FOCAL POINT: An eschatological meditation Just before dying everything comes into focus and the course of existence is condensed to a fraction of time At that point everything gains perspective and it's easy to discern the nugatory from noetic At that moment lifetimes seem like milliseconds & events become quantum fluctuations as new symmetries are ascertained Between Living and Dying everything flows so fast only Eternity itself can pass Lis: It doesn't make sense: why do so many people wait till approachin' death ta do or say the things they should while livin'? Ron: (shrugging his shoulders) Seemz like our priorities argh warrrped. Lex: No doubt. If everything is up-for-sale, then nuthing is sacred. Ron: Yep. If pure capitalism prevails zen our lives become like sales kummodities 'n all aspects ah existence bekum open to sie highest bidder. Linda: Perhaps, butt a certain flexibility is useful. Hard-core fanatics err often incapable ah dealing wit people who dun't embrace dah same ideals as them. Dat sort of rigidity dusn' wark well in a multi-cultural whirld. ===================================================================================== from _Last Poems: Lost Poems_ by T Newfields SUMMARY: A conversation and poem about life priorities, shifting values, and near death experiences. KEYWORDS: near death experiences, thanatology, metaphysics, dying Author: T Newfields [Nitta Hirou / Huáng Yuèwǔ] (b. 1955 - ) Begun: 1995 in Shizuoka, Japan ✠ Finished: 2017 in Yokohama, Japan Creative Commons License: Attribution. {{CC-BY-4.0}} < LAST https://www.tnewfields.info/LastPoems/thenbreathe.htm NEXT > https://www.tnewfields.info/LastPoems/scissors.htm TOC https://www.tnewfields.info/LastPoems/dark.html TRANSLATIONS DEUTSCH https://www.tnewfields.info/de/brenn.htm ESPAÑOL https://www.tnewfields.info/es/focal.htm FRANÇAIS https://www.tnewfields.info/fr/point.htm NIHONGO https://www.tnewfields.info/jp/shoten.htm ZHŌNGWÉN https://www.tnewfields.info/zh/jiaodian.htm