Hi, thanks for stopping by. And it's Josh.

Darmopunks, New York, Tuesday.

And just a couple of notes, our next in-person gathering will be the first Tuesday of

November. So November 7th, if you're in New York, Brooklyn, you want to drop by,

please do Grand Street Healing Tuesdays at 7.

Somatic Experiencing Deck that Kathy's put together and I think they should be

available if you'd like to check them out go to her website or you can look at her

Instagram everything I do the teaching and cancelling is entirely by donation, any little bit helps. The Vedmo is Darmopunks with an ex-nyc, and the PayPal and Patreon information is on the

darmopunks NYC.com website and I'm going to jump right in

because tonight's talk, annihilation anxiety, the fear of death.

I've given quite a number of talks on existential psychology and also the importance of reflecting on death to make authentic

choices in life and to be sure tonight's talk will have a little bit about that but the

theme of tonight's talk is about understanding what exacerbates annihilation tariff and what are the

the practices that reduce anxiety,

and what are the practices that reduce anxiety, rumination, dread.

I would note that it's not a mistake that human beings have degrees of annihilation terror

because it provided an evolutionary advantage.

The more hyper-vigilant we are of threats

to the more inclined we are to protect ourselves and not to take undue risks which in terms of evolution

would have meant greater numbers of us would pass on our genes.

Our species drive to survive

is coupled with an awareness of self identity that then can create an overwhelming anxiety of death.

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