While watching an episode of Family Guy, Stewie, my favorite baby in the whole world, brought me to a realization about life. The Light at the End of the Tunnel.
At the beginning of life, or birth, we are exiting the womb and going toward the light of earth. At the transformation of life, or death, we are exiting the earth and going toward the light of the universe. But what about the time between those two events?
If life is a journey, then we are traveling through tunnels created only by our perceptions of the mind. We internally determine what the path is and the direction; whether towards the light (forgiveness) or away from it (bitterness). The irony of the beginning and transforming of life is that we have no recollection of the events while on earth. One reason being that as babies we simply don’t have the synaptic mass created in our brains during birth, thus no cognitive capability to memorize the event. The other is when we experience death, we are leaving the physical world; thus brain functioning behind. However, the interesting part is that while on earth, we are practicing the same activity that we experience in the beginning and the end. And we are doing this without knowing it.
I wonder if earthly life is designed for the purpose of teaching us to be prepared for the transition into the afterlife (and whatever occurs there). If we are able to let go of earthly trauma and understand that the light at the end of the tunnel is forgiveness and perhaps forgetfulness, then at the time of death, we will be able to transition easily into the spirit world from the physical world. Spiritual Evolution.
Hmm...
Who’d knew that a little cartoon character could shed light (no pun intended) on a major concept about life…
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Until next time.
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