Logicless Logic

death.

This is some topic that has an extremely high probability of veering into the unwanted territory of emo so I shall try to avoid that. It has a high probability of veering into religion as well and I will try to avoid that as well. In my opinion death is probably as hard to define as life. It is a very blur and grey area that cannot be pinpointed. And it's not much use trying to.

What happens after death, noone knows. In the non-religious point of view, it's probably just a long sleep. Since one doesn't feel anything when they are sleeping, perhaps when one dies, they just sleep forever. In a religious point of view however, there is something after death. Religious people like to think there is something after death. Heaven and Hell. God. Reincarnation. Maybe it's the sheer unpredictability of death that makes one want to believe there is something after death. Maybe it's a fear of the unknown.

I had voiced this out before but it wasn't long before a certain religion starts to tell me about their faith and I didn't want to keep up the argument. We all have our own views so lets keep it that way.

As I was saying, perhaps it is the fear of the unknown that makes one scared of death. One definitely does not know for sure what happens after death. Each religion has their own preachings. What if all were right? What if the god which one believes in is actually in the self? Which means heaven or hell or whatever one perceives is the thing that one experiences after death. Which means devoted Christians will go to Christian heaven, Muslims will go to Islamic paradise etc. I do not want to delve too much into religion so I shall stop here.

People say that when one has a near death experience, the most important moments of their lives will flash past their eyes. If one has a very important life, then would he take longer to die? Or is the concept of time blurred when one is dying. That 2 minutes which the heart attack takes to kill you might seem like 2 hours. Similarly when a bullet hits ones brains, the supposed millisecond it takes for the person to die might be a very long and agonising period of time for the person who took it. This seems like a very scary thought. So never put a bullet into your brains. You might regret it. Not for long though. With this blurred concept of time, perhaps one would have a "longer time" to reflect on the important moments of their lives.

For me, I would just like a peaceful death in my sleep. It wouldn't seem right to go any other way would it? As for what happens after that, it can decide for itself. Oh but I want You'll Never Walk Alone to be played at my funeral. Provided I have one.

justin.

posted by justin @ 11:23 PM