I am reminded, I think it was in Marcus Aurelius Meditations where he discusses visualising the things that could happen in your life that may be detrimental and that through the visualisation of the catastrophes that could befall you, you are then able to face it with greater mental control should it actually occur. As you were saying the random event whilst driving that kill's you or other random events, I think therefore recognising the potential puts you in a heightened state of alertness and awareness, much like walking into a strange pub for the first time and clocking everyone in there and feeling the vibe.
Exactly. Our modern world has made it increasingly difficult to pay attention to this, we imagine everything is safe, thinking that it will be better for us - but knowing that death is near, knowing that chaos is a blink of an eye away and being accepting and prepared for that makes for a better, richer life.
I am reminded, I think it was in Marcus Aurelius Meditations where he discusses visualising the things that could happen in your life that may be detrimental and that through the visualisation of the catastrophes that could befall you, you are then able to face it with greater mental control should it actually occur. As you were saying the random event whilst driving that kill's you or other random events, I think therefore recognising the potential puts you in a heightened state of alertness and awareness, much like walking into a strange pub for the first time and clocking everyone in there and feeling the vibe.
Exactly. Our modern world has made it increasingly difficult to pay attention to this, we imagine everything is safe, thinking that it will be better for us - but knowing that death is near, knowing that chaos is a blink of an eye away and being accepting and prepared for that makes for a better, richer life.