Death: End of the Beginning
Death is the final frontier. As we know, we all are destined to die. Everyday part of us is dying slowly but surely. "Dying is an integral part of life, as natural and predictable as being born." (Death: The Final Stage of Growth, 14)"Death belongs to life as birth does. The walk is in the raising of the foot as in the laying of its down." - TagoreWhen studying older cultures and people, we are impressed that death has always been distasteful and will probably continue to be so. Earthquakes, wildfires, floods, drought, tornadoes are all incorporated into the equation. In all those things lies the "FEAR", a much known fear, the fear of death. "Who will die first?" (White Noise, 15) This question in Jack's life comes up from time to time. " I stared into the dark, realizing I'd experienced the more or less normal muscular contraction known as the myoclonic jerk. Is this what it is like, abrupt, peremptory? Shouldn't death, I thought, be a swan dive, graceful, white-winged and smooth, leaving the surface undisturbed?" (White Noise, 18)Death is a subject that is shunned and denied by our hi-tech, commercial society. We prefer, rather, to do all we can to sustain life even if that
When we sleep, all our sensory perceptions are shut down and when we wake up, they all come back, just like birth. Ashes are carried or sent to India if you live outside of your homeland, for deposition in the Ganges or placed them in an auspicious river or the ocean, along with garlands and flowers. The thumbs are tied together, as are the big toes. Water is sprinkled on the ash; the remains are collected on a large tray. The soul, the Vedas (sacred texts of earliest phase of Indian religion, 3000 years ago) declare, is immortal. This practice of naming the newborn after the dead reconfirms the core belief of Judaism. The body is then kept embalmed until a fixed date of departure. "Tibetans believe there is a transitional state between death and rebirth.
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