We all have special days to remember the dead, don't we? Muslim, Hindu, Christian, Jew, Buddhist...
The reason perhaps is that these prayers and rituals we send up for our 'ancestors' or 'dearly beloved' are really a way of lessening our own fright of death ... the great unknown.
And somehow we want to believe in a heaven or an afterlife where all of us 'good souls' will be together again?
But have you thought about it?
Would you really be able to stand your family being in your face for all eternity?
What about that cantankerous great grandfather, or that grumpy uncle.... maybe you are hoping that
they haven't made it up there? Or perhaps you believe that they will be in the 'other place'?
What does that say about you or the other place...? Or your beliefs?
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