I recently came across a wonderful book called The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying and became a lot more comfortable about this somewhat taboo/ morbid subject (at least in US and India) but of course a universally definite one - of passing on.
I read the book while trekking in Bhutan where among its Buddhists, it's a natural, common topic encouraged from childhood.
Here are a few resources to make passing on more interesting:
1) Everplans
www.everplans.com
A website that deals with planning long before our death and evaluating our end-of-life arrangements among other things.
2) A Mini Workbook
This workbook PDF helps us plan things like Advance Health Directive (living will, power of attorney, Do Not Resuscitate order) and organ donation etc. While it's written from the US-standpoint but the content is broadly relevant.
3) Death Over Dinner
http://deathoverdinner.org/
A charming website to help us invite friends, family etc over and have conversation about this important topic.
4) How Doctors Die
Wonderful article on why doctors choose to pass on more naturally.
*
Here's a somewhat mathematical way to think about it:
Regardless of our age, our life at this point of time is a random dot X between two points A and B where one represents the beginning and the other, the end. While A is a fixed point, B is an unknown, moving target. The objective of the random dot X is to reach B sooner or later. But the success rate of X reaching B is 100%.
Enjoy the resources.
I read the book while trekking in Bhutan where among its Buddhists, it's a natural, common topic encouraged from childhood.
Here are a few resources to make passing on more interesting:
1) Everplans
www.everplans.com
A website that deals with planning long before our death and evaluating our end-of-life arrangements among other things.
2) A Mini Workbook
This workbook PDF helps us plan things like Advance Health Directive (living will, power of attorney, Do Not Resuscitate order) and organ donation etc. While it's written from the US-standpoint but the content is broadly relevant.
3) Death Over Dinner
http://deathoverdinner.org/
A charming website to help us invite friends, family etc over and have conversation about this important topic.
4) How Doctors Die
Wonderful article on why doctors choose to pass on more naturally.
*
Here's a somewhat mathematical way to think about it:
Regardless of our age, our life at this point of time is a random dot X between two points A and B where one represents the beginning and the other, the end. While A is a fixed point, B is an unknown, moving target. The objective of the random dot X is to reach B sooner or later. But the success rate of X reaching B is 100%.
Enjoy the resources.
