Yes... if this can happen to someone like Phreex, it can happen to anyone of us. Be careful.
I didn't know him either, but I grive the loss, I really respected... Dave. Now he is a person and not another electronic entity...
I hope someone can benefit from the following advice, don't take it as a negative comment, just the opposite... this quote gave me a lot of strenght and optimism:
"Do people read Carlos Castenada here? He's a whacko multiple personality with an Indian friend. There's a section in book two or three in which Don Juan gives a
piece of advice to Carlos. We would not give this piece of advice to any of you, but we will repeat it for whatever it's worth.
"You see, what Juan wanted to do to Carlos - which we wouldn't, of course, want to do to you - was to find some way of motivating him to be congruent and
expressive in his behavior at all times, as creative as he could be as a human being. He wanted to mobilize his resources so that each act that Carlos performed
would be a full representation of all the potential that was available to him - all the personal power that he had that was available to him at any moment in time.
"Specifically what Juan told Carlos was "At any moment that you find yourself hesitating, or if at any moment you find yourself putting off until tomorrow trying some
new piece of behavior that you could do today, or doing something you've done before, than all you need to do is glance over your left shoulder and there will be a
fleeting shadow. That shadow represents your death, and at any moment it might step forward, place its hand on your shoulder and take you. So that the act that
you are presently engaged in might be you very last act and therefore full representative of you as your last act on this planet.
"One of the ways you can use this constructively is to understand that it is indulgent to hesitate .
"When you hesitate, you are acting as though you are immortal. And you, ladies and gentlemen, are not.
"You don't even know the place and the hour of your death.
"And so one thing you can do...to remind yourself that not to bother to hesitate...is to just suddenly glance over your left shoulder and remember that death is
standing there, and make death your advisor. He or she will always tell you to do something representative of your full potential as a persona. You can afford no less.
"Now, that's a little bit heavy. That's why we wouldn't tell that to you. We noticed that Juan told Carlos...." - Frogs Into Princes.
I hope he can find peace, wherever he is right now.