Planning for a funeral can be difficult. Not only are there innumerable different factors to consider, but you must account for your own grief as well as that of others. That said, there are some funeral options that can help add a more optimistic tone to the proceedings
In this light, therefore, there are a range of earth friendly funeral options you might wish to consider.
Why Does It Matter?
There are few events more solemn than funerals. They are, after all, the final goodbye to those we love and cherish. For all of that, however, there is a grand tradition of recognizing not just the death that is but the life which was and—all around us—continues to be. The Jewish tradition, for example, has members all partake in helping to fill the plot, each symbolically throwing in a clod of dirt as a show of solidarity, while Eastern traditions of Buddhist and Hindu belief offer visions that emphasize earth friendly funeral options as part of their view of humanity’s relationship with nature as symbiotic and eternal—even after death.
In this manner, funeral options that emphasize nature help us see life and death as connected and eternal, and thus the dead are still with us, in a sense, and we with them, in the earthly human experience.
What Are Some Options?
Cremation and scattering ashes is one of the most common earth friendly funeral options. People have chosen to have their ashes scattered in all manner of different sites, from fields to plots in Israel to the Pacific Ocean. This can underline a deep connection a person has with a certain place or idea, allowing them to be part of it “forever.” What’s more, because ashes mixed with soil can be fertile, scattering your ashes can allow you to, quite literally, give rise to new life, and thus live on through the grass, trees, flowers, and so much more that grows on the area—a beautifully inspirational notion.
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