Suicide

The end of an earthly life is an emotive subject for many reasons.

The person whose earthly life is coming to an end may not be emotionally ready for it to end at that point
The person may not be ready to leave loved ones behind
The loved ones of the person whose earthly life is coming to an end may not feel ready to let them go
The manner of the ending of the earthly life may be distressing or premature in a way that feels very unfair or is not due to illness.

There is much debate as to whether another world exists or if the earthly life being lived is all there is. This has been discussed in A Life Well Lived – Personal Responsibility, Heaven and Hell Explained and Re-incarnation And Your Purpose For This Earthly Life.

Is it possible for the ending of an earthly life to be considered ‘good’?

This is very much down to personal opinion. There are people to whom the ending of an earthly life can never be considered to be a good thing. Very often the people who feel this way do not believe that there is anything other than the earthly life but this is not always the case.

When you are dealing with the emotive subject of being parted from a loved one, even if you are able to accept that it is only for a relatively short period of time, it can be difficult to keep a sense of perspective. It is not possible for people to live forever – the animal that is the human body is not designed that way and will, at some point, break down. This very often happens over a period of time and in some cases can be a slow and painful process.

A good life

If someone has lived a full and useful earthly life and the ending of that earthly life has been peaceful it can be easier for those left behind to accept its inevitability. Equally, if someone who has lived a full and useful earthly life has the misfortune to suffer towards the end of that life, those left behind can accept that although they miss the person they love, they are no longer suffering. When someone’s earthly life ends at the hands of another person, or at their own hand, it is, almost without exception very much more difficult for the people who love them to deal with.

Is suicide a ‘sin’?

When someone reaches the point that they feel their earthly life has become so unbearable that they cannot continue with it and that the only choice left to them is to bring it to an end, the effects of that decision can be catastrophic.

The people they leave behind are devastated and very often blame themselves for failing to notice the torment that they are sure their loved one must have been feeling. The majority of the world’s religions consider suicide to be a sin and this is another source of worry to those that have been left behind because they wonder what has happened to the spirit of the person that took their own life and are unsure if they will be able to meet again when it is their own time to return to Spirit.

In answer to the above question, no, it is not a ‘sin’ and the person in question will be welcomed back into the Spirit World and will be loved and cared for. As discussed in Free Will, you have the right to make the decisions that affect your earthly life and accept the consequences.

However, suicide is never the answer to life’s problems

What ever the person is avoiding dealing with on the earth plane will still have to be dealt with on return to Spirit before they can move on and continue with their spiritual life which of course means that the consequences return with the person to the Spirit World just as they do with any other decision.

Almost without exception, the people who return to Spirit as a result of suicide are shocked and sometimes devastated when they understand just how profoundly what they did affected the people they left behind. This gives them something else they need to work through.