Death is currently a very taboo subject. At least in Western societies, we try to avoid it by all means: cemeteries are built away from the city, funerals are no longer held at the deceased’s house for several days as in the past, and when we have to talk about it unduly, we try not to mention or hide it with phrases like “I’m sorry for your father. “
Denying death is not the answer to anything; on the contrary, it can be a problem. First, because the fact that death is not present means that we are not aware that we will only live once and that one day will actually end.
- We believe that we are immortal.
- That life is very long and that it is not true.
- We are all going to disappear.
- We do not know when or how.
- But that is the reality and it is wonderful that it is so.
The problem of thinking that we are immortal arises because we stop living intensely, we stop doing the things we want out of irrational fear, time is passed and when you realize, so yes, death is close and maybe it’s too late, because there’s no other chance.
Therefore, thinking of death as an inevitable and natural fact puts into perspective all our problems and takes us emotionally away from them.
Things are not as important as we give them because we are aware that one day these problems that haunt us today will cease to exist and no one will remember them, no one will remember the debts that we cannot pay today, nor the boyfriend who left us for another. In fact, no one, or almost no one will remember you in a hundred years. We must learn to see death as natural and not as a macabre, frightening or mystical thing. If we think about it, we will. Realizing that dying is part of the cycle of life: we are born, grow, reproduce and die, and this is the case of all living beings, so it is a natural fact that we will have to hold on to and accept without a doubt.
Human beings believe that we have something called ‘soul’ because of our differences with other living beings, we are the most evolved species, we have very complex feelings, we are able to reason, we think in a very elaborate way, etc. . but it’s just the product of evolution, of a complex and highly evolved brain.
Everything we think, everything we feel, everything we are is inserted into our brain and when it dies, it shuts down forever, we cease to be, we cease to exist. Adopting this scientific and natural perspective can be very desperate and can even generate feelings of panic, but it is certainly the best way to start enjoying our life, to give it all the meaning we want to give without fear to anything. And now!
If we’re going to die soon, what should we be afraid of? If the worst thing that can happen in a situation is that you end up dying, and we already know that one day it will happen, what are you afraid of?
Moreover, death makes us realize that we are all equal: mortals, of flesh and blood, who will one day leave this world; some will remember more than others, but nothing more.
Thinking like this makes us see that there is no one superior to anyone, that we are simply human beings who have a beginning and an end, that we are born and die, it turns out that we are white, black, heterosexual, homosexual, rich or poor: fate is the same for all.
The most correct conclusion we can draw from these reflections is: No more nonsense, no more fears!Don’t you realize that nothing is so important, don’t you see that next to death there’s nothing terrible?
Now you are alive, now the world is at your feet, of all the people who could have been born and were not born, you have the opportunity to be born and know what it is to live.
Take life as if it were a play or a play. Go out to play, go out to play, do what you want, without fear of not doing the right thing or what? Being, without fear of what others will say, without fear of anything, because there is nothing to fear.
Today you’re alive, tomorrow you don’t know, there are no extensions or time to waste.
The reality is that we’re already dying, is life great and will happen very fast?