#Death awareness

[conjuredsun]

Meditations on Death with Duke Murmur

The Nine-Point Meditation on Death helps us to connect back with what is important in our lives. By being mindful of our mortality we can choose to focus on changing our lives. We learn to let go of waiting for the perfect moment in time to do something and can help us find our spontaneity again.  This meditation is a special one for me. I’ve been doing it for a while now to help overcome some…

[red-shepherds]

❌ not my lover

❌ not my hookup

No, something much more important than that

✅ he's ✨💫my Designated Agent of Funeral Arrangements💫✨

[glitter-stained]

Prompt:

After Red Hood stopped killing and someone leaked footage hinting that he's the second Robin, he expected to fight for every morsel of territory, for everybody to desert him and the murder attempts to triple.

And, well. It's not like he doesn't find himself in a rigged warehouse on Monday, walking off that one explosion with singes on his back. It's not like on Wednesday, a bullet pierces through a hole in his armour and he's losing half his blood in an alley. And sure, someone takes advantage of him throwing his helmet away on Friday (he was out of grenades and needed a bigger bomb) to fear gass him, but it's fine, he can function normally under fear gass nowadays.

Except. Except nobody deserts him. By Monday, the attempts have completely stopped. He walks into a meeting with his men and sees his goons' hands won't stop shaking, and even his lieutenant won't look him in the eyes.

Jason is confused, and so are the other bats, but soon the rumours reach their ears: you can't go after the Red Hood, because no matter what you do, once you've targeted him it's over, like a dog with a bone, he'll get you eventually- no matter how you shoot or how many explosives you use. It doesn't matter that the Red Hood doesn't kill, because the Red Hood doesn't die.

[harmonyhealinghub]

Unveiling the Profound Role of Death Doulas: Nurturing End-of-Life Transitions with Compassion

Shaina Tranquilino

December 10, 2023

In a world where conversations about life and death can be uncomfortable, a "new" profession has emerged to provide support and guidance during one of life's most delicate moments. The role of a death doula, also known as an end-of-life doula or death midwife, is gaining recognition for their invaluable contributions in helping individuals navigate the dying process with dignity, compassion, and emotional support.

Understanding Death Doulas: A death doula is a trained professional who assists patients and their families in embracing the final stages of life. Just as birth doulas offer assistance during childbirth, death doulas accompany individuals through the journey towards their inevitable passing. These remarkable individuals are not healthcare providers but rather compassionate companions who bring comfort and solace during this profound transition.

The Role and Responsibilities: 1. Emotional Support: A primary responsibility of a death doula is to provide emotional support to both the dying person and their loved ones. They create a safe space for open dialogue, listening attentively without judgment, while allowing everyone involved to express their fears, concerns, hopes, and desires surrounding end-of-life matters.

2. Education and Advocacy: Death doulas play an essential role in educating families on various aspects of the dying process. This includes providing information about available options for care, advance directives such as living wills or do-not-resuscitate orders, and facilitating discussions around spiritual beliefs or funeral planning. By empowering individuals to make informed decisions aligned with their values, they help ensure that end-of-life wishes are respected.

3. Practical Guidance: Alongside emotional support, death doulas assist with practical matters such as organizing paperwork, connecting families with community resources or hospice services if needed, coordinating home-based care arrangements, or offering advice on pain management techniques.

4. Legacy Work: Death doulas recognize the importance of preserving one's legacy and ensuring that personal stories and wisdom are shared with loved ones. They encourage patients to engage in life review activities, such as writing letters, recording videos or audio messages, creating memory books, or facilitating conversations that allow individuals to leave behind a lasting legacy.

5. Grief Support: The role of death doulas doesn't end with the passing of a loved one. They continue to provide bereavement support for families, offering guidance through the grieving process and connecting them with appropriate resources, including counseling services or support groups.

Benefits of Engaging a Death Doula: The presence of a death doula can significantly enhance the dying experience for both patients and their families. By fostering open communication, reducing anxiety and fear surrounding death, promoting self-determination, and providing continuous emotional support, they enable individuals to find peace, acceptance, and comfort during this challenging time.

Death is an inevitable part of life, yet it remains an often avoided topic within our society. However, death doulas are working diligently to change this narrative by bringing light and compassion into end-of-life experiences. With their skillful guidance and unwavering support, these remarkable professionals foster an atmosphere where individuals can approach death on their own terms while finding solace in knowing they are not alone on this profound journey towards eternity.

[heeyounghub]

Living with Deaths: How Death Awareness Enhances Life 's Value

Discover how embracing the inevitability of death can bring depth and value to life. This exploration challenges us to confront our death and use it as a catalyst for living with purpose and honor."

