Thursday, April 16, 2026
Death is inevitable. What does it teach us? If it’s inevitable, avoidance is futile. We must deal. So, let’s deal, now. Watch videos about near-death experiences. Cozy up and watch hospice nurses discuss what goes on at “the end.”
There’s the death rattle—this gurgling noise of choking and groaning. There’s the death reach—when dying hands raise to the sky. There’s returning cognition—the dying are able to answer questions even after being comatose. Search for death and you can hear the rattle, see the reach, and watch the dying speak as they fade. Once the body dies, it can move. Does that creep you out?
You gotta clear the creeps. Get familiar and cozy. You’re still respectful, but desensitized to aversion. Ponder your funeral. Imagine being in hospice. Imagine the doctor informing you of your “terminal” diagnosis. Why must a white coat make it “official”? Officialize it now.
Coming to terms with your death releases fear. It releases you from the negativity bias, the notion that what you don’t want is inevitable—lack, dwindling supply, clasping for air. Avoiding death increases suffering. Befriending death heals you. Do you have a choice in what’s inevitable?
Let’s want to die. Let’s look forward to this indulgent relief. Let’s be hospitable to inevitability.
Coming to terms with death is important to the fullness of Truth. If you’re no longer scared to die, you’ll no longer be scared to live in joyfulness; to spend and use your resources and time playfully; and to throw caution to the wind like a kid. Is death a pal? It’s inevitable, so friend and foe it does not know! Welcome the reaper, making it no longer grim, and the medicine goes down like a spoonful of sugar.
Have a funeral. Say goodbye. Pull the plug and fall in love.