One thing I have learnt from the course Death and Immortality

That is, don’t be afraid to talk about death. Face it, we don’t know anything about death. No matter how many people you know have passed away, you still don’t know what it is, or how it feels.

You would feel sad, that’s for sure. However, it is still miles away from the unknown. You think you experience death, but this is other people’s death, not yours. And, in fact, it has nothing to do with you, right? Sometimes, you feel sad not because you are sad, but because you are frighten by how they have lost their lives, or frighten by the fact that ... you don’t know what will happen to them ... or, if anything will happen to them.

Or simply, you are afraid that one day, you will be the person lying there, a dateless rest, and you don’t know what is going to happen. You don’t know. You know nothing. Now everything seems meaningless. Why should I even do anything, if everything I do will not be able to remove this curse?

So, face it. Don’t pretend that you are not scared. You are so scared. I am so scared. This is the only way you start to think. This is the moment you become a philosopher.