, life’s essence can be distilled into a simple progression: birth, life, and death. We celebrate birth with joy and excitement, and we pour our energies into living as well as we can, striving for betterment and comfort. Yet, the final phase, death, is often met with silence or avoidance.Birth is a blessing, and death can be a profound honor of your life. Avoidance about DeathsBias of DeathsNot…

[ed-recoverry]

Pauly Likens Jr., a 14-year-old transgender girl, was recently found murdered.

She was stabbed. Her body was found dismembered in a river; a man was recently arrested for her death. Her cause of death was trauma to her head.

She was supposed to be celebrating her 15th birthday this Saturday.

Her family has started a gofundme to cover her funeral.

Trans lives matter.

Trans kids deserve to live.

Keep trans kids safe.

[bigfatbreak]

Birds of a Feather previous / next

[kadampalife]

Finding Dharma in nature

A guest article My name is Jan J and I’ve been a practising Kadampa for many years. I’ve collected together some thoughts that have arisen as a result of mixing Buddhism (Dharma) with everyday appearances, including nature; and share them with you in this and future articles in the hope they might be of some small benefit to at least one person who reads them. These 4 anecdotes are all to do with…

[eveningdawn222]

people who act like batman isn't "judge jury and executioner" because he doesn't kill people are like. genuinely so funny to me because. they're very obviously thinking of "executioner" as like. the stereotypical guy with axe who chops people heads off, and not, yknow, the literal definition of the idiom itself, which is about someone who has the ability to judge and then subsequently punish someone unilaterally. which is quite literally what batman does.

he has the ability to decide what is a "crime" to him, he is the one who decides whether people are guilty of those crimes, and he is the one who executes their punishment. the severity of the punishment doesn't matter - he is unaccountable to anyone else, and indeed is allowed to commit as many crimes as needed to reach his arbitrary ideal of "justice."

the ideal of batman is this: a man who is so fundamentally changed by an act of senseless violence that he takes it upon himself to fight back against the rot and corruption in the world. he does this not through political activism, not through ridding himself of his wealth in favor of a greater good, not through community outreach, but through an individualistic fantasy of being a hero.

and you'll say: charlie, but he does do that !!! he donates his money all the time, he funds social programs, hospitals, orphanages, gets people jobs -

and i will say this: so why don't things get better?

because here's the base of it. gotham, at its core, can't get better. no matter what bruce wayne does, there will always be more crime, more villains, more death, more people for batman to beat up in back alleys. because that's what sells.

reoffending rates don't matter in gotham, prison reform doesn't matter in gotham, what actually causes crime doesn't matter in gotham because that doesn't sell books.

and so here it is; dc has unintentionally created a world where batman can't win, but can't be wrong, and where thousands of nameless, faceless, only-created-to-die civilians must be pushed into the meat grinder that is gotham, to fuel bruce wayne's angst and vindicate his constant, tireless, noble fight against the forces of evil.

and then: a new robin, who is poor and who's parents are dead or gone because of this cycle; who is happy go-lucky and hated by editors and fans for being robin, for not being dick grayson, for being poor.

and this robin is written, unintentionally or not, to be angry at the ways in which batman's (the narrative's) idea of justice is detached from its victims. bruce seems perfectly fine to allow countless unnamed women to be at risk from garzonas in his home country, yet robin is the one who is portrayed as irrational and violent.

this robin is not detached from gotham in the way bruce wayne is: this robin is a product of gotham.

(and here's the thing. you can't punch aids. you can't fight a disease with colorful fights and nifty gadgets. and how would robin dying from aids add to batman's story; it would call into question the systemic changes that haven't been made in gotham. how does a child get aids, in batman's city?)

so robin dies, and then bruce (the narrative) spends the next couple of decades blaming it on him. it is jason's fault; he was reckless, he just ran in, he thought it was all a game. if only bruce had seen what was coming, if only he could have known that jason wasn't rich enough or smart enough or liked enough to be robin.

batman gets a little more violent, a little more self destructive. he hurts people more and almost (!!) kills a couple guys. this is bad because it's self destructive and "not who he is." it is not bad because batman should not be able to just beat people up when he's angry.

and then he gets a shiny new robin - who is all the things jason "wasn't": rich and smart and rational and he doesn't put who batman is into question. batman and robin are partners, and jason is a grave and a cautionary tale, and (crucially here) never right.

the joker kills thousands and it doesn't matter because they were written to be killed.

batman beats up thousands and it doesn't matter because they were written to be criminals.

