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“The Book of Awakening” by Mark Nepo
Mark Nepo lends some insight about accepting our ultimate fate in The Book of Awakening
I’m sure you’ve noticed by now that, here at SevenPonds, we’ve talked several times before about accepting our deaths and embracing the unknown. We know there are benefits to accepting death: making the end-of-life experience more peaceful, helping us … Continue reading →
New Eco-Friendly Coffin for Cremation
The Innovative Soul Ash Solace Coffin from Maximal Design of Belgium
Soul Ash Solace has an innovative design for a funereal vessel- it is made of light-weight materials that are completely biodegradable, (and much less harmful for our planet than showy, lacquered coffins and the like) such as papier-mache and corrugated … Continue reading →
Posted in Soulful Expressions
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Tagged Belgium, Biodegradable, Burial, Coffin, Cost of Dying, Cremation, Death, Death Care, Dying, Eco-Burial, environmental impact, Funeral, Noxious Fumes, Relic, Rememberance, SevenPonds, Soul, Soul Ash Coffin, United States
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John Donaldson Writes Us A Wonderful Note
Another heartwarming letter from a SevenPonds reader
Good morning Suzette, I found your website when I googled a quote I was looking for, spent a little time looking around and posted a comment on one of the blog posts. Very nice site and something that needs to get greater … Continue reading →
For Those Who Have Lost A Spouse Today
They take pleasure in talking about their dead husband or wife in a loving way
Just the other day we were ruminating about our past dating experiences when a friend mentioned a woman he dated who took special pleasure in talking lovingly about her dead husband. It got me thinking about all the women … Continue reading →
Posted in Sharing Suzette
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Tagged Death and Dying, Grieving, Grieving Your Own Way, Loving Again, Michelle Williams, Moving On, SevenPonds, Widow, Year of Magical Thinking
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How Did SevenPonds Come to Be?
We revisit our beginning
It’s been two years at SevenPonds since we launched our first blog post and it’s hard to believe we have arrived at our second anniversary already! What a wild ride it has been. I cannot begin to express how heartwarming … Continue reading →
Do You Want to Live Forever?
Aubrey de Grey is out to prove we can
I was recently introduced to Aubrey de Grey, who’s on a mission to show us how we can live forever and raise the funding needed to start the research process to do so. Sound crazy? Well, if given the chance … Continue reading →
Posted in Sharing Suzette
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Tagged Aging, Aging and Elder Care, anti-aging, Aubrey de Grey, Blade Runner, Death and Dying, Future, Living Forever, Nanotechnology, Physics, Physics of the Future, Raymond Kurzwell, Rejuvenation Research, Research, Science, SENS Foundation, SevenPonds, TEDMED, Western Medicine
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