Comments on: Death. http://www.mindonfire.com/2008/02/11/death/ Religion, SF, and Other Speculative Fictions. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 18:55:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Jeff http://www.mindonfire.com/2008/02/11/death/comment-page-1/#comment-10574 Jeff Thu, 14 Feb 2008 05:14:13 +0000 http://www.mindonfire.com/2008/02/11/death/#comment-10574 I read her entire blog. It was beautiful, haunting, and devastating. Thank you for posting the link. And I hope you have a very happy birthday. I read her entire blog. It was beautiful, haunting, and devastating. Thank you for posting the link.
And I hope you have a very happy birthday.

]]> By: xJane http://www.mindonfire.com/2008/02/11/death/comment-page-1/#comment-10563 xJane Wed, 13 Feb 2008 20:58:58 +0000 http://www.mindonfire.com/2008/02/11/death/#comment-10563 It was actually awesome. And brought me a lot of peace. I've never been afraid of my own death. And it's not even my father's impending death that I'm afraid of; it's his ongoing life in excruciating pain, both physical and psychological. It was actually awesome. And brought me a lot of peace. I’ve never been afraid of my own death. And it’s not even my father’s impending death that I’m afraid of; it’s his ongoing life in excruciating pain, both physical and psychological.

]]> By: Elise http://www.mindonfire.com/2008/02/11/death/comment-page-1/#comment-10506 Elise Tue, 12 Feb 2008 04:25:57 +0000 http://www.mindonfire.com/2008/02/11/death/#comment-10506 That was really beautiful, xJane. I haven't been touched much by death yet, and I'm at a point in life where the thought of my own parents' deaths are incomprehensible to me because we're all so young. Anytime I get really, really, really sick, though (translation=I get really negative and think I might be dying), I come to appreciate life much more. And I imagine meditating about death would bring that same feeling. That was really beautiful, xJane. I haven’t been touched much by death yet, and I’m at a point in life where the thought of my own parents’ deaths are incomprehensible to me because we’re all so young. Anytime I get really, really, really sick, though (translation=I get really negative and think I might be dying), I come to appreciate life much more. And I imagine meditating about death would bring that same feeling.

]]> By: John http://www.mindonfire.com/2008/02/11/death/comment-page-1/#comment-10485 John Mon, 11 Feb 2008 18:22:43 +0000 http://www.mindonfire.com/2008/02/11/death/#comment-10485 Dangit, you beat me to it--I was going to write you a happy birthday post! This is a sobering read. It makes me wonder sometimes why we celebrate this annual reminder of our mortality. I admire your confrontational approach to death and mortality--mine has been more escapist as of late. BTW, in Japan, when road workers remove animal carcasses from the streets, they often will bow and namaste the corpses, in a gesture of respect before beginning their unpleasant duties. Dangit, you beat me to it–I was going to write you a happy birthday post!

This is a sobering read. It makes me wonder sometimes why we celebrate this annual reminder of our mortality. I admire your confrontational approach to death and mortality–mine has been more escapist as of late.

BTW, in Japan, when road workers remove animal carcasses from the streets, they often will bow and namaste the corpses, in a gesture of respect before beginning their unpleasant duties.

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