body and soul and death

body and soul?
is it separate?

when the body dies does the soul die with it?
frequently asked questions. don't deny it but even you have once asked yourself that under your breath.
but what is the answer?
are they two separate accounts molded into one being?

some believe that when the body dies, the soul lives on and others think we all die when the body dies.

if the body dies then our soul lives on as a spirit or a ghost drifting astray in this empty world. some believe the souls are reincarnated. or recycled into other beings.
let's dwell on this.
ghost. many people say they saw ghost or spirits among us. 'though I have my own accounts of ghostly apparitions too many to mention. is it possible that the all mighty creator, some call God and others call Allah, allows these poor souls to wander among the living? why would an all seeing all, merciful and all powerful creator do that? but to understand Him is not what I am trying to say.
there may or may not be ghosts, it is for one to see for oneself. but to die is what I'm questioning.

when our body dies, does our whole being die?

NO! I refuse to believe that a person can die. the only time I believe that a person, both body and soul, can die is when he or she is forgotten.

like Vincent Van Gogh, who still lives as his works are praised and appreciated and thus he is remembered. like William Shakespeare who still thrives in the theatre and every one's poetic side.
like the Dads and Moms that their children and grandchildren remember when they hear her favorite song.
like John Lennon who's views are still rampant in the minds of both the young and the old.

I believe that the body dies and the soul lives on in your works, legacy, thoughts, in what you have made and done.

our soul is forever etched in the things we have accomplished. forever branded in the minds we have influenced. forever present in the songs we have sung. forever there in the hearts we have touched.

in a song written by Paul McCartney after John Lennon passed, "and you are with me now, for you are in my song."

--Orville "chubby" Basas

"happy christmas"

"happy Christmas"
so this is Christmas
and what have you done?
another year over
a new one just began

and so this is Christmas
I hope you had fun
the near and the dear ones
for old and the young

a very merry Christmas
and a happy new year
let's hope it's a good one
without any fear

so this is Christmas (war is over)
for weak and for strong (war is over)
for rich and the poor ones (war is over)
from the world that's so wrong (war is over)

and so happy Christmas (war is over)
for black and for white (war is over)
for yellow and red ones (war is over)
let's stop all the fight (war is over)

A very merry Christmas
And a happy New Year
Let's hope it's a good one
Without any fear

war is over
if you want it
war is over...
http://www.imeem.com/people/WcxY-Rr/music/Gn2GYvPG/john_lennon_yoko_and_the_plastic_ono_band_happy_christmas/
--John Lennon

how I wish it were.
how everybody hopes it is really over.
and not just the war, but the whole thought of being different from each other.