Death

[Peace]

How do you see death? Do you consider it easy or hard to cope with and to accept?
I am asking this question because this morning my colleague received a phone call telling him that his father had just passed away.
Actually, my heart aches and I feel bad right now. I know death is a must on every living soul, but what I find hard is two things: First is the seperation, I mean that you will no longer see your loved one till the day of resurrection. And the second thing is that you don't know the state of your loved one, whether s/he is in Paradise or hell.

Peace

 

[NoahideHiker]

I have very little problem with death. It is as natural as birth. Now what does bother me is the pain others go through when someone dies. That's hard.

 

[Zephyr]

76: Cattle die, kindred die,
Every man is mortal:
But the good name never dies
Of one who has done well.

77: Cattle die, kindred die,
Every man is mortal:
But I know one thing that never dies,
The glory of the great dead.
-The Havamal

Pretty much sums it up for me.

 

[FatMan]

I see death as a natural progression of life. The hardest ones to accept are those that happen because the life was cut short and the survivors are left to ponder what could have been.

I find some aspects of death amusing. I'll chuckle when I'm reading the obituaries and they describe a 93 year old man as dying "very unexpectedly". Nothing should be unexpected when you get to be that age.

 

[Hema]

There is pain because there is attachment. My biggest fear is losing my loved ones. I'm also afraid to die but we must remember that we are really Spirit, part of the Divine; that will never die. The soul is everlasting; the body is only temporary. Love transcends barriers. If we send love to the souls of those departed, they will recieve it. It is also important that when one is dying to focus on God. When one can detach from the body the process becomes easier. Many deaths are painful because the body is ready to give up the spirit but the spirit is attached to the world so it fights to remain attached to the body.

 

[michel]

There is pain because there is attachment. My biggest fear is losing my loved ones. I'm also afraid to die but we must remember that we are really Spirit, part of the Divine; that will never die. The soul is everlasting; the body is only temporary. Love transcends barriers. If we send love to the souls of those departed, they will recieve it. It is also important that when one is dying to focus on God. When one can detach from the body the process becomes easier. Many deaths are painful because the body is ready to give up the spirit but the spirit is attached to the world so it fights to remain attached to the body.

Lovely!!!:clap The pain of death of a friend or loved one is because I would miss him/her, in my daily life. The only fear of death (someone made this point) is the pain of dying; but death is only the pre-cursor to a new beginning...............

 

[Hema]

Lovely!!!:clap The pain of death of a friend or loved one is because I would miss him/her, in my daily life. The only fear of death (someone made this point) is the pain of dying; but death is only the pre-cursor to a new beginning...............

Thank you. Death really can lead to a new beginning. If we become one with God, there will total peace, love and joy. Unlike the material world where there is the duality of pleasure and pain.

 

[MysticSang'ha]

There is pain because there is attachment. My biggest fear is losing my loved ones. I'm also afraid to die but we must remember that we are really Spirit, part of the Divine; that will never die. The soul is everlasting; the body is only temporary. Love transcends barriers. If we send love to the souls of those departed, they will recieve it. It is also important that when one is dying to focus on God. When one can detach from the body the process becomes easier. Many deaths are painful because the body is ready to give up the spirit but the spirit is attached to the world so it fights to remain attached to the body.

Isn't that what Ghandi did as he was murdered?



Beautiful post, Hema. :bow:



Peace,
Mystic

 

[sister M]

Peace

I see death as a natural end to this life. When it will happen and how is not within our knowlegde. Only that it will come. But it is only the body that dies, the soul lives on.

So what is more in focus for me is that I will do the best possible of the span of time that I am given here on earth, that I will use my time well and to do the best of it. For the benefit of my soul.

I used to ponder earlier about what happens to the people that has passed away that are close to me, but I know it all will be for the best and Allah SWT will not judge anyone unrighteously.

''Allah is never unjust in the least degree: If there is any good (done), He doubleth it, and giveth from His own presence a great reward. '' The Qur'an 4:40

''Then shall anyone who has done an atom's weight of good, see it! '' The Qur'an 99:7

 

[NoahideHiker]

I found this in the teachings of The Rebbe Schneersohn


"According to the Talmud, "Sleep is one sixtieth of death."
If sleep is a form of death, then it is also true that death is a form of sleep.
Sleep is not a termination or even an interruption of life. Rather, it is a time of foment, the means by which body and soul recoup their energies for a fresh and refreshed onslaught upon the coming day. So is death. Death is a "descent for the sake of ascent," a retraction of the arrow of life so that it can be impelled by the bow of vacuity with redoubled force."

 

[mostly harmless]

I see death as another birth...my Mom just died acouple of weeks ago, and it is sad knowing that she is not here anymore....I have found that I am not as affected by her death as I thought would be. I don't really feel anything, probably because I know she is in a much better place and I have never been one to linger over the bad things...

Like my Dad used to say when I was a kid: ' You just gotta roll with the punches.'

That's what I do.

People don't die, they are reborn; just not into this world.

 

[Hema]

Isn't that what Ghandi did as he was murdered?

