Life shutting down

Is something difficult to watch

Someone you know and love just collapsing, shutting down in front of your eyes

Life tends to retreat from the extremities so loss of mobility comes quite quickly

Sharpness of brain and mind can last to the end, sometimes not

So many variations, however in most cases the end is clear

And this end we think of is in a very real sense merely a transition

The beginning of another chapter in our journey

Life here is not the end just one of many we will experience over millions of years

So our sadness for those leaving is often very misplaced because where they are going can be much more fulfilling than their present life

Every life has a natural length assigned by nature

When this has run it's course the systems shut down

Life as we know it finishes

And this is as it should be

The idea of indefinite life is in many respects much worse than starting again a new life with new mind and body

Do you want to live forever with the same problems and issues you have today?

To leave Planet Earth for a while and come back refreshed in a new body with a new mind has to be more interesting

So while you might not have embraced karma and reincarnation as the way things work yet, probably time you informed yourself because this is your future

A future you create by your thoughts and actions in this life now.

Life shutting down is also an important part of our own growing

To observe the departure of a loved one is not easy however it is natural and normal

In nature everything has a beginning, middle and end

Including us.