Since last few days, my head has been buzzing. While navigating through the changes in my life I have been excited, exuberant, nostalgic, apprehensive, confident, bothered, optimistic, sad; sometimes concurrently, with a 'to-do list' continuously running through my mind.
It made me recognize the compulsiveness of thoughts and consciousness and life.
So what happens when we die? how does this all stop? will we notice the stillness and silence? will it be dark and lonely? Will it transform into something or it will just be absolute like squishing a bug?
While we struggle to navigate through life, dealing with death is an absolute curve ball with no concept or precedence.; at least not something we remember even if the concept of reincarnation is real and we have experienced it before.
No wonder, all religion and numerous rituals assure/maps/exploit the unknown, promising a "life" beyond life. "From riches and servants being buried with the pharaohs in the pyramids" to "a feast served to members of a particular caste in Hindu culture" to "a complicated system of karma and reincarnation in buddhism" to " a promise of 72 virgins" to "Saint Peters and the gates of heaven and hell" to "burning fires in hell"... and many more notions/fear/concepts of afterlife are known to shape a lot of life decisions for many.
I have my doubts.
Humans lack imagination. Even though we have seen the body disintegrate after death, we still propose that the soul survives to seek and enjoy the pleasures meant for flesh and blood.
So what does death entail?
We don't know. And we will not be able to tell when we know. But may be the better scenario will be that we don't know about it when we know.
It made me recognize the compulsiveness of thoughts and consciousness and life.
So what happens when we die? how does this all stop? will we notice the stillness and silence? will it be dark and lonely? Will it transform into something or it will just be absolute like squishing a bug?
While we struggle to navigate through life, dealing with death is an absolute curve ball with no concept or precedence.; at least not something we remember even if the concept of reincarnation is real and we have experienced it before.
No wonder, all religion and numerous rituals assure/maps/exploit the unknown, promising a "life" beyond life. "From riches and servants being buried with the pharaohs in the pyramids" to "a feast served to members of a particular caste in Hindu culture" to "a complicated system of karma and reincarnation in buddhism" to " a promise of 72 virgins" to "Saint Peters and the gates of heaven and hell" to "burning fires in hell"... and many more notions/fear/concepts of afterlife are known to shape a lot of life decisions for many.
I have my doubts.
Humans lack imagination. Even though we have seen the body disintegrate after death, we still propose that the soul survives to seek and enjoy the pleasures meant for flesh and blood.
So what does death entail?
We don't know. And we will not be able to tell when we know. But may be the better scenario will be that we don't know about it when we know.