Samir Meharali
TOK Essay
There were once two small children in a secluded area, only described as dark and desolate. These two small children, a boy and a girl, neither could see, nor feel anything outside of this desolate area. The two were trying to describe what the “after life” would be like. The two disagreed and had contrasting arguments towards what it would be like. The girl argued, “we will be in a place better than this, in which we can experience feeling, emotiion and sight”. She went on to say that the next realm from this secluded, emotionless area is an area much brighter in which they will experience the light of the “outside” rather than the darkness of this secluded place. The boy, in contrast, argued, “no, we will stay in this state for all eternity. We will never be able to leave this place. There is no sich thing as feeling, no such thing as light.” The two children continue to argue against each other and try to justify their arguments, but fails to convince the other they are right. Suddenly, the two both see an overcoming sense of sight and see nothing but a blinding white light. It has now been established that the two were twin babies inside the womb just being born. The two were arguing where they would go after the womb. This story goes to show that there is no prediction of what the next realm would be past this physical world, let alone the overall truth of any matter.
