What is it about death?

Can somebody please tell me where can I get a ticket for heaven?

Death is always a fantasy. Have you ever thought of your death? How it will happen? When and where it will happen? Humans just live on hope, hoping that you will get up the next morning, hoping that the plane you travel will not crash, hoping that you will cross the road safely. Nobody wants to die, maybe expect whose life is tragic of course, but normally nobody wants to die. How would death be? What will happen after your death? Will you go to God? But unfortunately we do not have exact answers for this as nobody has returned back from the dead. This is what science says, where on the other hand, religion says there are people who have come back from the dead. The very best example I can give you is “Resurrection of Jesus” after he had been nailed to the holy cross. Not only Christianity talks about people rising from dead, but also various religions like Hinduism and ancient Egyptians. Hindus believe in “atma” (spirit). They believe that death is only for the body which acts as a host for the soul. After the death, the soul may reach either the sun or the moon. The person who had lived by the laws of God without committing sins goes to the sun, where he attains moksha i.e. where he can rest in peace. On the other hand when the person has committed sins during his lifetime he goes to the moon, where he is destined to take a rebirth on earth and suffer for his sins in his early life. Egyptians built pyramids because they thought it would be helpful in preventing their body until they reach an eternal life. What is more interesting here is when somebody dies with unfulfilled wishes does he become a ghost after he die? This takes us to another dimension. This reminds me of a Hollywood movie “The other side of the door”, where a mom tries to contact his dead son and brings his soul back to earth where in the later part he wanders in the home as ghost. Historical myths tell us that people can attain immortality. Here are some of them. According to Hindu mythology, Guru Sukracharya bought back the dead people to life. He meditated for many years and got the secret mantra “Sanjeevani Mantra” from Lord Shiva which gave him the power to rise the people from dead. When I was a kid I was told by my granny that we have to place a photo of the dead with an oil lamp lit in front of the picture. The lights in the house should be put down and we have to pray for them and the dead person tries to contact with us through any means. Also you would have heard about transferring of souls from one body to another. This is also discussed in many ancient epics where a saint through proper mediation and other religious practices will be able to transfer his soul to another human body. There are also epics where sages gained immortality, but if that’s true we should see them still roaming on earth. Though there are many definitions for death it is still a scary topic to be discussed. Life after death still remains an unproved mystery. Now just keep your alarm on before you go to sleep tonight so that it wakes you up tomorrow morning!