15.08.2009 ~ Afterlife
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Picture the scene; a languishing late night conversation, a slew of topics covered, a friendly but challenging rapport established and a multitude of topics covered. Time to hit the hay you might think, but then the topic focuses on death... or more-so on the 'life' after.
All the usuals one might expect are thrown into the mix ... hell, purgatory, resurrection, reincarnation and heaven (in all its variants). Then this remarkable personal belief was shared with us...
Preparing for the afterlife...
Ancient Egyptians spent their entire lives preparing for better things after their demise. Early Christianity went on to emulate this and the concept has been mainstream ever since. The conversation of the night expanded on this idea. Bear with me for a moment and imagine that, in death, our corporeal forms are left behind. What remains we'll call a spirit or soul.
Rather than being spirited (ahem!) to another 'dimension' for an eternity of bliss or torture or whatever, the soul remains in the world we know, in a state the living around it cannot perceive. Souls can move around freely but have no ability to interact or communicate with anyone/thing, the remainder of all time is left merely spectating. A special hell? Perhaps...
Here's where my interest peaked. It was then suggested that, like the ancient Egyptians, modern man has been preparing for this afterlife all their lives... but we just don't recognise the ritual. Our modern 'book of the dead' is the 'TV guide' and our practice for an eternity of non-interactivity are our periods on the couch watching the idiot box...
A horrible thought...
Back from the dead...
Watching TV today, unknowingly preparing for the afterlife, I heard a deep rumbling. It was growing louder and louder and my first instinct was 'helicopter'. I jumped up to take a peek as my brain yelled "That's not a turbine, it's pistons - what aircraft uses pistons anymore!". Reaching the window, eyes skywards I see nothing. But the noise is peaking... and below me. I look down onto a DMC DeLorean!
NICE!
Tags: 09, amusing, time_and_tide, tv, twilight.