This is how we manage the terror of knowing we will die. Studies have shown that people with knowledge of their mortality will seek the comfort of their in-group and have strong negative feelings and judgments about those who are different. Knowledge of mortality has this divisive effect only when the knowledge is being repressed, not when the knowledge of mortality is in full awareness. Thus, the denial of our mortality, the lack of ease with which we face the inevitability of our death, has many serious repercussions for the way we treat ourselves, the way we hold property, and the way we treat others. This project starts in a small way to facilitate people's acceptance of death and appreciation of life, both their own and that of others.
People gain a life-changing heightened awareness of their mortality in many ways.
Some spend time at a deathbed or hospice. Others live with or recover from a life-threatening illness. Creating one's funeral or memorial service, regardless of state of health or age, can be a gentle way to increase awareness and lessen denial. It is written to helps the reader to create a service that reflects his or her life. Creating one's own funeral has lots of other benefits besides mortality awareness and many may create their funerals without mortality awaereness.