...-=The Buddhist In Me=-...

I have come into terms that death isn't really the end but the beginning of a new chapter - of a happier stage of a soul.

My best friend's Dad passed away last night and she is distraught... the fact that she hasn't seen him for almost 15 years and have only spoken to him just recently (last month) after not talking to him for more than 10 years. Well, not really her fault but she's a victim of a messy divorce and ended up with her mother (who is a nut case!). I really don't know how to tell her that she should be happy that her Father's now in a happier place where there is no suffering and sadness.... yes, this is the Buddhist in me speaking although I am Catholic who was brought up to believe that there is "heaven" and "hell". I beg to differ though.... I believe that we live in a place where there is deep suffering, injustice, selfishness and a whole lot more pain. I have come to realise that once you have "crossed over" this phase that we call "life", then there will be no more of the suffering, sadness, loneliness and pain that we feel while living this life. We then (I assume) move on to a happier place called "Nirvana" {nirvana, enlightenment (Hinduism and Buddhism) the beatitude that transcends the cycle of reincarnation; characterized by the extinction of desire and suffering and individual consciousness}. It's not easy for some of us to come to terms with death... I mean, if one of my dear parents do "pass over", I'll be deeply saddened. It will be a great loss I know and I will be so very sad... and I will cry... but the thought that they will be in a place where they will no longer feel hurt and pain and will no longer suffer will give me peace of mind. I would want to keep them with me for as long as I can though cos I love them so very much. But.... yes, death really isnt a loss but just another stage where our soul moves to a happier and peaceful place....

I have accepted the fact that death really isnt death but another way of being re-born.

I've said my piece... but I'm praying for my dear best friend for her to have more strength... and for her father that he'll have a happy journey in his new sould adventure.