Dysphrenia. 2012;3:112-8.
The aftermath of life: dying and death.
Hazarika M.
Abstract
Neither father nor sons nor one’s relations can stop the King of Death. Death is an enfeeble form of life. Death is a continuation of life. Death is perpetual development. Death is waiting. Death is cycling and recycling. In nearly all circumstances human death is a process rather than an event. Death is the permanent termination of the biological functions that sustain a living organism. The dying process usually begins well before death actually occurs. As one begins to accept their mortality and realises that death is approaching, they may withdraw from their surroundings. The uncertainty of life helps us appreciate life and prepare for death. Throughout history, specific cultural contexts have always played a crucial role in how people perceived death. The Rigveda is the first recorded insight into the importance of respiration to potential life. The Upanishads, the ancient set of Hindu religious texts, postulated an eternal, changeless core of the self called as the “Atman.” “Moksha” is the traditional Sanskrit term for release or liberation from the endless chain of deaths and rebirths. When devout Hindus sense death approaching, they begin repeating the monosyllableOm (this word refers to Brahman and is widely used in religious observance to help concentrate the mind on what matters). Unlike all other religions which require faith and belief (faith in a belief without evidence), spiritualism/spiritism is the only religion which is based on evidence and direct experience.
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