Death & Orgasm
I think death must be the ultimate orgasmic experience.
Just as leaving the womb must be considered the high point of our time in that enclosure, exiting this world must have all the intensity and delight of sexual climax or of enjoying a fabulous meal.
Of course, death is a frightening spectacle to those remaining behind. A body in the throes of death can be both horrifying and comical to the observer, but so is birth throughout the animal kingdom. A chicken struggling to escape the egg or a butterfly emerging from its cocoon are all pictures to comfort us as we draw closer to our own leave-taking: exhausting, yes, but not necessarily painful to the exiting soul and spirit.
And oh, the glory we behold when we first enter this present world. Even as newborn infants this present world must seem as different and engaging in comparison to life in the womb (those nine, long tedious months) as we will find the next world in comparison to this.
Just as leaving the womb must be considered the high point of our time in that enclosure, exiting this world must have all the intensity and delight of sexual climax or of enjoying a fabulous meal.
Of course, death is a frightening spectacle to those remaining behind. A body in the throes of death can be both horrifying and comical to the observer, but so is birth throughout the animal kingdom. A chicken struggling to escape the egg or a butterfly emerging from its cocoon are all pictures to comfort us as we draw closer to our own leave-taking: exhausting, yes, but not necessarily painful to the exiting soul and spirit.
And oh, the glory we behold when we first enter this present world. Even as newborn infants this present world must seem as different and engaging in comparison to life in the womb (those nine, long tedious months) as we will find the next world in comparison to this.
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