Morning Nicola. Thank you for kind and thoughtful comment. Here's where I am on death. We don't live as if we're dying; cf. say a deer or small bird: I always get the sense that they live with the expectation -- perhaps driven by the fight or flight response -- that any minute they could die. We on the other hand get the news of our dying from someone else, and it's always or nearly always a surprise. In other words, dying is something we should do, instead of having it done to us. As to how that should influence us, well, if nothing else we should bow our heads, say a short prayer and thank the gods for all that we've endured and what might await us in the moments left to us where we're lucid and able to function. Blessings, Julian
Morning Nicola. Thank you for kind and thoughtful comment. Here's where I am on death. We don't live as if we're dying; cf. say a deer or small bird: I always get the sense that they live with the expectation -- perhaps driven by the fight or flight response -- that any minute they could die. We on the other hand get the news of our dying from someone else, and it's always or nearly always a surprise. In other words, dying is something we should do, instead of having it done to us. As to how that should influence us, well, if nothing else we should bow our heads, say a short prayer and thank the gods for all that we've endured and what might await us in the moments left to us where we're lucid and able to function. Blessings, Julian