In metaphysics, the notion that earth and all that's on it is a mental construct is the product of people who spend their lives inside rooms. It is an indoor philosophy.
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"The mind is everything," wrote Proust. No doubt true, when you're dead from the neck down.
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If my decomposing carcass helps nourish the roots of a juniper tree or the wings of a vulture--that is immortality enough for me. And as much as anyone deserves.
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The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man who lives fully is prepared to die at any time.
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The absurd vanity of metaphysicians who like to imagine that they create the world by thinking about it.
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