Beautiful post, Hema. :bow:

Peace,
Mystic

Thanks so much. Yes, Gandhiji uttered the Lord's name as his last words.

 

[Rough_ER]

Death isn't anything to worry about, it's just birth in reverse.

I still get upset about the death of other people though, even if I am not worried about my own.

 

[Gentoo]

A somewhat popular Wicca chant says it well enough for me:

We all come from the Goddess
And to Her we shall return,
Like a drop of rain
Flowing to the ocean.

Hoof and Horn, Hoof and Horn
All that dies shall be reborn
Corn and Grain, Corn and Grain
All that falls shall rise again

Sage and Crone, Sage and Crone,
Wisdom's gift shall be our own.
Crone and Sage, Crone and Sage,
Wisdom is the gift of age.

 

[Mister_T]

My cousin died unexpectedly at the age of 25 from a bloodclot. I miss him terribly. He was my best friend. I constantly think of the things we used to do and the plans that him and I had for our future together. I'm always thinking about the fun things he'd be doing and the things in life he'd be enjoying. I also apply these thoughts to his 5 year old daughter.We will never see those things fulfilled.

The feeling I have from this.....sucks (for lack of a better word) because it will never go away as long as I live. I live with this constant hole in my life that nobody can fulfill: Not my parents, not my girlfriend, not my good friends. A part of me has died along with my my best buddy. It will never be healed. Sure it will be less painful as the years go by, but it will never be filled. This is the worst part of death.

 

[Hema]

I see death as another birth...my Mom just died acouple of weeks ago, and it is sad knowing that she is not here anymore....I have found that I am not as affected by her death as I thought would be. I don't really feel anything, probably because I know she is in a much better place and I have never been one to linger over the bad things...

Like my Dad used to say when I was a kid: ' You just gotta roll with the punches.'

That's what I do.

People don't die, they are reborn; just not into this world.

I'm very sorry about your mom but, as you know, she still exists in a spiritual form. Her body may be gone but she herself, her TRUE nature is very much alive. Send her your love and prayers, she will receive it. You know, there is a saying that when we are born, the world smiles but we cry. If we live a good life, when we die, the world cries but we smile. God bless.

 

[Hema]

My cousin died unexpectedly at the age of 25 from a bloodclot. I miss him terribly. He was my best friend. I constantly think of the things we used to do and the plans that him and I had for our future together. I'm always thinking about the fun things he'd be doing and the things in life he'd be enjoying. I also apply these thoughts to his 5 year old daughter.We will never see those things fulfilled.

The feeling I have from this.....sucks (for lack of a better word) because it will never go away as long as I live. I live with this constant hole in my life that nobody can fulfill: Not my parents, not my girlfriend, not my good friends. A part of me has died along with my my best buddy. It will never be healed. Sure it will be less painful as the years go by, but it will never be filled. This is the worst part of death.

Please read my post to "mostly harmless". Mister T, your cousin/best friend shared alot of happiness with you. If that was his nature, he wouldn't like it that you are sad right now. Please, don't dwell on his death. Dwell on his life and all of the happy times that you had together. He would want you to be happy. He is in a happier place than you. He will be even happier if you are happy. Remember he is no longer suffering. He must be thinking "Dude, this place is so cool where I am now."

 

[michel]

My cousin died unexpectedly at the age of 25 from a bloodclot. I miss him terribly. He was my best friend. I constantly think of the things we used to do and the plans that him and I had for our future together. I'm always thinking about the fun things he'd be doing and the things in life he'd be enjoying. I also apply these thoughts to his 5 year old daughter.We will never see those things fulfilled.

The feeling I have from this.....sucks (for lack of a better word) because it will never go away as long as I live. I live with this constant hole in my life that nobody can fulfill: Not my parents, not my girlfriend, not my good friends. A part of me has died along with my my best buddy. It will never be healed. Sure it will be less painful as the years go by, but it will never be filled. This is the worst part of death.

I know the feeling. I lost my best friend (he was in his mid 50's) when I was in my mid twenties; I still think of him most days - I still miss him.

 

[Hema]

I know the feeling. I lost my best friend (he was in his mid 50's) when I was in my mid twenties; I still think of him most days - I still miss him.

Uncle Michel, I'm sure that he would want you to be happy. I know how it is to miss someone though. When my grandmother died, their house seemed so empty everytime I visited, as though a special energy was missing. Now, when we go there, we can sit and laugh at silly things that my grandmother used to say. Like I was telling Mister T, remember your friend's life and the happiness it brought. Try not to dwell too much on his death and the sadness that it brings. I guess in this way, you can bring more beauty to his memory. I believe that all of us came from God and we will all go back to him eventually. We will all be together again.

 

[verycurious]

Death in my opinion is a natural and may I even say a beautiful thing. There are times when many of us feel immortal, but as the years go by and we see ourselves getting a little fatter, a little more wrinkled and a little weaker, we come to realize death as the inevitable. However, I do not believe in death in the sense that the person is gone from this world, but that the spirit and the teachings that person lived by is with everyone who had the pleasure of knowing that person and through that there is no the true death. I think one can truly be considered dead when one is forgotten by all.