"Where Does Life Begin and End...Energy and Matter In Life and Death?"
My response to Doug,
I am so sorry to hear about your dad. Cancer is a horrible way to go. The deterioration process is agonizing. Breathing problems are truly hideous. Not being able to catch your breath robs you of all energy. I just plain sucks.
Watching someone suffer that you love is a difficult experience. I did with my mom for three years and dad for four. Sometimes, it is so hard to make a life giving decision in the emergency ward when withholding even a minimal amount of care would end their suffering.
I too believe that life and the soul, is eternal (regardless of what religion or spiritual practice a person may or may not embrace.) Energy can be converted, transformed, but never destroyed, and I believe this is just as true in the spiritual world as it is in physics. I agree after having been a pioneer in energetic medicine for 25 years in the alternative medicine field. No one could explain where atoms and electrons ended and energy waves began.
I will also choose to focus on what I loved about my Dad and Mom.
I appreciate your dad's service in WWII. Both my mom and dad were in the Air Force...my mom a nurse and my dad a bombardier in a B-26. He actually survived the crash of his plane coming back from a mission over Germany. French farmers found him 500 yards away from the plane in some bushes with a horribly broken leg and hip. It took 1 year to heal. It was a miracle he survived.
That is awesome your dad was such a great musician. My dad was a master or growing orchids. He and my mom both loved plants. They had the true green thumbs. Unfortunately, my thumb is black because with all the stress and time constraints, I failed to water their beloved plants...they all died.
You thoughts about birth are very profound. I can just imagine what I was thinking when I was expelled out of the womb back in 1949 three months premature. It is a miracle I survived the chicken incubators they housed me in for many months.
Your thoughts on death are also very comforting. Thousands of people on the internet were praying for my dad and family. Even the hospice nurses said they had never seen someone so at peace survive for 7 days without food or water.
Thank you for sharing your wisdom and condolences. I appreciate them greatly. What you had to say makes me feel much better.
take care,
ralph