Death.That word invokes emotions and memories that are hard to ignore. How does one deal with it? At some point or another we will have to deal with this fact of life and we realise it...but it doesn't make the process any easier.
I have always wondered, why do we die? Is it just the normal culmination of your biological life and the natural deterioration of your body's organic matter, or is there a significance behind it? Do we die just to make way for the next generation?
Here's a thought:
Imagine a single carbon molecule in your body and then imagine the assimilation of that same carbon molecule into the earth when you are buried after you die...this molecule could then possibly be absorbed by a tree into its molecular structure...which in turn would be used to create a fruit from the tree in a bid to reproduce itself...This fruit would then be eaten by another human being and almost magically, a piece of you exists in another human being even months after your own death. All life forms are connected in ways that i am only beginning to fanthom.
Imagine that scenario, and then think about how that carbon molecule got into your body in the first place...from somewhere else...possibly given to you in your mother's womb which she in turn got from somewhere else...its an endless cycle that constantly uses the finite amount of matter contained in the universe to generate a amazingly varied amount of life forms.
Imagine a single carbon molecule in your body and then imagine the assimilation of that same carbon molecule into the earth when you are buried after you die...this molecule could then possibly be absorbed by a tree into its molecular structure...which in turn would be used to create a fruit from the tree in a bid to reproduce itself...This fruit would then be eaten by another human being and almost magically, a piece of you exists in another human being even months after your own death. All life forms are connected in ways that i am only beginning to fanthom.
Imagine that scenario, and then think about how that carbon molecule got into your body in the first place...from somewhere else...possibly given to you in your mother's womb which she in turn got from somewhere else...its an endless cycle that constantly uses the finite amount of matter contained in the universe to generate a amazingly varied amount of life forms.
Its a miracle...and rather ironic actually... Death is actually the celebration of the continuation of Life...
All beings are created with a specific life span (unless you believe that rocks are alive) after that Allah wills that you return your corporeal form to the central organic matter deposit...Mother Nature, from where it came from so that other life forms can benefit from the deposit as well. This system is complex beyond imagination but at the same time absolutely beautiful in its simplicity...
All beings are created with a specific life span (unless you believe that rocks are alive) after that Allah wills that you return your corporeal form to the central organic matter deposit...Mother Nature, from where it came from so that other life forms can benefit from the deposit as well. This system is complex beyond imagination but at the same time absolutely beautiful in its simplicity...
Dear Boss/Leader/Omnipotent Being in The Great Big Heavenly Place Where Good People Go,
If you are reading this, I think i understand now :-) I know it took me a while but i'm getting there...A tad slow when it comes to these things, as my friends will attest :-)
15 comments:
Fareez.
that's an interesting way of seeing death...as a cycle of life & that we're all inter-connected
;-)
the way you put it,
so no one's ever really gone biologycally/physically.. they just exist in different forms in other people..
I think i like that theory.
=)
& thanks for your kind words btw.. may Allah bless you.
- Puteri.
Death, another phase of the life cycle.
Your theory is partly true.You have to make sure there's a fruit tree in the graveyard to make that theory possible.(ok I'm being silly again)
I'm going to mmu this weekend I guess.
-Zati
Very thought-provoking and profound.
My favourite part --its an endless cycle that constantly uses the finite amount of matter contained in the universe to generate a amazingly varied amount of life forms
"Death is actually the celebration of the continuation of Life..."
That's pretty...
Yet I don't know whether to celebrate that or mourn it...but maybe I don't need to do either, maybe it's just "this is how it is, take it and shut up!"
Hm. have you read hamlet fareez? There's this one part I thought was really cool.
"your worm is your only emperor for diet. We fat all creatures else to fat us, and we fat ourselves for maggots. Your fat king and your lean beggar is but variable service- two dishes, but to one table. That's the end. A man may fish the worm that hath eat of a king, and eat of the fish that hath fed of that worm..."
( oh, and when I said shake, I meant the maracas. but hey)
your post reminded me of something...
"instead of mourning the moment of death, we should be celebrating the existence of life"
- was a quote from Oprah.
The show was about how a mother was mourning the death of her daughter who was killed (im not sure murder or accident), despite it happening years ago. Unable to come to terms with what had happened, the mum contemplated suicide frequently and constantly faced depression. She had turned away from the world and had gone into seclusion... Post-daughter-death-syndrome(not what it was actually called but u get the pic).
- what caught my eye was that it is true how many ppl harp over the day of death of a loved one.. forgetting about all the many many years of life and achievements this person had.
- in short, conceding that a death is tough on anyone, next time one happens, remember the beauty of that persons life and all he/she stood for and believed in, and continue living your own like they would have wanted it... celebrating one's life, the essence of living.
kye:
hamlet...good play. but boring as hell. Shake...whatever you say man :-)
anonymous:
Name? nice comment but a name would be good so that i can actually attribute the comments to an actual persona. I helps, trust me.
I am captivated by the comment above mine..
It's hard to think about death without thinking about life.
The sky seems bluer. Trees seem greener.
And the air seems fresher... somehow.
Maybe I'm just more aware that I'm alive today.
I take a moment to glance at the window.
Trying to find a sense of stillness in my heart.
Trees and little bugs seem to radiate a certain superiority about life.
"We do this life-death thing all the time" they seem to say.
We forget we are part of a bigger world sometimes.
Man...it took me a long time to write that comment n fareez's comments is above mine..jus to let u know..I was referring to the comment above yours.
the posting on death was a good one fareez bhai.
zati, i understand where u're coming from with this, u, more than many of us understands best..
sorry for not leaving a name. slipped my mind.
-danial
That is why there is (as some or most of us believe) there is life after death... and that is why theres always sunshine after the rain.. and because of that sundhine after the rain, the rainbow apprears..
Life is a never ending cycle.. For every death death, there is a birth as well.. Thats the beauty of God's power alright.. I believe He wont take something away ust like that, He always repleces them with something else that might even be better...
Danial:
no worries...just remember next time ok :-)
Nabilah:
I have always believed that we are a part in Allah's plan with our own roles to play. Some more major than others, but all with a role. The beauty of it all comes when all these roles somehow mesh together and become one epic production. Just think...Everything that mankind and the universe has been through since Creation till now...the massive chapters of time...Creation...Stone Age... Jurrasic...Greece...Mecca & Medina and the Dawn of The Islamic Civilisation...The Decline of the Islamic Civilisation (short chapter) World War 1...World War 2...Hiroshima...The Defeat Of Apartheid...The Cuban Missile Crisis...Israel and Palestine...
We have grown, advanced, deteriorated and risen from the ashes of destruction.
God's Plan... now thats a bestseller of cosmic porportions...
Eh. Keep your carbon atoms to yourself!
From the Duke himself.
Eh. Keep your carbon atoms to yourself!
From the Duke himself.
eh Duke....youve shared my carbon atoms a lot already man
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