There is a chinese saying " the dead died straight and stiff while the living cannot live on straight". This living is very real with the living with the burden of the dead. The dead can be gone and the living struggles to live on with the vacancy of the dead in their life and trying fill the gaps which is left behind by the dead.
Is living on is for the terminally ill ? No, I think it should also be for the living . The living is selfish wanting the dead to living on and stay behind to serve their purpose.
Their purpose is not monetary, love or cravings but the companionship and to be available when needed. Human being is a social animal and there is a need to be wanted or to want others .
When the end is near , the bond is been tested and this need to bonded creates sadness of losing someone while the dying is scare of what is beyond life. At this moment religion becomes important as all the religions promised a place for everyone . It does not matter what is agenda or the truth. It is rather the comfort of everyone .
Ajahn Brahn says that the love should be beyond a person. Even if the person is gone , the love should stay . This is the true love for fellow human beings. There should not be sadness as the love is never gone and it exist indefinitely.
Namaste.
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