Thought About Life (Part 2)

The article that I read the day before yesterday makes me think, why we cling to life. Even though, with our limbs cut off.

We are taught to advocate life. Persons with compassionate heart would not assist their suicidal friends in their attempts. We would not advocate euthanasia without a reason. That is, A REASON.

Suicide has been a confrontational matter since the dawn of time. There are many different views on it. Greco Roman philosophers had relaxed attitude towards suicide but they did not approve it unless there was a reason. Abrahamic religions view suicide as an offense towards God and is a sin. It is outlawed in some countries. The word suicide did not occur in English dictionary until 1651, because the act itself was seen as disgusting. They used phrases such as self-killing, self-slaughter or self-murder in place of suicide.

We are obsessed with life. Being immortals is our universal dream. Every culture and religion has the realm of life after death. We created it to avoid the thought of death. It is our utopian dream too. The inventions in technology seem like to prolong our span of lives. Some people convince themselves that they are just sleeping. Even though they know they are dead. Often times, we can see this kind of epitaphs, "Here lies (fill the name), he or she is not dead but SLEEPS."

I would like to have this sentence chiseled in my epitaph when I die.

I am DEAD. Period.

Part 3