Reflections On Suicide

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Suicide is one of the 14^th main causes of death, yet, the objective rationale is not scientifically proven. As, how suicide leads to complete death. There are various conceptions of death, and suicide is one of them, still, there is room to discuss the factors before and after the phenomenon, which is so far one of the painful events in human history. The extensive literature of suicide and death is never deciphered in a concise way that could lead us to believe a definite thing. This seems one of the reasons behind the exploration of knowledge and science.

Suicide is defined mainly as 'intentional self-killing', the misery rises is that the truth dies with the complete attempt. The theories of psychology and sociology not scientifically explain the mystery of suicide and death. The theories attempt to treat those who have psychological disorders, suicidal behavioural, and suicidal ideation. As 90% of those who die by suicide have psychiatric disorders, yet, the treatment is always in very initial stages. It seems the academic knowledge or episteme is failed to cope with suicide as scientific exploration. The suicidal tendency, intent, and ideation are discussed in the purview of suicidal thought. Yet, the suicidal thought disappears with the dead/death, hence becomes a deepest mystery ever to discuss at any degree of rationality.

Never debating reason of suicide seems an escape in the womb of death, but, it might be possible that the death interrupts as an error in consequence of suicidal thought/other various factors.

Ontologically, suicidal ideation and behaviour seem an incessant process of mind, loosely related to the sole purpose of death while attempting suicide.

This is possible reasons that the science of death is more than just an investigation while viewing in varying lenses. Whether by suicide or any mean, death is defined as

"a cessation of heartbeat and shutting off the brain".

While the stage of in-between death and being unconscious is a mystery ever explained. The mystery of death is being discussed in different schools of thought.

Tibetan thought is more fearful towards death, focused on after death and pre-birth moment.

This considers death as a realm of unconsciousness exist even before death. It argues while commenting on what actually happens during and after the death as,

“All we have died many deaths before came into this incarnation. And what we call birth is merely the reverse side of death, like one of the two sides of a coin, or like a door which we call ‘entrance’ from outside and ‘exit’ from inside a room”.

In considering such ideas, the concept of death seems a meaningful event enriching the void of spiritual unemployment with consideration of high hope and cosmic energy.

Judeo-Christian and other religions believe on after death as soul transcending somewhere. The refuge in such varying concepts works at a high degree of fear. Those who are not happy nor sad, but lives in the state of silence without a certain degree of satisfaction might not get influence from any belief.

They think of death as a part of an evolutionary process, never occur to anyone living. It is an idea in mind explaining its own, difficult to get ridiculed or influenced at any degree, rather is consolidated, affirmed and uttered thought. The death thus occurs in no-consciousness (nothingness) and bodily cessation. The phenomena of death hence become,

the no-state of something inside and outside the mind, yet the realm of death (nothingness) is visited by no one alive, while some may returned after slowing down of heartbeat. They come-up with/through subjective experiences, with subjective interpretations.

Thus, the science of death (state of nothingness) is hardly defined, the mind could never exactly locate and argue substantial wisdom.

The mystery of death is not easily comparable with rational or any action. Rather, the rationale exists in the pure thought depending on the reliability of the knowledge embodied in action.

Notes: The consciousness before and after death is not an objective experience. The existence of life makes exist a consciousness, yet, the latter part of debate whether consciousness exists before birth and death is investigatory research.

The subject matter of death as an ambiguous one loosely justifies suicidal thought meant for the sole purpose of eternal escape. Rather, has the certitude of deepening experience of mind. The mind involves continues process of ‘becoming’, rely on existential movement. The suicidal thought exists in-between territorialized and the deterritorialized realm of mind stems apparently ideation of suicide.

Thus every third of suicidal attempt results in some way the death of every two. The death results in both cases, whether, by suicidal attempt or not, but, death other than suicidal is just an escape from life, though suicidal death is a thought process results in varying phenomena’s. As P.W Zapffe says,

“When a human being takes his life in depression, this is a natural death of spiritual causes”.

Such death is happened by circumstances on which thoughts unbearably decides to put an end to life. Thus, death occurs inevitably taking refuge in the realm of consciousness. Sleeping for a long period is also a refuge for the purpose of experiencing consciousness. Sleep like half death acts in a psychedelic way experience a realm of consciousness, not everyone could deconstruct the new structures of knowledge from previous/existing ideas.

Thus, a suicidal thought of death makes sense of thought of death and idea to reject suicide disappears, and rational thought remains at the other horizon of the mind.

This makes him/her take life, the decision of thought apparently and abruptly changes the body temperature, a wave of energy runs from head to bottom side.

I have been suicidal for many times, in a couple of days, suicidal thoughts with the certitude of energies amazed my perspectives and forms of thoughts. The idea of death is dependent on such varying factors. But, the death is independent to cosmos of mind, which is a process of continuity, flows dimensionless within and without source, thus acts as immanence. Hence, suicidal thought for the sole rationale for death seems vague justification.
  

The misapprehension to debase suicidal thought in a manner lacks meaning to save suicidal ideation. I’m a survival of suicidal thought, because of not reaching into the territory of that state of in-between no-consciousness and pure thought, the causal effects of the realm has vaguely influenced rationality and jumped into silence. I don’t say, it would never visit me again, but, when visits, I would not able to ask a psychologist or physician for assistance by asking, “Sir, I have 5 minutes to leave this world, would you save me from death. If I could ask, and know a problem, they could never play the game of mystery perplexing the fabric of the family.

(Originally published in Burusho.com)

The writing is not meant for bringing happiness or misery, rather an attempt to discuss objective knowledge in accordance with the philosophy of mind.

The writer is a student of Sociology with interest in Philosophy

Kamran Karim "kamrankarim96@gmail.com"