CELEBRATING DEATH DAYS

Celebrating Deathdays for those who have died in the past on a particular day is a sign of honor and respect. This isn’t just for the famous people who have past on, this celebration can be for anyone who we have loved or respected in the past. Deathdays must be like Birthdays on the other side. It is a sign of miraculous change, no matter how it came about. Our rituals towards the dead are dark and dreary and I believe that this consciousness must be changed for the better. When we are alive, we meet and live and love other souls who help us create beautiful memories. I believe those memories are immortal and live forever in the universe. Stirring up those positive memories again can be very healthy and it helps us learn from the past. Everything is linked to today and surrounds us, holding together the fibers of our lives. Celebrating a Deathday can be as simple as just remembering that person and giving thanks or you can have an all out party with other family and friends. Doing something that that person enjoyed doing like eating in their favorite restaurant is another way of giving honor. Just remember that we would all like to be remembered because it proves our existence and place in the universe so don’t forget to mark those very significant days on your calender and spice it up with some cake and candles cause everyone likes cake!

THE FUNERAL AND CASKET BURIAL

The funeral and casket burial is one of the most used forms of saying good-bye to a loved one. We all know of it and will probably have to deal with it at some point in our lives, whether it is going to a funeral or planning one. I will not be writing about the process here, due to most people not being interested or if they need to know the information, they can find it online under any funeral home. What I would like to discuss today is how detrimental the embalming and casket burial can be to our ground water. If you are wondering what embalming is, it is the use of chemicals injected into the arteries of the newly deceased to prevent them from rapidly decomposing. When we die, which is the permanent ceasing of all biological functions that sustain a living organism, our remains send out a signal to other organisms for them to come eat it. Embalming with the use of formaldehyde, glutaraldehyde, and ethanol became popular back in the civil war in order to send home the deceased without them decomposing before they got home so their loved ones could see them one last time and say good-bye before they were laid to rest.  The Civil War was a long time ago and I think we need to change how the dead are dealt with, considering there is a huge change in societies way of thinking. Our source of water is probably poisoned in one form or another every day, but that does not mean we have to add to it. I also believe that an open casket is nothing but creepy and everyone always wonders if that is really the deceased or some kind of mannequin, better to remember a smiling picture of your loved one instead of that last image!

It's not only the embalming solution contaminating our ground water, but also everything that is holding the casket together. Varnishes and glues, plus the hardware! If you would like a complete break down on facts of this nature, please visit: https://www.disabled-world.com/health/cemetery.php  I don't really want to repeat the internet, but I probably am, and I will tend to rant once in awhile, so bear with me and I will show you many more ways the dead were and are dealt with besides casket and ground burial. Read on!

WELCOME....

WELCOME....

Welcome back to burial-alternatives where there will be many discussions on different methods of burials. Man must always have a way of disposing of the dead, no doubt about that, and over the years there have been many, many rituals pertaining to this human necessity.  The most common being the funeral with the graveyard burial, but this method can often be expensive, toxic to our ground water, and horribly depressing.  I truly believe in celebrating a persons life and what they've accomplished and understanding that their time to "move on" has come.  In this blog, the reader will find various methods of burial. Everything from ground burial to sky burial.  I have read and heard about several different unique methods, not all are possible everywhere, but many are considered.  I hope you follow what's to come and your thoughts and views are welcome. Also, all images are courtesy of myself, either they are my personal pictures or my drawings.