In this post, I want to discuss death (and beyond?).
The good news is that for many of us in the modern world, death is not something we see everyday. That is a wonderful world to live in. However, the less you encounter something, the more unfamiliar it becomes. We become afraid of things we don't know about or trust.
Let me be clear. I am not talking about our innate fear of dying that helps us survive. To sense a threat and go to a fight or flight state is a very helpful feature of our programming.
Instead, I am referring to fearing death as if it is the main monster in a slasher horror film. It is something we recoil from, running away screaming when its shadow looms around us.
In our current times, we are battling a new monster like COVID-19, and death seems to be wreaking havoc among us in a Godzilla-esque fashion.
What I would like to entertain is a more neutral perspective. Can we come to a state of acceptance and perhaps even comfort with death? If so, then perhaps we can respond to it calmly and naturally.
So, let's consider some alternative ideas of death:
