Too often I find that the subject of
death is addressed with goofy
speculation, close-minded
stubbornness, or outright fear
and avoidance. So let's bypass the
"Death for Dummies" approach
and take a deeper intellectual look
at death to better understand the
important role it plays in our
lives... and especially what it can
teach us about how to live.
As far as our human bodies are
concerned, death eventually
captures all of us. As far as I can
tell, no human being has yet
managed to live forever. Even if
we evolve new silicon bodies for
ourselves and find a way to
transfer our minds into them,
there's no reason to believe those
bodies will be immortal either
(even with frequent upgrades).
We may be able to delay death,
perhaps even for a very long time,
but eventually our physical
existence will end at some point.
Forever is too long for us to last
as physical beings. No backup
system is foolproof, especially
when its opponent is the infinity
of time.
On average more than 150,000
people die every day on this
planet. That's 2 people per
second. Over a million corpses a
week. And this is "normal" for
planet earth. Does this fact help
you get some perspective on the
scope of various tragedies? If
3000 people get wiped out in a
single stroke, that's still only 2%
of one day's total... hardly
significant from a cosmic point of
view.
And here's the worst part. You
don't even know when you'll die
(unless you're reading this right
before committing suicide, in
which case I'd better keep
writing). But my guess is that you
don't have an item labeled "die"
on your to do list or in your tickler
file.
So how comfortable do you feel
with the idea that today might be
your last day alive? why are
people so scared about the word
"DEATH OR life after DEATH"?
Is it because of the uncertainty of
whatever lies ahead of us after
we give up the ghost?
why dont people look forward to
their death date like the way we
often look forward to our
birthday?
Do You believe in Life After Death?