Posted by deirdrehbrt on October 2, 2003, at 21:39:47
In reply to How do you deal with death from a non religious, posted by jonh kimble on September 30, 2003, at 0:01:31
John,
You have a great deal on your mind. These are things that all of us will come to face whether or not we want to. One thing that helped me is that I'm not the first to need to think about it.
One book that helped me a great deal was one that we studied in High School. The book is "On Death and Dying" by Elisabeth Kubler-Ross. It deals with the stages that we all go through while dealing with dying.
One other thing that helped was the words of a friend. His Father had died, and he was taking it with great difficulty. He was walking one day, and a native american man stopped him and mentioned that my friend was looking exceptionally gloomy. My friend went through the story of His Dad's death, and the Native Man told him that in his culture, we are never as close to someone as we are after their passing. When we pass, we become again a part of the earth and the air and the water and our spirit spreads out to everywhere. We all exist surrounded by those whom we love.
I hope this helps some,
Dee.
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