exploited, yet nurtured

The phenomena that is death is beautiful, that life terminates in order to cater for more life, a selfless, no-alternative reality is beautiful. The act of decay or dying can be seen as painful or in some cases unjust, however nature simply is nature, it is unconscious and its consequences/ end results are careless. Pain is a natural process, and when considered within mortality, it is an end result of beautiful and loving inputs. We feel pain because we are allowed to and allow ourselves to. This pain stems for perceptions of past memories of love, happiness and life. Pain, like death is therefore reliant on memories. As painful and frightening as the two notions seem, in their essence embody sole beauty. The savagery of death in nature is painful and we consciously question and compare it to relative morality. Predators hunting down prey in the wild do so through natural instinct, carrying out natural processes. The savagery or injustice that comes with it is irrelevant, as the means justify the end, a crucial moment for natural cycles. Such actions are carried out naturally and almost unconsciously. The savagery of death through tragedy, manslaughter or murder 26

is however unnatural, despite the natural qualities that death induces. Such actions are carried out consciously, and depart natural actions with life, making it an immoral, unjust act. It is precisely this unnatural connotation that calls for moral judgement. That said, such processes preceding these unnatural actions are indeed natural, and depart from circumstance and intent, subjective to a particular person, in turn departing from the purity of nature. Death is the great equalizer. This strengthens the beauty of death. Its relevance to time and naturally occurring processes through life cycles ensure a healthy, rejuvenation of life. A sustainable, selfless act. Due to our chemical makeup and consciousness, death frightens many and hence detracts from our perception of its necessity and beauty. We can only speculate on what happens after, and find comfort in giving meaning and reason to life after life, as a way of ensuring that memories live on and life indeed has a individual purpose beyond that of natural cycles. This is not the case, and is somewhat unknowingly selfish to wish and speculate that ones life and part experience lives on and keeps on accumulating infinitely. It is an impossibility. Life happens through nature, and consciousness through life cycles die and evolve through nature. Unlike individual human life, nature is infinite.