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Looking for a good book or essay about how to prepare to die. I already read Phaedo and frankly found it kind of laughable. Anyone who deals with death by pretending that it's not real is not serious IMHO. I liked Tuesdays with Morrie better but it didn't really give me much to work with. Has someone already looked at the major traditions around the world and distilled their wisdom?
Looking for a good book or essay about how to prepare to die. I already read Phaedo and frankly found it kind of laughable. Anyone who deals with death by pretending that it's not real is not serious IMHO. I liked Tuesdays with Morrie better but it didn't really give me much to work with. Has someone already looked at the major traditions around the world and distilled their wisdom?
Looking for a good book or essay about how to prepare to die. I already read Phaedo and frankly found it kind of laughable. Anyone who deals with death by pretending that it's not real is not serious IMHO. I liked Tuesdays with Morrie better but it didn't really give me much to work with. Has someone already looked at the major traditions around the world and distilled their wisdom?
I don't believe in reincarnation or life after death. I might be interested in reading about these topics later, but right now I'm looking for ideas from thinkers who also accept that death is real and not survivable. I'm not concerned about grief or reconnecting with loved ones who had already gone, just a respectful treatment of what being a mortal being means.
It's an account from a doctor who has contracted Stage 4 cancer, and he gives a very practical and two-sided (from a healthcare/scientist) perspective of death. I've recommended to anybody who has cancer. They typically don't like it because he does in fact die, but it's a phenomenal read.
I read a book as a teenager, “death be not proud” by John Gunther. I had lost a brother in a tragic accident a few years earlier and I was trying to understand death and especially young people’s death. It was a very difficult read, but also therapeutic for me. My mom read it also and we had daily discussions about it. My dad could not read it. ( he never talked about my brothers death, the rest of his life and he lived to be 81)
How about NDE, or temporary death experience books? Might point to the often-reported wonders on the other side. They seem to uplift a lot of people. So, less on the death matter, and more on the transition matter.
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