No matter how much money, power, or prestige one has acquired during their lives they cannot avoid it, and in the end must give up everything they have spent their whole lives working for. If everyone consciously accepted death as part of life, our society would be very different. Unfortunately, death in our Western culture is largely ignored or hidden. Because our culture is based in denial of death, resources for truly investigating these issues are sometimes hard to come by. This web page was created to provide some resources that might be helpful in your search.
Death can be a time of great healing, of letting go, even of joyfulness.
Best wishes to you on your path. Blake sang alleluias on his deathbed. My own grandmother, hardly a poet at all, smiled as we'd never seen her smile before. Bonsai image by Horace Vallas . Last update 28 May 1998.