and then jason comes back, and nothing has changed. there is a batman and a (shiny! rich!) robin and the joker kills thousands. (because it sells)

and jason is angry - he has been left unavenged - his death has meant nothing, just as willis' had, just as catherine's had, just as gloria's had, just as -

thousands. ten of thousands. hundreds of thousands. written to be killed.

but one of them gets to come back.

and he is angry - not only at the joker, but at bruce (the narrative) - because why is the joker still alive (when thousands-)

here is the thing - jason todd is right. not because the death penalty is good, not because criminals deserve to die, not because of everything he says -

but because of what he calls into question. why is the joker alive?

because he sells books.

and dc has written a masterful character, through no fault of their own, because jason knows what is wrong, and he knows who is at fault - batman. (the narrative)

so the argument that bruce can't kill because he's not judge jury and executioner; the argument that jason is a cop or that jason is insane or that jason is in the wrong here; they hold no weight.

batman can't kill the joker because the joker sells comic books.

and jason can't kill the joker because the joker sells comic books.

so he will beg and plead and grovel - he will betray everything that is himself, he will forsake his family and his city and kill himself - just so that bruce (the narrative) will let the joker die.

he was condemned to death by an audience, and after he came back he has spent his whole life looking us in the eyes and screaming, asking, pleading; why is the joker still alive?

why are thousands, tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands (the number doesn't matter, see, because they're just a number. not people. not real.) why are we expendable for his story? why did i have to die just for nothing to change?

and the answer is money. and the answer is the batman can never be wrong. and the answer is shitty writing. and the answer is -

nothing jason can ever change.

which is the worst of it all. he is a victim with no power, and no one else in the world can see it. he is raging and crying and screaming at his father and his writers and you - and it doesn't matter. jason doesn't matter. and he knows it.

[jenny-jinya]

tw: animal death (?) Emma, are you still there? WEBTOON - INSTAGRAM

[dungeon-roomba]

LIBERAL EMO BANDS

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[ochiody]

the death of achilles

[kondietorei]

IF A TREE FALLS IN THE FOREST AND NO ONE IS AROUND TO HEAR IT, DOES IT MAKE A SOUND?

[azuries]

say goodbye as we dance with the devil tonight, dont you dare look at him in the eye

[illmoraineakoi]

So, I know I'm a little (very) late to the AvA stuff, but I was rewatching AvM Season 3 for the seven hundredth time and, well, I noticed something and I'm curious to know if it's been discussed before.

AvM Episode 29, Purple's story, specifically, Pink's death.

Her color changes as she dies, or is represented to have died.

It fades to grey.

Now, the question is, can we, or rather should we, use this to infer anything lore-related? Was this just an artistic choice to depict the act of becoming unhealthy/dying, or could this be what actually happens to stick figures that die over a period of time? Are their colors linked to their health?

Let's have a bit of fun with it, and presume that the fading of one's color can happen to a stick figure for health-related reasons, as the scene could imply.

This fading seems to involve loosing the saturation of one's color into grey. Saturation is how vibrant a color is, and the complete lack of saturation is greyscale.

The World-of-Alan reason for Pink's death is that she 'got sick', which is where the health connection of this theory comes from. If she did loose her color as she was dying as the notes depict, that loss of color was likely a result of her failing health rather than any other factors, like age or outside variables. A whole bunch of human body stuff are indicators for good vs poor health, including skin color (jaundice and cyanasis are good examples) so why not a stick's color for them?

What if, when they fully die, they lose all of their original color?

Now, let me propose this…

Who else do we know of who has had their color loose vibrancy?

What if Victim's color has lightened because he's ill?

[puppetmaster13u]

Prompt 245

Now Danny would openly admit, if only to himself, that he had a type when it came to relationships. If they were strong, if they were a threat to him, then chances were he would develop some sort of crush. It was how he had dated Sam and Valerie (And Johnny & Kitty) when he was a bit younger, and hell, Sam had technically succeeded in killing him, even if partly. 

Attraction towards smart people who could kill him was honestly par for the course for a Fenton or Nightingale anyway. 

And he’d also admit he enjoyed a bit of time travel, learning about times and culture long before his time, to the point that he could blend in in ancient times just as easily as the time he had been born in. That it was natural to mutter in a language lost to time. 

So color him surprise when another man perks up in the bar he had paused to get a drink in, vibrant green eyes gleaming in interest and responds in turn. And not just in the language, but able to keep up when he talks about things that once existed but haven’t been rediscovered yet. 

And one thing led to the other, and there might have been some assassins and some shenanigans that end with them both laughing together in an inn and then more and- Okay he has a type alright, and he’s ticking each box! How is that fair?