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110 sats \ 2 replies \ @fiatbad 22 Jul \ parent \ on: Bryan Johnson Is Going to Die tech
"Death to the Ego" is a common theme in all kinds of spiritual ideologies. One of the most positive things I took away from my christian upbringing was the concept of "dying to self". Later, as I read Buddhism, Hinduism, and the Vedics via Yoga, I started to experience and live what Jesus meant.... not just "know" it.
My past decade has been all about mathematics, science, and logic. I'm an Atheist now, and not for a lack of religious teaching. But being an Atheist doesn't mean I've lost the tangible parts of those teachings; especially "Death to the Ego".
Bryan's book "Don't Die" is singly focused on the ancient spiritual concept of "Death to the Ego". That is what the book is ALL about. But it explores the concept from a practical viewpoint; a logical one. Not a religious one, full of fluffy, bullshit, god-beliefs. It is visceral.
I visited the monk Victor in Ireland, a few years before he passed away. He has a powerful statue in his garden in Ireland. The finger pointing to heaven reads, "Create or Die" on one side. On the other it reads, "Die And Create".
If you're not growing, you're dying. If you're not creating, you're dying. But in order to grow..... in order to create..... you MUST DIE.
Bryan's book is all about the exploration of this concept.
Would you trade your ego for the ability to live another 100 years?
See, I both googled a summary and asked an LLM for one, and both gave me a matter-of-fact, sterile answer that was barely satisfactory. None as intriguing and interesting as your answer.
Good reminder that it's still good to ask people things even when you can "just google/grok it".
To address your actual reply:
Interesting. I thought it was just another typical Silicon Valley longevity biohacker, didn't know there was a spiritual element to it. In retrospect, for a project and goal like that, there would have to be, I suppose.
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