Brief reflection of life and death

Can a deep reflection of death help us to understand life?

- BY THE HARMONY PAGE TEAM

LIFE. Death. Peace. Conflict. Ego. Letting go. Regaining. Freedom. Liberation.

These are words we often read within news bulletins in varied contexts. But some of these we also associate within other backdrops — such as in teachings of spirituality.

For example when we go to a meditation retreat or a religion based discourse we may find that we are taught to let go of the ego. In almost all currently existing organised religions the ego is seen as a deterrent to the elevation of the core essence within the human encasement — the core energy also termed as the spirit or soul. It is this core that needs to be set free at the end of each human tour on this earth.

Human belittles another human because of the ego and nation battles others for the same reason. Modern statesmanship is often engulfed in the narcistic, that does not want to lead by promoting sharing, whether it is land, resources or rights. Our education system trains us in this obsessive competitive disorder.

Let us now re-examine.

Life. Death. Peace. Conflict. Ego. Letting go. Regaining. Freedom. Liberation.

Is there a common link that one can thread these words to understand life better? Can a deep reflection of death help us to understand life?

We now below quote Christiane Klimsch who heads a hospice in Jena, Germany that help aged or terminally ill people to die in peace. Let us reflect awhile on what she shared with this page.

"My experience at the hospice is that people who have unresolved conflicts die very badly. I have learned from this to be aware of all conflicts and to look for solutions. Not only to be able to die well, but above all to be able to live well.