Life
Why do so many things seem to happen at the same time? Why does everything have to happen in cycles? Is it just that we aren't tuned in most of the time, and when we come back we realize that we need to catch up on all the crap we missed? Are some things just not 'loud' enough, until they all pile on top of each other til we notice? Maybe it all just seems as though this is how it works, when really it doesn't work this way at all. But does that matter? Don't the way things seem take and fill our mind, creating a psuedoreality?
Just a few days ago, A student who attended my school died. It wasn't her fault or anything. Death doesn't hurt the person who has died, only those who are still here. So now the school will mourn for her. They will try to do something to make it up to her family. That isn't a bad thing. If I died, I'd want someone to help along those who cared that I wasn't around anymore. When I learned of what had happened, it was in acting class. You cannot continue that class after that sort of news. So we didn't. Seeing as I was suddenly free for a while, I decided to go contemplate the whole thing of life and death. And take a nap in the sun.
Is death really that different from life? I know they are painted as opposites, but we don't really know much about death. We can only see it from the life side. If someone goes through a door, and all you can do is watch them go, you can still only see the side of the door you started on. How could you know what is on the other side? Once, my crazy japanese teacher told a story of what one student said to him that he would never forget, and now neither will I. Kind of randomly, he spoke of near death experiences, and how some see a light at the end of the tunnel. He said something comparing that experience to being born. When you're born, you go through the birth canal and emerge into things that you've never seen before. My teacher thought that was something worth remembering. And I thought it was kind of cool.
I read a book once that said however we lived on earth, death would be a would be a continuation of that. If we live in the light, death would be an extension of that. If we live in the dark, death would also reflect that. This book also said that the way we live should bring heaven to earth. So when we die, where we go reflects how we live. According to that book. Written by a man who hasn't died, and doesn't know what is over there. But that is all we have. We don't have many descriptions from those who have been to the other side, and those that we do have aren't plentiful. They focused more on the life that we live now. Maybe then how we live now matters more than what happens then?
Then how are we supposed to live? There isn't a manual saying what to do. Well, okay, maybe there is, but it attains levels of life that seem impossible to achieve. At least in one go. Maybe that's where Christianity comes in, with a saviour to make that impossible life possible.
Life is not a science. Life will never have a step by step guide that holds any credibility. There is no way we can discover every little thing there is to know about it. Why is death so central to life, it's opposite? Understanding might not be something we are supposed to reach, but the questions and the journey are important. Technically, way back in the day, The desire for knowledge and understanding led to death. I don't even know how that works. What does that mean the present day? Does it even mean anything? How then should we live?
Just a few days ago, A student who attended my school died. It wasn't her fault or anything. Death doesn't hurt the person who has died, only those who are still here. So now the school will mourn for her. They will try to do something to make it up to her family. That isn't a bad thing. If I died, I'd want someone to help along those who cared that I wasn't around anymore. When I learned of what had happened, it was in acting class. You cannot continue that class after that sort of news. So we didn't. Seeing as I was suddenly free for a while, I decided to go contemplate the whole thing of life and death. And take a nap in the sun.
Is death really that different from life? I know they are painted as opposites, but we don't really know much about death. We can only see it from the life side. If someone goes through a door, and all you can do is watch them go, you can still only see the side of the door you started on. How could you know what is on the other side? Once, my crazy japanese teacher told a story of what one student said to him that he would never forget, and now neither will I. Kind of randomly, he spoke of near death experiences, and how some see a light at the end of the tunnel. He said something comparing that experience to being born. When you're born, you go through the birth canal and emerge into things that you've never seen before. My teacher thought that was something worth remembering. And I thought it was kind of cool.
I read a book once that said however we lived on earth, death would be a would be a continuation of that. If we live in the light, death would be an extension of that. If we live in the dark, death would also reflect that. This book also said that the way we live should bring heaven to earth. So when we die, where we go reflects how we live. According to that book. Written by a man who hasn't died, and doesn't know what is over there. But that is all we have. We don't have many descriptions from those who have been to the other side, and those that we do have aren't plentiful. They focused more on the life that we live now. Maybe then how we live now matters more than what happens then?
Then how are we supposed to live? There isn't a manual saying what to do. Well, okay, maybe there is, but it attains levels of life that seem impossible to achieve. At least in one go. Maybe that's where Christianity comes in, with a saviour to make that impossible life possible.
Life is not a science. Life will never have a step by step guide that holds any credibility. There is no way we can discover every little thing there is to know about it. Why is death so central to life, it's opposite? Understanding might not be something we are supposed to reach, but the questions and the journey are important. Technically, way back in the day, The desire for knowledge and understanding led to death. I don't even know how that works. What does that mean the present day? Does it even mean anything? How then should we live?
posted by AfterVerner at 9:09 p.m.
3 Comments:
deep thoughts werner. life is a really complicated thing. i know that when my english teacher ms irving heard about the girl at our school that died she just balled her eyes out. i felt bad i did not know what to do. but then today she was happer apperently her sister inlaw had a baby so she is now an aunt. so well she lost a student who she carred about alot over the weekend she gained a neice.
Yeah, life does that too. I was in a meeting type dilly and stuff came up, like Morgan and a family that was having issues. Then it was switched to something much less, like planning for a fun events, and that sort of thing. It causes the downer things to be sort of surreal. Did it really happen? Maybe things we don't understand have that effect on people. People who might know more of death than I, or who knew the deceased, can cry or give the socially adept response. For those inexperienced in deep crap like such just don't react the same. If you never fully grasped the idea of traffic lights, why should you stop when it is red? Just because everyone else does? The whole thing just seems unreal.
wow that was deep man. I just have to say it made me think, cause my brain is still rpocessing since its almost 8am
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