Death!

Death- not a very common topic to talk about.
In our fumbling and mumblings,when we do talk about it,or listen to someone speak about it,we often tend to not be overly serious about it or the person speaking about it. We speak about death,as a quite often happening in life,in fact we also have a quote, “In the midst of life we are in death.”
But have you ever wondered that in the midst of death there is life? By that I mean the knowledge, value,and experience we get when we face a near death situation. Perhaps we may fully value and embrace those in our lives,or even our own lives for that matter. We need to accept and embrace the notion that death is inevitable, and that we are surrounded by death 24*7 . It may be the death of bacteria,to the death of a loved one. No matter how much we try and escape it,the Grim Reaper,is going to catch up to us one day. They say you have to write your own destiny,however even if you make your own destiny ,you can’t choose when you will die. Your death is mandatory, inevitable, and the only thing that may bring in world balance for HIM.
There are three challenges we face to accept death as a fact – firstly the attitude towards our own death, secondly the feeling to cope up with the death of a loved one,and thirdly the constant thought of how to escape death. I use the word ‘obviously ‘ in awareness of this event,however, it is obvious only on a superficial level.
When we consider our own death,we only think of it as an intellectual fact,and not something that is going to happen to us at any time. Few of us,have had a near death experience, or prognosis from a life threatening situation,and sometimes not even then can we accept the fact that we are going to die. Even now in the times of the Corona Virus,our first thoughts were it is in China, it won’t happen to us, or any one close to us.However now that it is in our country,in our city,we try, do all that is possible to escape it. It is understandable though, after all most of us,most of the time want to be alive than dead. We have no idea what death is like, what it is like after death, what happens after death or where we go after death. And naturally,what we are not aware of ,what we do not know, we fear.
In many ways more poignantly, our attitude towards the death of our loved ones is disturbing. Again understandably, we love them ,and want them alive for their sake and ours. We have often heard people say,or we ourselves say, ” I don’t know what I’d do if anything happens to my parents/siblings/children….”
If it is death that we are talking about,then here is no if or but, there is only ‘when’. We never hear someone say,” When my mother/father/lover dies…” We make sure to even keep away the intellectual thought of our loved ones dying.
But nevertheless, as distressingly painful as thoughts of death can be, I remain it’s advocate. In the world where we live: poverty,hunger,insanity,abuse,domination,discrimination,suicide,oppression, rape,trafficking and murder: is pretty common. These will always lead to death.
Surrounded by these happenings,we should always keep in mind,that it can always be us,our loved one,or someone we know. Therefore instead of ignoring the fact that death exists,that it is inevitable, and that the Grim Reaper will catch up to us anytime, we should be prepared, embrace and value our life and family fully,and always remember not to fear death, for Death is just another great adventure.

Life is a copiously branching bush,continuously pruned by the Grim Reaper of extinction,not a ladder of predictable progress; Death is not extinguishing the light;but putting out the lamp,because the dawn has come?

– Sia Savla.