A fascinating read. I am thrilled that Substack is becoming the experience I had as a kid reading a stack of comics. Each would be different in tone, content, intent, and style, but each fueled me. Thanks for being authentic here.
Death is, in my opinion, a beautiful thing to think about. For me, reflecting on death is like an elephant. Surely the first time man saw this creature in person, he was frightened. What behemoth was this that towered over him? But with time he realized its docile nature and the grace to its calm. Similarly, death is discomforting at first, but with time, we see there’s a unique grace to it (even if it takes those we love so dearly).
I’ve heard this doorway comparison before, but I’m particularly fond of a comparison I heard in a song called Like a Taxi by Showbread. As the title suggests, the song compares death to a taxi, which I prefer because it moves death from being an unmoving factor and turns it into a subservient being. It exists to transport us, not to just allow us through.
Of course, this is me viewing everything through my Christian lens. I greatly appreciate you sharing your thoughts on death. I think it’s a taboo that should be embraced.
I like the idea of death being a conveyance, a subservient means of taking you where you want to go rather than a dominating authority. I think, for me, death is the freedom to explore unfettered countless dimensions and universes and planes of existence, or to rest a bit, or to move on with your loved ones to another life. It’s not a limitation, but the lifting of restrictions that bind us when we’re trying out a physical lifetime. .
A fascinating read. I am thrilled that Substack is becoming the experience I had as a kid reading a stack of comics. Each would be different in tone, content, intent, and style, but each fueled me. Thanks for being authentic here.
Death is, in my opinion, a beautiful thing to think about. For me, reflecting on death is like an elephant. Surely the first time man saw this creature in person, he was frightened. What behemoth was this that towered over him? But with time he realized its docile nature and the grace to its calm. Similarly, death is discomforting at first, but with time, we see there’s a unique grace to it (even if it takes those we love so dearly).
I’ve heard this doorway comparison before, but I’m particularly fond of a comparison I heard in a song called Like a Taxi by Showbread. As the title suggests, the song compares death to a taxi, which I prefer because it moves death from being an unmoving factor and turns it into a subservient being. It exists to transport us, not to just allow us through.
Of course, this is me viewing everything through my Christian lens. I greatly appreciate you sharing your thoughts on death. I think it’s a taboo that should be embraced.
I like the idea of death being a conveyance, a subservient means of taking you where you want to go rather than a dominating authority. I think, for me, death is the freedom to explore unfettered countless dimensions and universes and planes of existence, or to rest a bit, or to move on with your loved ones to another life. It’s not a limitation, but the lifting of restrictions that bind us when we’re trying out a physical lifetime. .