Welcome, Dinesh! I agree, one death cannot be compared to another and ultimately, I think, we all live a process of simultaneous life/ death. I do wonder what it is that we bring to the final death in this life, that paints the individual landscape for us.
On Jan 20, 11:37 pm, Dinesh <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, I am a new member. > > Death, I think, is as individual as an individual. A combination of > physical and mental conditions. > > I don't think one can compare one death with another without > considering the conditions. As a choice one can say 'I want to die > this way' and try to bring about favourable conditions to make that as > a strong possibility. > > Dinesh > > On Jan 19, 8:20 pm, Molly <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Always a personal choice, yes. Yet some deaths seem so much more > > peaceful. My own mother came home from vacation, entered the hospital > > not feeling well, and died from a recurrence of cancer in three days, > > just enough time to gather her family, and all seven children (spouses > > and some grandchildren) were there at the final, peaceful moment. > > > My mother in law fought it all the way, requiring greater amounts of > > meds to keep her calm, languishing for months. The person we knew was > > gone months before that moment. > > > I wonder what it is we bring to the moment that makes the difference. > > > On Jan 19, 9:11 am, Lee <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > It's just gota be a personal thing hasn't it? > > > > My Grandad died just last week, he died of Liver Cancer, he had been > > > clinging to life for the last three years and went out looking gaunt > > > and wasted. My Nan has colon cancer and has just decided to not have > > > treatment for it after watching my grandad fade out slowly. > > > > It's just gotta be personal choice, yes? > > > > On 19 Jan, 14:51, Molly <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > I watched my friend Chris Bernard face his eminent death with love, > > > > courage and dignity. While participating in this with him, I > > > > wondered, what is the state of mind that death requires of us? What > > > > can we bring to it to ease our own suffering? Should we rage against > > > > the dying of the light like Dylan Thomas? Should we reach out for > > > > spiritual support, ask forgiveness, say farewell? What do YOU think?
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