Any suggestions on the following…

Ways to feel more connected to death? Not in the suicidal sense but to know of it so distinctly, so vastly and to feel inextricably connected to it. That maybe realizing that in some way you were never departed from it? In different ways, if you have any thoughts you’d like to share or experiences of what the power of death is and has. Thanks.

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TangledUpInBlue · F

I’ve been researching near death experiences for a while. You could look into that for starters. Also I follow all sorts of hospice nurses that talk about death and the process of dying. It’s a fascinating topic to me as well and I would like to understand.

LeopoldBloom · M

@TangledUpInBlue Hospice experiences are interesting but NDEs are just woo.

TangledUpInBlue · F

@LeopoldBloom are they? I find them fascinating. I watched north my parents die and I’m an artist, so I find it part inspiration for my work but also as a way to process death. Hallucinations close to the time of death are also fascinating, especially the prevalence of seeing children. My father kept seeing two little boys with red hair not long before he passed. I didn’t know it was so common among the elderly close to their death until I looked into it.

Wiseacre · F

@LeopoldBloom yep, they’re not death, are they?

LeopoldBloom · M

@TangledUpInBlue Both of my parents mentioned seeing long-dead relatives shortly before they passed. My father, blind for years, complained about the housekeeper leaving the bedroom light on.

LeopoldBloom · M

@Wiseacre No, they're not. We've never heard from anyone who died and stayed dead. It's impossible to tell if NDEs are memories that form before or after unconsciousness. It wouldn't be ethical to put someone in a fMRI machine and induce a NDE, but it would be interesting.

TangledUpInBlue · F

@LeopoldBloom it’s really strange.

TangledUpInBlue · F

@LeopoldBloom interesting article.

https://www.sciencefocus.com/the-human-body/what-is-it-like-to-die-the-reassuring-science-of-near-death-experiences