Personally I had never been comfortable with the idea of mortality, until recently. It makes me wonder, when was the last time society as a whole (mainly American culture society) was comfortable with death? Like what century did that die? When was the last time we properly and healthily honored and processed the passing of loved ones? Sadly many people spiral into a sad place of prolonged despair and many become mentally unstable for long periods of time after losing someone they love. Some even end up with chronic physical illness and varying levels of prolonged mental illness can even develop. Sudden or untimely death and death of the youth is a sad factor and that’s difficult to process, understandably so. But in general, most people in the world fear the idea of mortality. Very few people even want to face the idea that they will someday perish. The unknown factor of it all contributes, as well. No one knows when they’ll die or lose someone they love and so many of us are fearful and uncomfortable with the thought of whatever it is that comes after death. Like, there is no tangible evidence of the afterlife. We all have theories, but who really knows? NO ONE! Absolutely fucking no one. So the question comes to mind, what would it take for this society, as a whole, to embrace the FACT that we will all someday die and how can we learn to be ok with it and accept losing loved ones with less or shorter lived trauma? I don’t have that answer and I will most definitely NOT be attempting to answer it! I will say this, though. We are human and pain and suffering is part of the human experience, but it is never intended to be prolonged.
Now I can't speak for those who see death on a regular basis in the flesh because I have not experienced that. I'm learning of the ways of death a bit differently in my life. But what I see right now is that we are currently being capitalized on for being uncomfortable discussing death and fearful of losing loved ones (i.e. COVID fear mongering). I mean I get the fear and I get the discomfort, because I felt that way for a very long time. 95% of my current life, I lived with those crippling fears, as SO many do. Losing loved ones is an awful part of the human experience. But if we as a people could find healthier ways to cope with the loss and healthier ways to honor the lives of those lost, we'd be stronger for it as a society and as the fucking human race.
I noticed the fear of death trend after Russell Brand discussed it in one of his short videos. He talked about how the wealthy and elite 1% of the population of the world are working on ways to basically become immortal or live unrealistically long lives. But at what cost? I get Russell's point! He talked about how the lack of spirituality in the world causes delusions of grandeur of this nature! When you don't have God in your heart, you develop a "God complex" and that is extremely dangerous and scary. God giveth and God taketh away. That’s open for interpretation, depending on how you view God. And it’s also relative due to the fact that there are those who don’t believe in God at all, which is also fine. Because who has solid proof anything exists anyway! Maybe we are all just avatars being operated from another planet in a damn video game like in a fucking movie! Ha ha!
Sadly the divisive nature of believers versus non-believers in various areas of life, exacerbates this topic in a fucking insane slew of ways! I’d love to make it simple! You believe what you believe cause you’re on your journey and I’ll beleive what I believe cause I’m on my journey! If only that was always the case! Personally, I love hearing about other’s beliefs as long as they aren’t being pushed on me. Sometimes certain topics plant seeds that sprout for me, but if something said doesn’t resonate with me, I leave it where it is and don’t pick it up. Interestingly, though, human emotion complicates things a bit more for most. There tends to be a lot of judgment unnecessarily passed and that can trigger both parties on differing sides of a belief leading to heightened lower vibrational emotions. And that fucking sucks! It is also my belief that karma is a BITCH! But I have unconventional views on that particular topic to be discussed another time!
For me, what it boils down to is that no matter what anyone believes, it’s ok. It would be amazing to see everyone allow everyone else to just be on their own journey. Offering nuggets of their own wisdom without getting offended that it’s not immediately accepted. And accepting when someone offers them something without being defensive. Mutual human kind respect is lacking at the moment. But it would certainly be lovely if we could find a way as the human race to be healthier in terms of how we view death.
A lot is happening to divide and to scare and I’m doing my best to do what I feel I was put here on this planet to do this time around. Which is to help people to see that love can dissipate the fear and the division we are all wrapped up in currently. Just love!
This is Kristen. Whohoo. Agree. Xoxo
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