prose: Death II
(hope this works). this is the conclusion to the first prose entitled 'Death'. Is it a wall or is it a portal?
I choose: 'portal'.
the ribbons represent our paths in life. the portal represents birth and death. there are two sides of the portal, representing the two realms that we alternate to and fro.
before we came into being, there would be the idea of us to come into being. same goes for everything that is created. preceding the act of creation, is the idea to create.
therefore we would find two alternates, the realm of being and the realm of non-being. before we are born, and after we are being born. the life as we live it, and the afterlife.
and where do these two alternates meet?
at the portal that is birth. at the portal that is death.
from the realm of non being we go through birth to being. then we go through life, and die, by going through death to live the afterlife.
so many paths that are laid before us, which do we choose? and many paths of others do we cross in our lives.
think of these premises:
Premise 1: God is Baqa'. Baqa' means 'Eternal', 'Perpetual', 'Kekal'.
Premise 2: God is Ilmun. which means 'Who Knows All', 'Yang Maha Mengetahui'.
Premise 3: God is Qidam. which means 'the beginning'. He is the beginning of all things.
Premise 4: God's creation is fana, which is the opposite of baqa'. it means 'temporary'.
Conclusion:
From Premise 1 and 3, we know that the only One that is eternal is God. therefore, after going through the portal that is death to the 'afterlife', we would not stay there forever. we would 'die' again, just to concur to the mere reason that we are not eternal, that we are temporary. to 'die' again when we are in the afterlife means going through the same portal again. in some religions, the soul is 'reborn' in a new body as a new vehicle for the soul. so is it birth? or is it something else, which we haven't coined a term for yet?
from premise 3, we know that God readily existed. he is the Creator. nothing else precedes Him. But we also know from premise 2 that he readily knows everything, what has, what is and what will. the creation of humans would readily existed. this is of course assumptions on my part, from what littlest speck of understanding and my worship and praises of His Greatness. the zat of God is not to be discussed. the zat of God cannot even be attempted to be understood. what are we humble creatures against the mighty will of God?
therefore, depending on how we look at it, we are immortal. the idea of us is immortal. the difference is that our existence is preceded by God. our existence has a beginning. our immortality is subject to our journeys through and fro the portal. so this is temporariness. the alternating between realms, while the idea of us remains. so how many cycles of birth and death do we go through? maybe one, maybe various, i cannot say, but our existence has an end. God is the beginning and God is the end. He is Awal and He is Akhir.
so this is temporary, after all.
I choose: 'portal'.
the ribbons represent our paths in life. the portal represents birth and death. there are two sides of the portal, representing the two realms that we alternate to and fro.
before we came into being, there would be the idea of us to come into being. same goes for everything that is created. preceding the act of creation, is the idea to create.
therefore we would find two alternates, the realm of being and the realm of non-being. before we are born, and after we are being born. the life as we live it, and the afterlife.
and where do these two alternates meet?
at the portal that is birth. at the portal that is death.
from the realm of non being we go through birth to being. then we go through life, and die, by going through death to live the afterlife.
so many paths that are laid before us, which do we choose? and many paths of others do we cross in our lives.
think of these premises:
Premise 1: God is Baqa'. Baqa' means 'Eternal', 'Perpetual', 'Kekal'.
Premise 2: God is Ilmun. which means 'Who Knows All', 'Yang Maha Mengetahui'.
Premise 3: God is Qidam. which means 'the beginning'. He is the beginning of all things.
Premise 4: God's creation is fana, which is the opposite of baqa'. it means 'temporary'.
Conclusion:
From Premise 1 and 3, we know that the only One that is eternal is God. therefore, after going through the portal that is death to the 'afterlife', we would not stay there forever. we would 'die' again, just to concur to the mere reason that we are not eternal, that we are temporary. to 'die' again when we are in the afterlife means going through the same portal again. in some religions, the soul is 'reborn' in a new body as a new vehicle for the soul. so is it birth? or is it something else, which we haven't coined a term for yet?
from premise 3, we know that God readily existed. he is the Creator. nothing else precedes Him. But we also know from premise 2 that he readily knows everything, what has, what is and what will. the creation of humans would readily existed. this is of course assumptions on my part, from what littlest speck of understanding and my worship and praises of His Greatness. the zat of God is not to be discussed. the zat of God cannot even be attempted to be understood. what are we humble creatures against the mighty will of God?
therefore, depending on how we look at it, we are immortal. the idea of us is immortal. the difference is that our existence is preceded by God. our existence has a beginning. our immortality is subject to our journeys through and fro the portal. so this is temporariness. the alternating between realms, while the idea of us remains. so how many cycles of birth and death do we go through? maybe one, maybe various, i cannot say, but our existence has an end. God is the beginning and God is the end. He is Awal and He is Akhir.
so this is temporary, after all.
8 Comments:
hmm, now it is too "heavy" to read.
alah...dont be disheartened... do not let this perception of a heavy read deter your visits here. actually i just wanted to postulate that, seen in a certain angle we are immortal!! (i have no responsibility on this) and why? you'll soon see... there's a point that i wanted to make.
hehe, just a bit. of course in a sense we are immortal. conservation of mass if you are looking at it from a scientific point of view. It is just that we are not aware/concious that everythign that we are has been in existence since the beginning of creation.
so this is temporary after all.
[birth]
so this is life after all.
[death]
so this is me, me and me after all.
[afterlife|reborn]
so this is temporary after all.
sigh.
apa kata u letak pic u lepas mandi tu kat profile!
i tak nak glam lebih2 ... nanti paparazzi dtg mengejar ku
ova adren. comment yg terbabas jauh dari jln yg benar
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