Went to my Uncle's funeral today. He was 94. Created some great things. But I realize the exit plan he created for himself is something of the past. Today it costs on average $7,000.00 for a funeral. The incredible burden of this cost on the living. The land mass we take up. And funerals ugh. It's like my mom said "See them before they die, avoid funerals."
There has to be a better way. For example if we have to have cemeteries my friend who is an architect, Steve Zagorski, came up with a beautiful pyramid tower type of tomb. It is composed of a series of levels that can be visited. In these levels are a series of blocks that either contain ashes or coffins. I know this sounds creepy. But his design was beautiful and functional. And the reason that all this sounds creepy is because the funeral industry is a dinosaur and currently creepy.
Today families are doing green burials, cremation and give your body to science for heaven's sake wait a minute for "life's sake" if it can help your fellow human do so. New ideas in this area need to be created. So you can honor someone's life yet not be killed twice. Once from the death and the other managing the cost of the death.
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Hi Tuck, Your blog looks good. You might want to check the styling of it on your email. Regarding funerals, it is a huge industry. Conscious Dying, Home Funerals and Green Burials better suit the earth and the emotions. My family owns a beautiful green cemetery just outside of San Antonio. The oldest grave is from 1854, and the cemetery is the most peaceful kind of place. There are no embalming fluids or million dollar fancy caskets allowed at our cemetery. We only allow natural burials in biodegradable boxes that go straight back into the earth. The burials there are very inexpensive. Thanks for bringing the subject up and causing people to think. Death cannot be reconsidered, but our approach to it can be.
ReplyDeleteMay I recommend you not donate your body to science? One never knows what they will do with it.
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Do this right now, and it will be the last thing you'll ever do!
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