2007-09-12 08:22:14 · 6 answers · asked by alien 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
The biological answer is, it's the price of living on a planet with free oxygen and liquid water. Other chemical life-systems may not be permanent, but they could operate for far longer.
The Buddhist answer is, so that you can come back in a fresh, young body. You want to build your enlightenment in this lifetime so you come back enlightened and really enjoy life and just answer other people's painful questions.
2007-09-12 11:43:30 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
While it is true that you will mourn for lost people in your life, you could also try celebrating their life as part of the process of letting them go. When my Mother died, we played her favourite songs and read a poem that we had discovered that we thought she would appreciate.
After the funeral, at the wake, we all told stories about her and how she was, with us and others. It made the day a day of joy for the whole family. This was not out of disrespect but because we realised how wonderful she was with so many people around her and how loved she was.
Try to keep in mind that death is the final action in life but also try to remember that nobody has truly gone until the last person who remembers them dies. Until that point, the person lives on in the hearts of those who loved them.
Life is, after all, just a passing phase that we are going through.
Depending on your beliefs, either the person has gone to a place where you will be united with them later when you die or they will be reincarnated and you may get to meet their new form in this lifetime.
If you are atheist then they have finished their time of suffering and returned to the earth from which they came.
2007-09-12 09:24:36 · answer #2 · answered by John R 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If we were immortal (as in this mortal coil) then we would not advance very quickly. We have to move on and having a time limit pushes us to strive to greater things. To better things. Hopefully to make the world better then the one we entered. Of course death of loved ones disturbs us. I recall thinking life without my mom or dad was horrible. Now, they are past and my children are young adults. I know they will miss me when my time comes, but I know that the best parts of me remain with them.
Even when they pass, their memory will exist as long as you live, and if you pass on what you know, they can live on in your children, and their children.
Just be sure and tell them you love them. And give them a hug.
2007-09-12 09:10:33 · answer #3 · answered by Songbyrd JPA ✡ 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yes its true that life is like a flower that blooms and then is dried up and dead. I think sometimes, though it can make you live a better life and inspire you to live it to the fullest when you know it will be over at some point we know not when
2007-09-12 08:30:14 · answer #4 · answered by barthebear 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
we all have to grow.And as we grow we mature emotionally and physically.When we are old we become more and more dependent on others.Old people depend so much on others to go about their daily ablutions.We cannot stick to one stage of life.I definitely wouldn't want to grow old and never die.Not only am i inconveniencing others but i will be helpless and won't have much memory of my surroundings.Would you like to live that??
We have to move along and make way for others.Nature has ts way of making way and that is death!
2007-09-12 09:56:11 · answer #5 · answered by ella j 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Because that is the nature of things. There is only this and that.
2007-09-12 09:10:53 · answer #6 · answered by gryphon1911 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