When it is better to be dead than alive

It is really an irony coming from survivors from a disaster like the tsunami in Japan. But, if we look at their perspective and options after the tsunami swept away all their belongs and immediately family members, perhaps, we can understand their feeling and why they choose dead over living. The Creator have chosen to save them but they feel that may not be the best for them.

In this materialistic world, we need money and love to survive. If we do not have both of these resources, it will be difficult to live Some people lead very simple lives and in a very narrow and small world. If that small world collapse, they do not know how to survive and it would be better to be dead than alive. Some people cannot survive on charity and humiliations. Their pride to live on their own and be useful is so strong that without it , it is better to be dead.

Just imagine when the disaster took away all your family members and you are left alone, the whole world will collapse. The feeling of love and being loved is gone and their memory of them will haunt us for the rest of our life. The continuous torture of the loving memory is so painful and hurtful that it is better to be dead. As I have said before that there is a saying , " only dead people can die straight but the living cannot stand straight ". 

In the recent tsunami, there was report that several ships and trains just disappeared among the waters. We cannot imagine that people in the train or ships which have been suck into the deep water and die by drowning or on impact. Everything is gone is a second and among many others.  No memory and just like switching off the electric main. Vanish in seconds while the lucky or unlucky ones have to struggle and survive to find out that they have lost everything. Many people fell into that category where they do not keep any money or have any other means of survival.

It will also be even worst if the nuclear radiation affects you and this will threaten your life and the thoughts of living in poor health or sickness, it is really frustrating and desperate.  What is the use of living as a sick person or in a coma or poor health? It might be better to be gone rather to be a burden on your surviving family members or living in welfare.

It is never easy to understand the wish of those lucky or unlucky ones unless we go into their world. Looking in from outside is never accurate or judging a person from a different perspective. But , as a piece of advise, we should meditate on this issue and we will get the wisdom from understanding the issue. Nothing is permanent and everything is evolving and changing. Lucky or unlucky pends on your perspective in life.

Namaste.