Death is inevitable. We all know that we are going to die one day. We can only delay death, but we cannot evade it. Evading death is again an illusion. We think that we are prolonging it whereas in reality we are not the decision makers. If one is fated to die on a particular day, he or she will die no matter what they do.
Knowing all this, we still fear death and try to dodge it. We still experience pain and grief when someone close to us die. I remember how I had felt when I looked at my grand father and grand mother's ashes. A person who breathed life a day before, who spoke, ate, smiled, talked was suddenly no more and was reduced to those ashes. That urn that had the ashes was all that was left of them. And I asked myself - is that all? All these years of living means nothing at the end? That whole body - skin, blood cells, parts of the body, muscles are all contained in this ash? I mean that person was living a few minutes back. What happened to that person. Are they gone just like that. It scared as well as intrigued me.
I had the same question that every human being probably has? How would death be and what would happen after that? Would it be painful? The rational part of my brain tells me that we are just made of molecules and atoms. That is all. When a person dies, the life is gone and that matter goes back to the universe. The emotional part of the brain is not able to comprehend this logic. It wants to know if there is after life, if there is really heaven or hell and if there is rebirth?
And then when you look at life and people - the way we all run behind money, power, luxuries in life, fame. It seems as if death is just smiling at us and asking the question - "What is all this fuss about?"
That is when I tell myself - when it has to happen, it will happen. Don't think about it. I can only hope and wish for a peaceful and painless death for my loved ones and myself. As my dad always says, the best way to die is to go to sleep in the night and then never get up.
Knowing all this, we still fear death and try to dodge it. We still experience pain and grief when someone close to us die. I remember how I had felt when I looked at my grand father and grand mother's ashes. A person who breathed life a day before, who spoke, ate, smiled, talked was suddenly no more and was reduced to those ashes. That urn that had the ashes was all that was left of them. And I asked myself - is that all? All these years of living means nothing at the end? That whole body - skin, blood cells, parts of the body, muscles are all contained in this ash? I mean that person was living a few minutes back. What happened to that person. Are they gone just like that. It scared as well as intrigued me.
I had the same question that every human being probably has? How would death be and what would happen after that? Would it be painful? The rational part of my brain tells me that we are just made of molecules and atoms. That is all. When a person dies, the life is gone and that matter goes back to the universe. The emotional part of the brain is not able to comprehend this logic. It wants to know if there is after life, if there is really heaven or hell and if there is rebirth?
And then when you look at life and people - the way we all run behind money, power, luxuries in life, fame. It seems as if death is just smiling at us and asking the question - "What is all this fuss about?"
That is when I tell myself - when it has to happen, it will happen. Don't think about it. I can only hope and wish for a peaceful and painless death for my loved ones and myself. As my dad always says, the best way to die is to go to sleep in the night and then never get up.
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