The Ticking Time Bomb...

These are just a few quotes of mine that I strongly believe on but then…>read on<

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*A blockbuster movie just focuses on one facet of life and we get really touched by it. But You!! would realize that in a lifetime you have experienced more than a 20 blockbuster movies emotionally, physically and socially. This you will only comprehend when you gauge every part of life, moments of happiness, times of anger and anguish, emotional surges, different phases of life.

Damn!! Our lives are one heck of a blockbuster entertainment for a person/ being that created us, whether HE eats popcorn and soda while watching our extensively fluctuating lives, or Probably just walks out at the interval!!!
As long as it was entertaining!!!*

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*Anything possible/impossible has or will happen to someone, somewhere, so, if its you at the receiving end it shall not bother you. Rather you are a winner, you just paid a great contribution to the creator in balancing out life by sacrificing your own happiness and pleasure. In HIS scheme of things; whether it should have happened to you or not , whether you deserved it or not, Whether you are pious or not, whether you fulfilled your duties or not, whether you prayed ten times a day or not ,whether you ate meat or not, is as unimportant as a chocolate wrapper to you.

I have seen the worst get the best and the best get the worst just to substantiate and justify the term “That’s Life..”*

A few days back a Neurosurgeon while seeing my MRI (Magnetic resonance imaging) said things that I do not want to post here and instructed me to have another MRI with contrast after 20 days. I always thought that mentally and physically I am quite a fit person but the doctors words , body language, and demeanor were so brutal that when I walked out of his office I had a complete psychological collapse I could see people listen to everything but could not comprehend anything, my mind stopped processing information.

What took me 36 years of experiences, education, social interactions to build bit by bit; that is my mind, was crushed just like a china tea cup being smashed on a concrete wall by a few comments of the doctor. Initially i was broken into too many small fragments all at once to be fixed right away and the only remedy I thought right was to remain mute(which is quite difficult for a person like me :wink: ).

At that moment I realized how less of a control I have of my mind and what it really means to believe that we CAN die.
Living in Peshawar I was never bothered by suicide bombings, while a few relatives stayed home all the time I used to boast and say I am not afraid of death, so what! every one has to die. Now I understand sometimes we say things that we really do not believe in.

for example the probability of dieing in a suicide attack in Peshawar is quite high but the markets are still full of people, nevertheless if the angle of death tells you that after exactly 14 days you will be standing in such an such market and will die by a suicide bomber I think those 14 days will be hell for you on earth.
Confirmation of death is much worse to deal with; than death itself.

To cut the long story short I did my second MRI and consulted many other doctors what they said is out of the scope of this thread and secondly its detached to the point I want to make.

1. I really found out how frail life is and how the human mind consciously and subconsciously continuously tries to fool you that you are invincible.

2. We are hard wired to find emotional and social dependance, that’s how we have evolved over million of years. we marry, we have children, our siblings, relatives etc all are there to depend upon in time of happiness or need but to tell you the truth except for parents no one really cares.
We as humans also found out that mere human dependance is not enough we need supernatural assurances and voila! we came up with divine faith. In hard times divine “Faith” gives you faith to fight Godzilla let alone any terminal disease.

3. This point is Pakistan specific: I am amazed that in pakistan people are so frustrated and depressed that they are constantly seeking out other people who are in worse conditions than them. for example If someone comes to know that you are critically ill they will sympathize with you but you would see by their rhetorical questioning that deep down they are getting some sick gratification.

4. The last point that I want to make is that I wrote this thread just for the reason that next time if someone is in a position like me (God forbid) they should not loose control of their mind rather collect them selves believe that death is inevitable every one will die, some early, some late. You should not die mentally while you are living because Every day is a new day given to you today enjoy every second till you kick the bucket.

Every human on this planet has a ticking time bomb in them, which will go off one day or the other, so just relax and enjoy till the time the bomb goes off and wish the bomb should go off without you knowing how many seconds are left.

Wishing you all a good and healthy life.

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Amazing sentiment. Look after yourself and may God watch over you and all of us.

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May allah make everything easy for u and give u shifa

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beautifully written ..

May you find peace …

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Stupid onions. Eyes are burning.

