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>I'm not close to 87, but hope to arrive at the >conclusion, whatever that means, in somewhat >"reasonable" conditions despite finding myself prey to >all the ills that flesh is heir to; accordingly, 2/3 >of the way through "Nothing to be Frighened Of", a >wonderful, deeply meaningful, exposition on the >comical and ever uncertain human condition, I, too an >agnostic, struggle with Barnes' conclusion that there >is nothing left after to the loss of God, despite the >loss of God. Nonetheless, I turn to the writings of >Virginia Woolf, in particular "To the Lighthouse" for >something to continue to inspire me to abandon the >darkness. And I wonder if this relatvisitic vision of >transcendent family meaning finds value in Barnes' >remarkably challenging context. I suspect not, but >would appreciate an opinion. >>I'm 87, still active and lucid." Nothing To Be >>Frightened Of" omitted a most important step in our >>confrontation with >>death. That is sleep, which is a nightly rehearsal of >>death. >>We lapse into unconsciousness for eight hours and >>enter into >>a bizarre world of dreams, knowing we shall awaken to >>our >>real world again. Death must be a near similar >>experience >>without the waking up. Whether we enter a dream world >>is the >>great unknown. But we are accustomed to closing our >>eyes and >>drifting off without fear so perhaps the long sleep is >>not >>too unlike the nightly one.

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