The Eschatology of Spring

The Eschatology of Spring

Spring is not only the season of resurrection, but also of reincarnation. That which contained the seed of rebirth, springs anew, and that which died conquered death by re-animating itself into an alternate state or life-form.  Spring is a time when Mother Nature reawakens our call to understand our own personal eschatology. 

Death is as mysterious as a barren tree. While in its dormancy the sap continues to flow and the roots continue to seek nourishment. A human body sleeping in eternity feeds all life forms and transforms itself into a life-source for all other life. All that was dead is recycled forever and ever. Flesh and fauna become no different than the eternal soul.

But what of the soul. Does such an eternal energy exist? When one dies, does this invisible engine of life escape into the greater cataclysm we know as the universe, or does it simply extinguish itself, as would a candle? This is the fundamental question that leads us to affirm or deny the existence of God. For to believe in a spiritual after-life one must acknowledge the Creator who made it possible, and to deny it means you seek only to become a food source for Mother Nature.

Now we must ask if Mother Nature has a soul, and why would it not? Does the ameba, bird or flower have a connection to God. Our symbiotic relationship with Mother Nature should lead one to conclude yes. Mother Nature not only fuels life, but also draws us to consume and cannibalize all that death has transformed. Mother Nature has transformed the carbon dioxide we exhaled, transformed the feces and urine we have expelled, and transformed the remains of those who seeded our existence.

We are perpetual in both flesh and spirit. Enjoy the journey.

Thank you,
Joseph Pede