The Autobiography of Death

The Autobiography of Death.

Hi...I am Death! I'm the guy that roams around with the sickle in a black suit and look like a distant cousin of the guy from the movie "Scream"(You know, the one that killed everyone in the movie, except the lead actress. Pity, he was human!)

I'm the guy that gently tells people," Hullo, you're next!", and they have to say this clichéd line-" You're the last guy I wanna meet/see!!"

So, how is it the way I am? Why do many people hate me? Why do some people love me? Why do some people think I have a lack of social life?

So, just to clear out all the clutter, I have decided to use Sudhir as my 'ghostwriter' and write my own autobiography.

I, Death, was 'born' in eternity. Some say I am 'God', but then, I preferred being called 'death'. There was two more who were there with me, all having equal strength...The eldest of all triplets, we decided to call 'God', and he would create everything. I called myself 'death' and would destroy everything. We were freaking confused as to what the middle one would do... So after thinking it over a nice cuppa, we decided that the middle one will be the link between the creator and the destroyer. But still, we were unsure what to call the middle one.

While we were brainstorming about his role, he quietly slipped outta the room and went out. Somehow, he decided to be on his own, coz he felt disillusioned with us.

Now, we were in a quandary. God created something out of reasons best known to him. But I couldn't destroy anything without reason. I mean, what benchmark was i gonna set?

One hand, God was just creating things, and on the other hand, I was just twiddling my fingers waiting to know when I was supposed to do something.

You see, when we got into all of this Universe creation and all, we decided to set some rules. One of them was "Everything happens for a reason". A corollary was also set-'For every action there's and equal and opposite reaction'[Screw you, Newton!! Uhh, well i did, didn't I? Snigger!!]

Then one day outta nowhere, the middle one came. Said He," See, I've got trees, abundant water, fresh air, green grass, colorful flowers....Ha! What’ve you got except your skull-like face?"[To be honest here, I did look scary...God was the best looker, followed by the middle one]

And then, outta sheer frustration, I took what my hand could find, and struck my brother. I felt power so great, that I now knew I was indestructible.... Not even the creator could stop me now... I was great!"

And then it dawned...I just struck my brother... He was not living...So what was he now? Even God couldn't figure it out. He seemed so...lifeless. Almost like as if he were sleeping without breathing! He was cold... the weather, which a moment ago was pleasant, had turned chilly.

"WHAT IS GOING ON???WHY ISN'T HE SPEAKING??"

I turned to look what I was holding,,, A sickle... I didn't even know it existed...

I had now started what I was here for.... I knew I didn't need a reason to do what ever I wanted... I was liberated from rules!

And this troubled God...said he, in a tone never heard before," Death, be not proud!"

Wasting no time, God started on what would become a mega creation... To keep me sane, and to prevent me from harming him. Of course, in my right mind I couldn't harm him, because apart from God, I had no one else now...

For the next 6 cycles of sunset, he created the most fascinating things. Things I wouldn't dream of. Things which God felt I couldn't harm because they were fascinating.

But God knew, when I killed the middle one, I had lost my last sense of attachment, and to fulfill my destiny, I could never be attached to anything-material or immaterial!

On the 7th cycle of sunset (known to this material world as 'day'), God seemed to ask himself endless questions...for the entire day, he was asking himself questions, some
I recall over hearing," Is this creation worth it?”, “Is this right?”, "What if it destroys itself?"...and hundreds and millions of questions. I was least bothered.

And finally, he came near me. Said he, “What happened to the middle one was sad. We had our rules in place, and I thought they were just, true and fair. But it took the middle one just a few moments to make you break them. You may have wronged in destroying him, but you were right too. There is no place for complacency and mistrust. If we are to become satisfied with what we have, how can we make ourselves better? The laws will state that Evolution is necessary...."

"And to be fair and just, I have decided..."

“Since when have you started to decide on things, God?"

“It is a path I choose... I choose to decide what is best for everything...It is my destiny....And as I was saying, I have decided, in all fairness, that the middle one be bought back..."

"NO CHANCE... “Screamed I, “His is mine!!!"

“.... he middle one will be bought back...in another form...He shall be the link between you and me. As long as he is there, so are you and me...because without him, our destinies can never be fulfilled!"

