's all you'll have when you go on you shed your body or at least strengthin your spiritual energy so you contribute good energy when you desperse into the universe!"

"Death is very important, not only for population control, but so that life can continue. I eat the cow that eats the grass that will one day eat me."

"death is important..even if only as a roadsign to those left behind to seek a higher development so that the life will have not been in vain, so that each turn of the wheel(other existances)is a song of glory to our soul."

"Death is important to life because without it the world would be a place filled with too many people, plants, and animals. Death is important to me, and I look forward to it as being the time in my life when I can truly rest."

"Death is important because it is part of the cycle. everything needs to die."

"Sort of, because I'm upset when the death of someone os preventable."

"Yes, it's how the universe changes. The old must go and grow anew for the universe to change."

"Death is very important,without death there could be no life.Without both we as humans could not exist."

"Death is an important to me in a sense. I wait for the time when I may die and be reborn on this earth to learn more."

"Yes , Death generate the Balance w/ Life"

"yes because, we become attached to someone we love and if they were'nt ever to die then- we would get in fights and end the friendship or relationship. Also say someone is having a hard time in life. Everything is going wrong for them. So then one day he or she dies. Thier life becomes good now because they are in another place. Better than the rest. Death is important to me. Because it keeps life interesting. And I'm not saying that because I like it when people die- but because it brings out the best in alot of people"

"I just think of death as being a part of life"

"It should be important we will all do it."

"Though I feel sad when someone or something dies, the saddness is only for my loss.Death is important to me because I feel everything is made up of energy.Thus I believe when you die you are finally at one with nature and actually part of everything."

"Because of my belief in reincarnation, i have no need to fear death, i see it only as a stage that we go through. and although death is an important transition between lives, we need not focus so much on the death of a person, but rather celebrate their life."