I never understand when spirits refuse to belive they’re dead. Why would someone have an aversion to being dead? Did they think they were going to live forever?
It has been postulated that the reason that people go through a mid-life crisis is because, when they’re young, they don’t believe that they would die. It’s coming to that realisation that generates the crisis.
I think people have mid-life crises because they abruptly realize that they’ve just been living day to day for so long, and suddenly their life is halfway over and they still haven’t done any of the things they wanted to do in it. And suddenly they realize they’re not going to die happy.
I don’t think any spirit would fail to realize that they were dead. But if they did, I can understand why they wouldn’t want to believe it; for the same reason that nobody wants to die in the first place. The same reason nobody wants to hear the Lady’s ideas…
Or maybe they’re just afraid of change, afraid of leaving behind the familiar world they knew, the things they loved and cherished. It would have to be a shock, and difficult to accept, the fact that you can’t go on living your life anymore. Even if it turns out to be welcome, people tend to value the familiar more than the good.
I can’t remember where I read it, but someone listed out the emotions when encountering death. The first step is denial, then later (not in order) is anger, bargaining, etc.
@RW, there are five steps. I have the book “On Death and Dying” which lists them- and you’ve got three of the five.
They are, in order: Denial, Anger, Bargaining, Depression, and Acceptance.
You can read more about it here: http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/869597/the_five_stages_of_death.html
They even reference the book I mentioned.
I was fortunate enough to have an open-minded faculty at my university- and we had a class called “The Sociology of Death”. It was pretty cool- even when the Coroner came in with a slide show of autopsies. At least we didn’t have to go to the morgue and actually watch an autopsy (I think I would have barfed LOL).
I love how BC is delving into all these different levels of life and after-life. It’s amazing.
I can’t wait to see how this turns out- and I can’t wait to see if this gets printed in a Trade Paperback style book ^_^ (One can hope!!)
I never understand when spirits refuse to belive they’re dead. Why would someone have an aversion to being dead? Did they think they were going to live forever?
It has been postulated that the reason that people go through a mid-life crisis is because, when they’re young, they don’t believe that they would die. It’s coming to that realisation that generates the crisis.
I think people have mid-life crises because they abruptly realize that they’ve just been living day to day for so long, and suddenly their life is halfway over and they still haven’t done any of the things they wanted to do in it. And suddenly they realize they’re not going to die happy.
I don’t think any spirit would fail to realize that they were dead. But if they did, I can understand why they wouldn’t want to believe it; for the same reason that nobody wants to die in the first place. The same reason nobody wants to hear the Lady’s ideas…
Or maybe they’re just afraid of change, afraid of leaving behind the familiar world they knew, the things they loved and cherished. It would have to be a shock, and difficult to accept, the fact that you can’t go on living your life anymore. Even if it turns out to be welcome, people tend to value the familiar more than the good.
I can’t remember where I read it, but someone listed out the emotions when encountering death. The first step is denial, then later (not in order) is anger, bargaining, etc.
@RW, there are five steps. I have the book “On Death and Dying” which lists them- and you’ve got three of the five.
They are, in order: Denial, Anger, Bargaining, Depression, and Acceptance.
You can read more about it here:
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/869597/the_five_stages_of_death.html
They even reference the book I mentioned.
I was fortunate enough to have an open-minded faculty at my university- and we had a class called “The Sociology of Death”. It was pretty cool- even when the Coroner came in with a slide show of autopsies. At least we didn’t have to go to the morgue and actually watch an autopsy (I think I would have barfed LOL).
I love how BC is delving into all these different levels of life and after-life. It’s amazing.
I can’t wait to see how this turns out- and I can’t wait to see if this gets printed in a Trade Paperback style book ^_^ (One can hope!!)
MeOw!
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