Another Miracle!

What is death? A seemingly simple question turns out to be exceedingly difficult to answer. When life stops, death begins. One doesn’t have to look too far to discover the inadequacy of such a simplistic answer when applied to the variety of different situations that affect the human species. Technology has only compounded the problem. Just the question of when exactly life begins stymies government, religion, and science. And if it’s that difficult to determine when life begins, how much more ambiguous is the question of when life ends. The cessation of vital signs would be the rule of thumb in Western societies, but with technological advancement (I am intentionally refraining from using the word ‘progress’) the black and white runs together into a grey hue that denies each its purity. The linear mindset develops a polarity with birth at one end and death at the other, but as we grow in our understanding of the dynamic nature of reality such thinking eventually fails. I am sure that there are those who would argue against my contention in yesterday’s post that life is a miracle, and I would expect the same argument to be used against thinking of death as a miracle. I will, however, stand by this as my answer for the present: death is a miracle!