Order of the Good Death
August 28, 2011
I cannot stress this enough. There is absolutely nothing wrong with being interested in mortality and death. Don’t let anyone ever tell you you are ‘sick’ or ‘morbid’ or ‘deviant.’ It is patently untrue. Death is where every single one of us will end up. To feign disinterest in such a fundamental thing is denial, plain and simple. Read everything you can about death. Read the philosophers, read the scientists. Figure out what you (not your culture or your religion) believe happens to a body after death and what rituals make sense to you. In this case, ignorance is not bliss. With death, ignorance is fear.
“Consciously or unconsciously,
with acceptance or denial,
every day you move one day nearer to your death.
Is today a good day to die?”
-Susun Weed
Read the full article at Order of the Good Death
Thanks to The Good Funeral Guide Blog for altering us to this article.
