"...and I am much more terrible than you, my sister."
Just a quote that keeps popping into my head from my favorite comic book series, The Sandman by Neil Gaiman!
Dream was accompanying Death on her rounds, and they'd stopped to talk by a fountain, reflecting on how humans reacted to them. The following isn't exact, but close to it.
Death "..gets me down sometimes, too. For some reason, they fear the Sunless Lands, but they enter your realm each night without fear."
Dream "And I am far more terrible than you, my Sister."
Interesting commentary on human nature, at least by their standpoint. There's more to Death's comment, but I can't remember it all right now, my brain's fried.
Kinda makes you wonder. Why do we feel so much pain when someone close to us dies? Why do so many people fear death? I think a big part of it is the fact that, when it comes right down to it, we don't /know/ what happens afterwards, and that's what scares us. Many are raised to believe that there is a heaven or hell you go to, depending on your life's course, others, like myself, are brought up to believe that there isn't anything after death, that this life is all we get. As a Jehovah's Witness, I was taught that men were intended, originally, to live forever and fill the earth, but Adam & Eve's fall ruined that for everyone, so now everyone ages and dies. I've since left the religion, so now I have no real idea about what happens. I don't believe in an immortal soul, since I was raised not to, which precludes believing in such things as ghosts, but I don't know what else to believe. There are many stories about what might happen after death, but no real proof. I'd hate to think that a few decades is all that's alloted to something as amazing as a human being, but if it isn't, what comes next? Are we judged by some higher power? Do we simply cease to exist? Are we reborn in a new body with no memories?
I guess time will tell.
And yet, we all enter Dream's domain without hesitation, despite the nightmares he might present us.
Dream was accompanying Death on her rounds, and they'd stopped to talk by a fountain, reflecting on how humans reacted to them. The following isn't exact, but close to it.
Death "..gets me down sometimes, too. For some reason, they fear the Sunless Lands, but they enter your realm each night without fear."
Dream "And I am far more terrible than you, my Sister."
Interesting commentary on human nature, at least by their standpoint. There's more to Death's comment, but I can't remember it all right now, my brain's fried.
Kinda makes you wonder. Why do we feel so much pain when someone close to us dies? Why do so many people fear death? I think a big part of it is the fact that, when it comes right down to it, we don't /know/ what happens afterwards, and that's what scares us. Many are raised to believe that there is a heaven or hell you go to, depending on your life's course, others, like myself, are brought up to believe that there isn't anything after death, that this life is all we get. As a Jehovah's Witness, I was taught that men were intended, originally, to live forever and fill the earth, but Adam & Eve's fall ruined that for everyone, so now everyone ages and dies. I've since left the religion, so now I have no real idea about what happens. I don't believe in an immortal soul, since I was raised not to, which precludes believing in such things as ghosts, but I don't know what else to believe. There are many stories about what might happen after death, but no real proof. I'd hate to think that a few decades is all that's alloted to something as amazing as a human being, but if it isn't, what comes next? Are we judged by some higher power? Do we simply cease to exist? Are we reborn in a new body with no memories?
I guess time will tell.
And yet, we all enter Dream's domain without hesitation, despite the nightmares he might present us.