The Messy Water

The Circle of Life

Humans, from all walks of life and all kinds of background, live in a circle which turns repeatedly. No matter who you are, you are required to go through the process of birth, aging, illness and death, and the process will repeat endlessly as long as you stay in the circle. You may leave the circle without having the need to go through the process again but the question is, how? Not many could manage to do that...

Some religions believe that in the circle of life, when a life ends, the spirit will leave the body and enter a new body to start a another new life. He or she will repeat the cycle of birth, aging, illness and death again. The new body could be a human body, or an animal body. The decision on whether the new body is a human body or an animal body, depends very much on how the spirit behaves in the previous life. To leave the circle, you would have to go through a hard time to "cultivate" your spirit and "upgrade" it to a higher level, probably, one in a million could manage to succeed.

Even Elton John buys such idea. In one of his songs, "Circle of Life", he mentions that the circle of life moves us through despair, hope, faith and love. It moves us again and again until we unwind the circle (which means, we no longer belongs to the circle).

It's the Circle of Life

And it moves us all

Through despair and hope

Through faith and love

Till we find our place

On the path unwinding

Full lyrics

Have you got the first class ticket to the circle of life?

Her circle of life

My circle of life

The ticket to the ride, determines who you are, erm, or probably, what you are

You can choose to leave the circle, but not many could manage to do that...