Death and Rebirth are terms often abused, the concept itself has often been poked fun at by the bollywood directors. Films like Karan-Arjun, the famous Om Shanti Om and many others have depicted the rebirth of the protagonist after being savagely slaughtered by some evil character, and how they eventually find revenge. Apart from this type of superficial knowledge what else do we know about pre-death, death and post death?
Death as defined by certain religions is the process of the soul leaving the material world and fusing with its creator.
Science has provided with an even more complex definition:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death
Why do we know so little about it ? After all it is he only guaranteed event in an individuals life and the only one that is sure to happen in this otherwise unpredictable world, yet it remains shrouded in mystery.
What makes me most curious is the pre- and post- death scenario. What does the person think about, does he introspect and scrutinize his life or is he simply blank? Can he comprehend the events in his vicinity? These questions have always fascinated me. It is not the circumstances that make me feel so, it is the fact that these last minute thoughts can never really be articulately recorded. Neither in writing nor in the form of speech. Thus they remain as the person's deepest secret. These questions can never be answered, we have no choice but to make calculative guesses.
Now for the post- death scenario. Rebirth has often been a topic very highly debated among wise and mature individuals. Yet its viability remains unknown. A few scientists have researched cases concerning an a person absolutely unconnected to a particular family but can instantaneously connect with them and give an accurate description of how a member of their family died (decades ago). The scientists claim that when the member of the family died, he/she was reborn as a different person in a different family, on seeing objects and people familiar to the person in his past life, he could recognize his past. Yet some people refuse to accept the existence of any such phenomenon.
Honestly, these are things far too complex for me to comprehend, but I sincerely hope that if not anyone else, at least I myself should get the answers regarding my own death. This is a request, a request, I hope has been heard by the Divine ...
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