The Beginning

DEATH - usually defined as the end of life , but is it really? Or is it just the end of this life and the beginning of another, isn't it just the other side of life. I have always wondered what is it about death that fascinates me so much. Why is it that we are so afraid of death? Is it because what lies afterwards is unknown or because in spite of how fulfilling our life was its always not enough. The sole truth about life is Death, the only thing that is inevitable is death. And that is where the quest for understanding Death begins, the meaning of death, what it holds and what lies on this side of life .

and thats where the name of my blog comes from. Shinigami is the Death God in japenese culture, similar to the Yamraj for us Hindus. Why Japense ? Maybe it is because of my liking towards the japenese culture - their wicked movies, mangas, culture. Something about the Asian culture always impresses me.
I was just reading an article the other day, where they were taking about a suicide website in Korea. The site is said to demonstrate methods of committing suicide and contains advertisements for "partners in suicide" and this particular website as per the media has received well over 50k hits. Sorry for digressing, but such instances always catch my attention and gets me thinking on how easy it is for someone to take his life thinking that he would be happier in death.

Anyways I have started on my quest to find out what lies on the other side, it not about spirituality but i just want to understand death and read about what great thinkers , philosophers, saints have to say about it. Maybe i could arrive at some conclusion.