Two Babies

This goes with my recent post of CS Lewis describing a Mystical Limpet. It is also reminiscent of Flatland.

In a mother's womb there were two babies, and one says to the other and says "Do you believe in life after delivery?" 

And the other says "But of course there has to be something after delivery. Maybe we're here to prepare ourselves for what will be later."

"Nonsense," said the first "there's no life after delivery. What kind of life would that even be?" 

"I don't know.  But there'll be more light than here. Maybe we'll walk with these legs and eat with our mouths. Maybe we'll have other senses we can't understand now."

"That's ridiculous. Walk with our legs is impossible and eating with our mouths is absurd. The umbilical cord is what supplies our nutrition and all of our needs according to the best science. But it's too short for walking around. Therefore life after delivery is logically excluded."

"What if it's just different than it is here? Maybe we won't need that physical cord anymore."

"Okay, if there were life after delivery, why has no one come back from there to tell us about it? Delivery is the end of life, and after delivery is nothing but darkness - and silence - and oblivion.  It takes us nowhere." 

"But certainly we'll meet Mother! She'll take care of us."

"Mother?  You actually believe in Mother? If Mother exists, where is she now?"

"She's all around us. We are of her and it is in her that we live and move and have our being. Without her this world would not and could not exist."

"I don't see her.  It's only logical that she's not here."

"Sometimes when you are in silence and you really listen you can perceive her presence. You can hear her loving voice calling down from above. We're here to prepare ourselves for what will be later."