"Think again God, It is better to think it over again"

“Made up my mind, I have already. As my equal, I want you to be in this with me"

"So you are creating something, that will eventually be destroyed by me...and we fulfill both our destinies…”

"Yes...and no.....I was so hurt that my own blood had killed the other, I went into a wretched depression... This strange feeling, I had never felt. I did not create this feeling.
So what was it that was giving rise to this feeling? The law, I saw forth my vision,'For every action there's an equal and opposite reaction'. Then I knew it-'To get this depression out, I needed to counter it with something beautiful; Something that gave hope...Something like all my creations in the past 6 days.I have created something enchanting in the past 6 days, now I am getting tired. But, the memory of the middle one still remains and it is good that it will remain, because his existence wasn't the cause of the event that happened.; rather it was our inability to know what we had to let him know! It happened because of all of us, which eventually led us to our destinies
[Universal Law# whatever happens, happens for the best!] What better way to commemorate his existence than by letting him enjoy what we have worked hard for..."

"And of course, dear death, I know that you will not part with his soul. So, I decided to create a being today...Someone, who will be a link between us, and who shall enjoy the creations...in memory"

"A being??? That will be highly impossible to create!!!” spoke I...

“Nothing is impossible if you have your heart and mind to do it...I have created him... I shall henceforth call him 'Adamanushya'. He shall be known as 'Adam' to some, 'Manushya' to some...or just 'Man'.

"And if your creation is an action, what is its opposite?"

"That, too, shall come"

It turns out that God created Man and let him loose on earth(his major creation!), but had rules so stringent, that he wouldn't go our brother's way.

His opposite creation was called a 'Woman'/'Streeve'. And then chaos began, which is well documented by all scriptures.

Man went on and created things of his own... He created bad things and he created good things. I wasn't complaining, because I went on fulfilling my destiny.

For each creation of God, there was my destruction. No sooner a baby was born, than I took away the life of its old neighbour. It went on and on and on...

One day, God came up to me and asked," Eons have passed... my creations are slowly dwindling."

"Hmm...I know"

"Death, I see that people have also taken to killing each other.."

"Don't say I didn't warn you", I remarked...

"No...my purpose of asking you this is, what about those whose destinies were left unfulfilled just because someone decided to fulfill theirs? Do they not deserve a chance to do what they have to?"

And after endless deliberation, we finally decided this:
-Living beings will only be bought back to Life under special circumstances, immediately after death
-Introducing a concept of 'reincarnation', wherein after the death of a person, his/her soul would be given an other special chance to do what is needed to fulfill their destinies.

At first it seemed to be weird, but then we got the hang of it...

Time passed, people came and went...The souls of the good were sent to the heavens while those of the bad were sent to hell. Lucifer, in all his evilness, made sure that he
had the highest number of souls in his kingdom of Hell. But, I wasn't bothered...my duties involved no attachment to either God or Lucifer. I was on my own, deciding who
should return back to life, who should be reincarnated or just whose life should end. With this great power came great responsibilities, something which Stan Lee of
Spiderman fame made it more famous.

Umpteen poems, couplets and prose have been written on me. Each one glorifying me, or criticizing me; being scared of me or not being scared of me...and even writings which were untrue to many-an-extent!

I am not who you think I am...Just because I am associated with taking something beautiful like life doesn’t mean I am a misanthrope...

Just because I look less handsome doesn't mean I am evil

I have no feelings because I am not attached to anything...

You may say, if I don't care about how people feel for me, why write this?

It is because Sudhir had nothing to do on a Sunday, and wondered whom to bore the blazes out of someone....!

It’s funny how he approached me.... He asked me 'what do you know about the relation between 45, Corpus Christi, Basker-Phoenix and 1:34???'

Hmmm...We never got to answering that, but we sure did write about me...

So, there it is... My journey so far....my quotidian work...As long as people exist; life of any sort exists; I fulfill my destiny. I need life more than anyone...Without it, I am as good as non-existent. With people killing among themselves, with the earth not able to sustain itself for long, and with the bleak future that threatens to continue… when I shall take the last life on earth, where will I turn to? With no earth left, where will I send the reincarnated? God will make newer creations elsewhere, but I am worried if I get attached to planet earth...because, when I see people not having a proper direction in their lives, when they are waiting for me to take over them, I see the Middle One in each one of them...

This is the Life of Death...