Bishal Nepal
Cambridge, MA, USA
bishalnepal@gmail.com
Rhetoric of Death
Why should we die? Should we die because our biological body is not
made strong enough to live longer? Is that because our organs start
failing as we age? Can we stop this aging process such that our organs
do not fail? Let's try stem-cell technology, and grow our body parts in
a biological laboratory, and let's replace with those cloned body parts
when our original body parts fail. Is this a solution? What if our mind
dies? Can we change our mind by organ transplant? But, mind may not be
cloned. Cloned mind may not transfer our soul? It may, but do we have
evidence? No. What about cleansing our mind through meditation and
replacing other body parts through cloning? Can we live longer this
way? What an idea!
Why does death frighten us? Is that because we all are very greedy that
we want to live more, want to see children and grandchildren, or may be
we want to get married, or enjoy vacation long enough, or get drunk, or
smoke weed? Do you really think that the world will benefit if we live
longer? Is death stoppable? Has death changed this world? But, may be
death will change the world, and may be death will bring more knowledge
into this world. Will it really? Seems like a crazy idea, but how? If
everybody lives forever, innovation will stop. After our death, new
babies will be born. Death initiates birth, and birth guarantees death.
New breeds and new generations bring big ideas. Death actually brings
innovation to this world through newly born minds by eradicating old
minds. Does it mean that old people are burden to this world, and they
might be bringing danger into this world by turning this world into
stone-age by their outdated ideas?
Does death bring peace and progress? May be it does. The world will not
change for good if we do not die. This may not be good for we human
beings, but may be good for the world and good for the Mother Nature.
What about wars—are they any good? Do wars and massive deaths in war
bring any peace and progress in the world? May be wars are good for the
world and may be the world cannot move forward without wars. History
shows that the world never turned backwards after wars. People innovate
to invite death through wars: people innovate to perform better and to
kill more in a war. Are wars causing destruction and remorse after
destruction? Yes, they are. But, again it seems like this world is
gaining from wars. Does it mean that this world is telling us that we
need to embrace death for the well-being of the world? May be it does.
May be we need to die because we may incarnate. Is it true that human
beings re-incarnate? Is death inevitable because nature intends that
old people be reborn through re-incarnation? We may be born again as a
baby. We may get to see a new father and a new mother. This process of
death and of rebirth may be a life cycle. Then, death is really a cool
thing to get. We can live many lives; we can be kids again; we can be
youngsters again. I really want to be young again in next 100 years
when everybody can own supercomputer and everybody can own a
space-craft to travel in space for evening walk. Are we dying soon to
prepare for another reincarnation? This sounds like death is a
purposeful recycle of our lives.
Can we see if we can cheat to death? Can we accidentally live thousand
years if we cheat to death? May be this is something that the nature
never intended. All our ancestors died. Death seems like a continuous
and an unstoppable process. Can we bypass death by the use of
technology—stem-cell, and cloning techniques? This seems difficult. Is
it rather easier to believe that God may have intended a re-incarnation
of all human beings? May be it is easier to believe. Who is benefited
by death—God, this world, or human race? May be all are benefiting.
Wow! I find it hard to believe that death is an ultimate truth.
<Bishal Nepal>
