a possible incompleteness to his suicide, that he is not completely free from his attachments here.
This is what happens to most people who commit suicide. They simply hang around in an adjacent astral plane of existence trying to associate with the people they knew on earth before the body died; trying to complete the incomplete tasks and duties. Eventually when their frustration wears away, they again take birth through some relative or friend, and they are confronted in life with the hassles of physical existence again.
The second offering I have, is from the perspective of surviving the period of time where I was suicidal. I probably spent over a decade residing in a world of self created pain and lack of want to continue. Essentially a third of my life wishing I did not exist any longer. Purely by changing my thought patterns, I am now in a state of happiness I could have never imagined during my depression. This was not an overnight change by any means, and it was not from medications (although i will say they have their place to help bring some people to a better place to make sound decisions). I have spent more of my adult life depressed then happy, but knowing what I do now, I am entirely glad I chose to continue to experience this life. While I would never wish the feelings on anyone that create the lack of energy to continue living, I am thankful for where they have brought me, and how much more I appreciate my current state. I am stronger because of it, and proud that even though I was not aware of it at the time, I ended up chosing to battle my mental demons
Too bad you did not explain the third offering which was how you gradually put some purpose in your life by developing a constructive life style, because it is more than just being happy and more than just creating constructive thought patters. You also would have had to put practical things into practice and develop confidence over time that you were a person of worth both to yourself and to others.
Anybody can read a book on positive thinking and dream up good thoughts but unless such thoughts are practical in the real world, it won’t give the real fulfillment and the person will remain frustrated. Good thoughts must also match reality or it won’t work. |