Maybe because it is going to be All Saints' Day and All Souls' Day that is why I think about the people who have already died. I did had a couple of articles in the past about deaths but lately I was thinking a lot of stuffs. Questions that I have long been wondering on my mind.
Have you also wondered where their souls or our souls would go after a person died? We all know that the criteria straight to heaven is we have done a lot of good things and at the same time we have also spread the word of God. If we have done a lot of bad things all the days of our lives then we know for sure that where we would go and that is surely not up but rather down. As a kid, we were all taught about heaven and hell and I only found out about purgatory when we grew up. However, have you also wondered what those 3 looks like?
One of my favorite movies of Robin Williams was What Dreams May Come. I have watched it during one of our religion classes back in college. I forgot the name of our subject, I might check my flow chart when I would have a general cleaning next time, but it was really a good movie.
Spoiler alert: when Robin Williams character died, he went up to heaven. I think he has also been reunited with his dog if I am not mistaken. When he learned about the death of his wife, he looked for her only to find out that all those who committed suicide goes to hell. He went to hell in the hopes of saving her.
Have you also watched that movie? What did you realized after watching it? I know we did a reaction paper about it but I cannot remember what I have written before. After I have watched it, I remembered one of my high school friend who was 2 years older than me who have committed suicide. *May her soul rest in peace*. I do not know if I have already talked about it before but her death was all planned. She had a suicide note and letters to all of her friends, she had also planned how she wanted her funeral would be and even the color of the shirts that the guests would be wearing when she was going to be buried.
The movie made me think of a lot of things that until now I do not have the answers for it. How do you picture heaven, hell and purgatory? I do not know if you have heard of it but they say that St. Peter with a rooster will be at the heaven's gate checking on the list whether you are to enter the kingdom of God. Have you heard of that? Do you think that St. Peter would really be at the heaven's gate to welcome us?
After I have seen the movie, What Dreams May Come, I also picture heaven as how the character of Robin Williams have pictured it. The hell that I have pictured on my mind since I was a kid was nothing compared to the hell in the movie. I have always pictured hell as a hot place. I even said to my parents and our helper the reason why I wanted to be cremated was to already feel the scorching heat of the fire so I can prepare myself if I were to go down there. So when I found out about purgatory, I was even more curious. If heaven is like a paradise and hell is the opposite, what would it be if it was purgatory? Also I thought about what would our life be after death? Would we remember each other if we are to meet in heaven (even if we have only met virtually)? Would we be able to be reunited with our loved ones when we are already up there? Or would they be worried if we did not end up in heaven? Or will they still remember us and the bad things that we have done to them?
Do you also wonder about those things? I sometimes think about it especially when someone I know have passed away. There was a time that I went to a wake and the sentence that have stuck on my mind from the eulogy of the wife for her late husband was "no goodbyes because I know we will still see each other again". Just like from the song of Wiz Khalifa, See You Again, when Paul Walker died. But even before I heard that song, I have already on my mind the said eulogy.
I really have no idea what our life would be after death but I do hope that we could end up in heaven and we would live peacefully and happily with our families including our pets and friends.
P.S. I just used a photo of a flower from our garden taken month/s ago. A flower offered to all our departed loved ones.
Sabi nila sa langit daw Hindi na tayo magkakamag anak dun. Mga angel nalang Tayo na walang pangalan. Like dito diba we used our surename para manidentify na kamag anak mo sis ganito si ganyan sa langit Wala Ng ganun. Sa langit daw puro saya nlang,at kasama si God kaya malamang kung mamatay Tayo siguro Hindi muna Kilala kung sino kamaganak mo,kahit siguro Yung mga kamaganak mo na pumanaw Ngayon na na dun once na Nakita ka nila Hindi ka na nila makilala Kasi Isang pamilya na tayo sa langit. Pero may isa akong palabas na napanood Wich is Coco doon nagrereunite Ang mga magkakamaganak sa langit at kailangan kapag namatay sila may picture ka nila at yun Ang aalayan mo Kasi once na Walang nakakalala sa kanila na buhay mawawala nalang silang parang abo.