I don’t believe in coincidence either and I read your post having been thinking about death myself recently. A close friend died when I was very young, around this time of year. If she’d lived I imagine she’d be finishing university now and I often think about what she would be like today. I try to remember her in life, but it’s a difficult feeling to shake at this time of year.

My friend’s death was an accident but a family friend overdosed when she was a teenager and I still remember that clearly. Everyone said she had become angry and wasn’t the same person, but I thought that was a cop out. She was a beautiful girl who surrendered to loneliness and despair; it was sad, but we failed her in many ways too. I don’t know if someone being there would have made a difference but it upsets me when people say their death was awful, and then go on like nothing has happened. I think thinking about death is a natural reaction and a part of grieving, rather than separate from it… when people don’t react at all, that’s when I start to wonder if they feel anything and how much they really cared.

I’m not familiar with Ulla Jacobs but I’m interested in Hidden Laws after reading that. Sounds interesting. I haven’t found any one philosophy I feel strongly about but I enjoy different ideas… I’ve always seen death as more final or a rebirth, but the way this draws on the principles of various religions is very interesting. Even Tipler’s Omega Point could come into that. I’ll have to check it out.

Thanks for posting this, Brightfeather, and good thoughts to you, always.