The universe began with the birth of these twin sisters; Life and Death. Life was bubbling with energy and action, loud, vibrant, and outgoing, while Death was more of an introvert, silent, peaceful and wise. They chose their own ways in the universe. Death chose to stay at the place of their origin, while the more adventurous Life chose to explore the unknown.
If the universe was to be described as a circle, Death chose to stay at the center of it, while Life chose to travel along the radius, describing its whole circumference. Life; like light, ventured into the dark unknown universe, illuminating every part of it, along her way. On this journey, she left behind everything, yes, everything including Death, and like an empty vessel; silent when she began her journey, made a sound as she gathered her first bit of experience. As more and more bits kept pouring into this empty vessel more sound was heard, and more of the path was illuminated. She, like a thirsty explorer, went all around to see the world from all angles, all different perspectives and views. While Death passively stood at the origin.
All this time Life had been calling out to her, come along, it’s so much fun! But Death never left her stance. She stood still unmoved by almost anything. Life on the other hand was movement incarnate. At times Life would fall and get hurt, but would get up to continue. She had an unfailing zest and courage. And her creative instinct helped her create things out of nothingness to heal herself. Whenever she was hungry or thirsty, she would create food and water to satisfy herself. But Death knew it wasn’t in her innate nature to journey around or create things and stood unmoved by any beckoning of her twin.
When Life had journeyed quite a lot, full to the brim with experience, she grew more and more silent. She discovered that she had reached the point where she started, and at all the points along her path she had been looking and waiting for her sister to join her. Though the journey was fun, and explorations had their own joys, the immobility of Death and her ability to resist the temptations of all this adventure was even more intriguing than the journey itself. Tired by the journey, Life headed inwards into the circle of the universe, towards her origin, to meet her sister.
Death greeted her in a ‘welcome back home’ manner. The two sisters hugged each other, and the tired Life, slept peacefully after a long time in her sister’s lap. In that deep sleep she recognized Death to be all knowing, resilient and strong. She had the strength to hold the weight of the entirety of experience that Life had brought with herself. Life and Death once again came together at the point of their origin.
The circle disappeared, the origin stayed. Waiting for life to wake up….and take up another journey!
Author: Jyoti Prateek
