! The Afterlife Of Death

Why should mankind not face the thought of afterlife? For half the world or so, there is no great concern: in time you just come round again to improve upon your last performance –like an athlete, daily training round the track which if it’s so, then, perhaps, how sad that we are not aware just how we’ve done this time, compared with how we did last time - it might be quite a spur! of course, if heaven’s way beyond all boundaries of time and space we can surrender with relief our picture of our tone-deaf self learning to play the.. harp..? or engaging in those activities (outside time and space?) which Islam seems to promise… but if the whole Creation, as it’s said, is all one single act of love, then let’s imagine death, or afterlife a part of that same divine love: for if, as every religion expresses in its way, our god is love – then how can death not be a part of that same love? so (as those who have nearly died, aver) there stand to welcome us, all the family and friends that we have ever known and loved; but with this difference: that seen with all the vision of that total love we understand all our, and their, apparent differences and see this from that heart of total love.. and if it’s so, that once again we have to re-enter earth’s burning atmosphere born into another life that we’ve now earned, our first cry and tear and heavenly smile may tell all And if perhaps this seems all fantasy – then, perhaps, if all is love, love’s sleep, love’s dream, and love’s awakening – and also, this, my fantasy of love in death, may all be samely, simply, love.