tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8215036862051955994.post2469898887183859068..comments2023-04-07T23:13:18.502-10:00Comments on Marks in the Margin: Near Death ExperienceRichard Katzevhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03466537940588392927noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8215036862051955994.post-42197040125821864092017-08-17T03:00:02.793-10:002017-08-17T03:00:02.793-10:00I am rereading the book for the second or third ti...I am rereading the book for the second or third time. <br /><br />Here's the blog about it several years ago:<br /><br />http://marksinthemargin.blogspot.com/2014/04/amsterdam.htmlRichard Katzevhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03466537940588392927noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8215036862051955994.post-50104826337297569312017-08-17T02:43:35.436-10:002017-08-17T02:43:35.436-10:00Yes, it is tricky. I must go back and re-read Ams...Yes, it is tricky. I must go back and re-read Amsterdam - excellent quote. Lindahttps://commonplacefortheuncommon.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8215036862051955994.post-57307693384485554392017-08-16T03:28:10.070-10:002017-08-16T03:28:10.070-10:00Ian McEwan writes in his novel "Amsterdam:&qu...Ian McEwan writes in his novel "Amsterdam:" They could manage your descent, but they couldn’t prevent it. Stay away then, monitor your own decline; then, when it was no longer possible to work, or to live with dignity, finish it yourself.<br /><br />I believe you will have the courage to act upon your belief. You only need the means to carry it out and be able to control your life when the time comes.<br /><br />A tricky business.Richard Katzevhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03466537940588392927noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8215036862051955994.post-84811953532792447392017-08-15T14:20:15.294-10:002017-08-15T14:20:15.294-10:00I agree with you, Richard - that is what I want as...I agree with you, Richard - that is what I want as well. I too hope I can manage it and have the requisite courage.Lindahttps://commonplacefortheuncommon.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8215036862051955994.post-7566265046496868372017-08-15T12:39:14.446-10:002017-08-15T12:39:14.446-10:00I am much older than you, so I think of dying a gr...I am much older than you, so I think of dying a great deal now. <br /><br />But I do not want or intend that it end in a hospital or hospice. <br /><br />I plan on controlling the end of life and I hope I will have the courage to do so.<br /><br />Who wants to be hooked up to tubes or suffering in pain and every conceivable invention of modern medicine all for the sake of another day of marking time?Richard Katzevhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03466537940588392927noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8215036862051955994.post-38637089014035656662017-08-15T11:22:23.166-10:002017-08-15T11:22:23.166-10:00How very interesting! I've never had an experi...How very interesting! I've never had an experience like that, but I've read about many and they all sound similar - peace, contentment, a lack of fear.<br /><br />I think about death more often, which I'm sure is normal and to be expected as one grows older. I hope it will be like the glimpse that you and others seem to have had. Could it be as simple as death being just another part of life, a natural part, the last part, and our brains move us to some kind of interior self-protective state of calm and contentment?<br /><br />It is comforting to think so. I like Roger Ebert's comment regarding his impending death, "I was content before I was born, and have no reason to think I will be otherwise after my death." (or something to that effect) Lindahttps://commonplacefortheuncommon.com/noreply@blogger.com