幻化的肉體與不朽的靈魂

Abstract

這篇文章主要是在「生死與哲學」課程中探討生死相關議題，所引發的一些思維。描寫幻化的肉體，之於靈魂，是否就顯得靈魂是不朽的？罷工的肉體，是否還留下些什麼？什麼是我們存在的價值？參雜了一些宗教的觀點，及面對臨終親人的親身體驗，或是假想自己距離死亡之時，已迫在眉睫，所體會出的心靈感受。混合著一些宗教和以往哲學家的觀點，加上自己的認知、所學，對於「生、死」分享個人看法與思維。 透過閱讀書籍、文章及影片欣賞，觀賞生死學從各個不同角度的思想，彙整出自己的心得，提出另一番見解，供讀者閱覽與指點，一同思考生、死相關議題，與自我存在的價值。 「死」，乃人之必經之路，您害怕死亡嗎？對於生死議題，昔日社會，極為避諱，認為談論死亡，是一種不吉利的象徵，乃至於今日亦是如此；但就讓我在此打破傳統思維，帶您一同坐上「人生列車」，好比一趟旅程，並透過靈魂的簡述及伊凡‧伊里奇與Randy Pausch教授的對比光芒，發現自己珍貴的價值，並活出本真的自我。或許您會認為，死亡對於自己，還是那麼遙遠的事情，但您能掌握命運裡的無常嗎？殊不知是無常先報到，還是明天先到？提早面對，並非詛咒自己，而是一種心靈調適、自我成長，「死亡」並不是生命的終點，而是另一段旅程的開始。

The main issues of the article are talking about “life and death” and its relative things as well as the evoking philosophical thinking in the course of “Life, Death and Philosophy”. Is the soul immortal if it compares with the magically changing physical body? Yet when we die, whether we leave something or not? What’s the value of our existence? I went through the experience about facing the passing process of my close relative, and now mix with some viewpoints from religions as well as assume my own date of death that occurs imminently, all above those kinds of my spiritual feeling make me inquire those questions. In the article, I integrated some of religious and the previous philosophers’ viewpoints and advanced my thoughts about “life and death”. Here I share some of my viewpoints which are what we talking about “life and death” issues above after I read books, articles and viewed short films. “Dead” is a path that we all have to walk on. Are you afraid of death? In the past, people avoided to talk about any dead issues, because talking about death was ominous. But let me break the traditional thought, bring you to take the “life train”, just like a trip. I’ll simply state some philosophical and religious thinking about life and death, and share the story about The Death of Ivan Ilyich to compare with Randy Pausch’s The Last Lecture. Through their edifications, you’ll find the precious value of yourself and carry out the authentic life. Don’t think it is too early to think dead issues. Can you control destiny of impermanence? To face them early ahead is not the cursing of our own, but a spiritual adaptation and self-growth. "Death" is not the end of life, but the beginning of another journey.