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    Death

    September 7, 20235 Comments
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    By Tommy Acosta

    Sedona, AZ —My mother died two years ago today. We all knew her as Mamasita, and she loved Sedona so.

    We have all experienced the death of a loved one, and always, the question arises, why?

    It’s so final. One minute they are here, and the next they are gone.

    What is the meaning of this life anyway if it inevitably ends in death?

    Maybe things have to die for new things to be born. Otherwise, the world would choke with no room for the new if the old don’t go.

    Death eats life like we do food. Sometimes it gorges, like in Ukraine and some African nations. Other times it gets meager fare. Nonetheless, sooner or later, it takes what it wants.

    So, the question arises, is there something waiting for us when we die?

    Who or what? Is it our loved ones gone before? Is it our enemies waiting to torture us once again? Is it God and a host of angels?

    We just don’t know.

    Sure, there are many who talk after being ruled clinically dead who come back to tell us of beautiful sights and pearly gates and all that. But could that be attributed to just oxygen deprivation?

    And when we die, do we take our fears and sorrows with us to forever be tormented by our failures and pain?

    And for those who led happy lives, do they forever enjoy the fruits they planted of goodness and love?

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    Or is there simply nothing? Just a void of darkness void of anything at all? Like when we are under anesthesia. Blank.

    But one thing is for sure; in the physical plane, death is the final frontier.

    Once they are gone, they are gone. Once we go, we never return. Unless you are Christ.

    So, when those we love pass, it’s the memory of them that sustains us. We think of them, and sometimes we smile. Other times we cry. The fact remains, though, that they are gone, and that is that.

    The faithful have this belief in a Heaven or Hell that awaits us all. If they pray enough, Heaven is there as a reward. If not, then eternal Hell and suffering is their just punishment. According to scripture.

    Does anyone die completely as long as there is someone still alive to remember them?

    I think the biggest question of all is if there is anything at all left of one after they die? Is there a record of that person’s existence written somewhere in the universe

    Then there is the belief in reincarnation. Do we come back oblivious to the life we once left as the person that we once were?

    Do we re-learn lessons on our path to cosmic enlightenment in the new body we jumped into

    If we led a life of evil, hurting others, do we suffer payment for that in our reincarnated body?

    Vice versa, if we led a kind and good life during our prior reincarnation, are we rewarded with a blessed new one?

    Just thinking today of my mother. Forgive the melancholy. It’s also quite uncanny, quite a coincidence that she dies on her own mother’s birthday, September 7. Did her mom, my grandma, know her daughter was departing and was waiting to bring my mother to her new heavenly home? That’s a nice thought.

    All these questions and so few answers, answers that come only in death.

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    5 Comments

    1. SSuzanne on September 9, 2023 7:57 pm

      Thanks, Tommy~ A beautiful image you have chosen to Celebrate Your Mother’s Life & Transition.

    2. Franklin Thomas Craig on September 11, 2023 12:26 pm

      SSuzanne, sounds like you may not be a believer in Christ? Have you heard the Pledge of Allegiance to the Lamb by Ray Boltz. Please listen to it then just in truth ask Jesus to forgive your sins. Then find a good Christian to help you learn more but watch out for false teachers just don’t trust anyone

      • JB on September 11, 2023 3:53 pm

        You DON’T sound very Christian here yourself pointing fingers and ASSuming your fellow human is less than you. Being religious definitely does not by any stretch of the imagination make one a good person. I’d list all of the atrocities, suffering and senseless wars we have had in the name of religion but there isn’t enough time nor space for me to do so.
        If you have religion good for you! You likely need to feel a part of a community of like blinded people where fancy cars, fancy clothes, fancy careered people’s gather in their fancy mega church, temple, mosque or whatever so you can in your mind feel cleansed of your wrong doing and sins via a few muttered words and a couple bucks in the donation plate.
        I don’t think the author was making reference to any form of organized religion but more so about self and spiritual awareness when it comes to moments between life and death. Not a judgmental slam on someone because you believe they should believe as you do or are beneath you. Religion is after all just a belief system.

      • SSuzanne on September 18, 2023 1:38 pm

        Assume = an “ass u me” … Actually, Franklin I am a student of Christology!! I agree – Very Important to use Discernment in all of life in this matrix world … That is all I have to say today!!

    3. Dale on September 11, 2023 5:08 pm

      For you, Tommy, and anyone else who have lost someone they loved and are sorrowful in their loss, let me suggest that you go to YouTube and watch the movie, “Heaven is for Real”. After watching that true story, you might feel more at ease with your loss.

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