Why Don't We Talk About Death?

In the West, we rarely talk about death, as though it's never going to happen or somehow we can prevent it from happening if we don't ever discuss it. So when death does come into our lives we're shocked, and we're left unprepared with how to cope with it.

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Short, to the point, and a great reminder to be grateful for every day. Thanks, Meredith 🙏🏼

🙏🏾 2025.

There needs to be more open talks like this about death. People do live for anti-aging & often won’t even say the words “die” or “death”, but instead they say “passed away” or other substitute words. Thank you.

Thanks for talking about death. Since my husband passed away 18 months ago, I have listened to many talks here on Insight Timer about death. I wish I had listened to them sooner. But like you said, I was unable to accept the reality that we all have an expiration date. In his 7 1/2 years of illness, I spiritually bypassed with hope. What’s interesting is I’ve learned more about love, life, death, myself, my deep soul connection with my husband, and more in the 18 months since he died… Then my previous 67 years on the planet. I look at that as a win. 🥰

Death is an important topic for everybody. Not just meditators that got good education. I remember seeing my father dead in bed. He was 63. Had good life. All the pains that he had for months left the body. He had a very reliefed face with tiny smile. I guess if i was already study buddhism i could take his death differently. Thank you Meredith for this talk 🙏🏾🪷