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Having an Estate Plan Is Essential – So Is Discussing It With Your Children: Being open about your intentions helps maintain family harmony and a smooth transfer of assets -
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“Summons” by Aurora Levins Morales: Peaceful activism opens arms for grief and mourning in a beautiful poem
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Estate of Dr. Death Includes Original Oil Paintings
Dr. Jacob Kevorkian's estate reveals passion and pain around the politics of death
Jacob “Jack” Kevorkian (May 26, 1928 – June 3, 2011) was known widely as “Dr. Death” for his highly politicized pioneering efforts to legalize assisted dying in the United States. In 1991, a judge dismissed a murder charge against Kevorkian, … Continue reading
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Tagged Assisted Suicide, Assisted Suicide vs Aid-in-dying, Dr. Jack Kevorkian, Euthanasia, Jack Kevorkian, Kevorkian, North America, physician assisted suicide, Right to Die, Spiritual Traditions and Rituals, Spirituality, Spirituality and Death, Spirituality at the end of life, United States
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Honoring Ancestors in the Buddhist Culture: Japan’s Obon Festival
An annual Japanese Buddhist festival that honors the spirits of beloved family members who have died
Every year, Buddhists in Japan celebrate the custom of the Obon (or Bon) festival as a way to honor the spirits of beloved family members who have died. This Buddhist custom has influences from Confucianism as well. So how do … Continue reading
