How to Be Cool About Death
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How to Be Cool About Death
Death Reflection Increases Life Appreciation Participants who spent time reflecting on mortality showed increased appreciation for being alive and for their daily experiences.
When we take up meditation or go into therapy, at the most basic level, we are looking for a way to cope with the fact of impermanence, which ultimately comes down to the fact of our mortality. At first, we inevitably try to deny it, control it, or avoid it. Eventually, if we stay with a real practice of emotional honesty and awareness through the
... See moreInstead of denying—or worse, fearing—our mortality, we can embrace it. Reminding ourselves each day that we will die helps us treat our time as a gift.