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:slight_smile:

PS: Thanks for reading the whole thing. :slight_smile:

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Hi Pakora :slight_smile:

I hope you remember that we came across various rendezvous on these virtual world forums.

Its always a pleasure reading you.

**Almost A year ago, I came across few shocking experiences; A very chilling one.

Me and my spouse went to meet her new friend ( almost known her for a year ) She had kids ( 3 ) one was almost of same age as mine. We reached her home on weekend morning and her mother took us to drawing room and thought we came to express our sorrow over her daughter’s death. She died a day earlier. We were dumb fold hearing this news. She appeared alright few months back and was busy with her school going kids. Her mother told us that she had breast cancer and despite all out effort she could not recover. She switched off her cell phone a month ago. She knew how much time she has above the ground.

Few weeks later we came across another shocking news of a death of a young women in shower on Friday. She too was mother of young kds and she was perfectly healthy as per knowledge of her parents, siblings, in-laws. She never had any known illness whatsoever. She had a perfectly normal, healthy Married life. No one could find any reason of this abrupt end.

I came across this paradox. Which end is better after all ?

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Your post makes it abundantly clear that we don’t “focus” enough on our lives. We don’t really “see” all the stuff that we live through until we are forced to.Perhaps that is our failing…

Live well. May Allah protect you.

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Dear code red,
I do remember you, and all our rendezvous :slight_smile: well to tell you the truth sudden death, a cardiac arrest is far better than knowing how much time you are left with before departing. A person needs nerves of steel or should be psychologically very strong to cater for ones own death; it’s easier said than done! My dear friend. From my own experience “code_red” you will never feel the suffering unless either you, your spouse, or your kids, witness it . (God forbid) :slight_smile: sad but true!

Dear Muzna
Hope you are doing well, well at least GS is doing quite well :). Well said muzna, do you know that small things like my father reading me a column of his article being published in Dawn, my mom and me sharing a joke, me having breakfast with my parents in the morning or taking them out for a coffee in the evening has become the biggest joy of my life, things that I had totally taken for granted with my cocky attitude have come back to haunt me. I now have learnt how Grand life is and how small we are, respect and cherish every moment …..:slight_smile:

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wow! Beautifully written! :slight_smile: Thank you for sharing this! This reminded me of this little something I read by Rumi just the other day..

“Oh soul,
you worry too much.
You have seen your own strength.
You have seen your own beauty.
You have seen your golden wings.
Of anything less,
why do you worry?
You are in truth
the soul, of the soul, of the soul.”

Don’t worry. Be Happy! Hakunaaa Mataataaata! :slight_smile:

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Dear falooda its eloquent and beautiful, well Rumi also said " I have seen the Light enter me, through my wounds"

btw dear : Falooda, Rumi , april 27.2013, and 3 posts really do not mix :wink:

I think this thread has come to its bitter end but not me, I am alive and going to be here with all my idiosyncrasies just to party. take care all and thanks for helping my come out of this torturous abyss.

PS1: some times the virtual world is better than the real one.

PS2:I always wanted to do it, so here i am some time ago , my new Avatar, :slight_smile:

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Yet another reminder for the rest of us:
(Infographic) The Top 10 Regrets In Life By Those About To Die]((Infographic) The Top 10 Regrets In Life By Those About To Die - Addicted 2 Success)

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^^ Its quite funny I do not have even one out of those 10… so I am a winner !! :slight_smile:

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By the way THE END><

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Pakora did you not know that every one has to die ? probably TRILLION of humans died before you, but only now you got woken up?
any ways, death will come. be strong and face it, enjoy while you can, do things so people will remember you .. with good.

Good luck.

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My dear jhoom (or what ever your name is)

I know this quite well ! If you would have bothered to read my complete post , you would have known, I do not want to sound rude
Please tell me honestly would you be able to give the same advice to your KIDS? or your Parents? or your siblings? if not than you should not have posted it here…thats what humanity is…

PS: The point was that every body has to die some earlier and some late , you (Jhoom) will die and it could happen before me …but just knowing when to die is bad.

Take care…

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Please lets call it quits…

I have nothing more to share.

Take care all of you..

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Closed on OP’s request

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closed on OP’s request

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​well i guess it’s double closed :smack: