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vierzehn (Phone)
Oct. 28th, 2010 02:12 pmDeath.
For how often we deal with it, I wonder how many truly understand it. I do not mean that as a statement of condescension, not for all of you, at least. But this town presents a rather tactless, if not incorrect, view and form of it.
For one, death is not a punishment. Death is merely another link in the cycle of creation, and attempts to use it or view it as a form of punishment are exceedingly faulty. And are, in fact, laughable. All things, in the end, die.
Secondly, death is not to be feared. When I say that, I do not mean caution should not be taken against dangerous situations. Nor do I mean there shouldn't be anxiety, or even some fear, when death is near. But to be overwhelmed by terror at the thought of it is to give in to an inexcusable tactic. Again, we all die. It is something we must come to accept.Which leads to the final point.
Death is not an ending. No one ever truly dies. Not just here, where they force us into the chains of mortal flesh again and again, but anywhere. Mankind is beyond merely a body. And there is more that waits after the body is shed.
Our captors demonstrate, in their use of violence and the way they view death and rebirth, that they're fools. Petty. Idiotic children babbling and threatening a concept they have no real understanding on.
Do not let yourselves be intimidate by them, or fear them. They are hardly deserving of fear. And you people are more fearsome then they are. Your wills shine so brightly.
Don't be broken by them.
[And the call ends. Wilhelm will now be looking around his house for Jr, Nall, and chaos (though he's already spoken with him once since respawning).]
For how often we deal with it, I wonder how many truly understand it. I do not mean that as a statement of condescension, not for all of you, at least. But this town presents a rather tactless, if not incorrect, view and form of it.
For one, death is not a punishment. Death is merely another link in the cycle of creation, and attempts to use it or view it as a form of punishment are exceedingly faulty. And are, in fact, laughable. All things, in the end, die.
Secondly, death is not to be feared. When I say that, I do not mean caution should not be taken against dangerous situations. Nor do I mean there shouldn't be anxiety, or even some fear, when death is near. But to be overwhelmed by terror at the thought of it is to give in to an inexcusable tactic. Again, we all die. It is something we must come to accept.Which leads to the final point.
Death is not an ending. No one ever truly dies. Not just here, where they force us into the chains of mortal flesh again and again, but anywhere. Mankind is beyond merely a body. And there is more that waits after the body is shed.
Our captors demonstrate, in their use of violence and the way they view death and rebirth, that they're fools. Petty. Idiotic children babbling and threatening a concept they have no real understanding on.
Do not let yourselves be intimidate by them, or fear them. They are hardly deserving of fear. And you people are more fearsome then they are. Your wills shine so brightly.
Don't be broken by them.
[And the call ends. Wilhelm will now be looking around his house for Jr, Nall, and chaos (though he's already spoken with him once since respawning).]
