{"id":42218,"date":"2015-07-23T03:41:43","date_gmt":"2015-07-23T08:41:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/?p=42218"},"modified":"2016-03-09T21:24:03","modified_gmt":"2016-03-10T02:24:03","slug":"how-do-you-prepare-your-family-for-the-idea-of-death","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/how-do-you-prepare-your-family-for-the-idea-of-death\/","title":{"rendered":"How do you prepare your family for the idea of death?"},"content":{"rendered":"

A question for you: How do you prepare your family members for the idea of death so they aren’t afraid of it, and aren’t devastated and lost when it happens?<\/em> Growing up as a child, I was always comforted when my mom would say we would see our loved ones again, they were just on the other side of a wall, kind of like when Abraham<\/a> \"butterflies<\/a>says it’s as though they are in another room and soon we will be in that room as well. That made it not such a scary thing for me, knowing the separation is only temporary.\u00a0 Later in life, Mom likened it to the tadpole becoming the frog; to the caterpillar not dying, simply becoming a butterfly.\u00a0 We both agreed we believed we survive in consciousness after the change called death.<\/p>\n

RELATED:\u00a0 Her perception upon dying
\nHard as it is, get used to death
\n<\/a>It’s comforting to know we get more than one lifetime<\/a>
\n<\/a>How to forgive and find closure if the other is unwilling, absent or dead
\n<\/a>A Friend and I Talk About Dying and Easy Transitions
\nWhy pretend loved ones aren\u2019t going to die? Let\u2019s get over the fear<\/a><\/p>\n

RELATED: <\/a>Thich Nhat Hanh on death
\n<\/a>RELATED:\u00a0 <\/a>Rumi on Death<\/a><\/p>\n

The End of Death As We Know It: What The Crossing Over Experience Was Like, As Reported By Those Who Made The Transition<\/a><\/p>\n

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