As I walked past my indoor hibiscus plant this morning, I noticed an unopened bud had fallen to the floor. Its the second one from top in the picture above. Then upon closer examination, I noticed a much smaller bud in its shriveled form had fallen and landed in the soil. The two on the bottom, had bloomed into full flowers as seen in picture 1 and had then fallen from the branch.
So many phases for one flower type. While one bud may be destined to only survive infancy, another may bloom into a full flower for a day or two before it shrivels and falls. While we find it easy to accept this destiny pattern for flowers, we have a difficult time accepting this destined pattern in humans. Its considered sad and unfair when a young human dies and likewise, fair and fulfilling when one has died at a full old age of 90 or more.
All life forms have their own pre-planned story, some seem to end in infancy, some after many human transformations into what we call old age. Time is a human creation, as is age. We have created years and count these to amount to how old we are getting. Without the concept of time, each human is simply transforming from one form to the next at their own pace and in their own way, each with their own destined plan from birth to death. Death too is a transition from one dimensional form to the next.
So in examining death without the concept of time, there is no sadness when one dies early or late, its simple their time to transition. Yes, our ego-attachment (every human feels these, hence we are human) to loved ones makes it difficult to let go of their physical form when they die, rather transition into another dimension in their spiritual journey. Perhaps, it makes it more bearable if we tell ourselves, we will meet again in another place another dimension, as we have met before.
Thoughts?