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Caitlin Doughty Quotes

I want a natural burial. Just straight into the ground in a shroud Picture Quote #1

Accepting your own mortality is like eating your vegetables: You may not want to do it, but it’s good for you Picture Quote #1

Treat your online affairs as part of your affairs that need to be in order - your bank, your Internet bill - you need to have people who know what you want Picture Quote #1

Death in its natural state can be very beautiful. When you think about a body that’s died of natural causes - family taking care of it - all of that is very beautiful Picture Quote #1

In America, burial means an embalmed body in a heavy-duty casket with a vault built over it, so that the ground doesn’t settle. That body is encased in many layers of denial Picture Quote #1

The home funeral - caring for the dead ourselves - changes our relationship to grieving. If you have been married to someone for 50 years, why would you let someone take them away the moment they die? Picture Quote #1

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Ever since childhood, when I found out that the ultimate fate for all humans was death, sheer terror and morbid curiosity had been fighting for supremacy in my mind Picture Quote #1

I think about death most of the day, every day. We can’t escape death, and choosing to ignore it only makes it more scary Picture Quote #1

Because we’ve never encountered a decomposing body, we can only assume they are out to get us. It is no wonder there is a cultural fascination with zombies Picture Quote #1

The death industry markets caskets and embalming under the rubric of helping bodies look ‘natural,’ but our current death customs are as natural as training majestic creatures like bears and elephants to dance in cute little outfits, or erecting replicas of the Eiffel Tower and Venetian canals in the middle of the harsh American desert Picture Quote #1

For thousands of years, we did have death surrounding us, and we did have people die in the home. You would take care of your own end. You would do ritual processes, and you would be involved in it, and that’s been taken away in the Western world Picture Quote #1

I work with a group called Compassion and Choices in California. It’s attempting to get death with dignity legalised in California, the idea being that so goes California, so goes the rest of the U.S., at least Picture Quote #1

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Dying in the sanitary environment of a hospital is a relatively new concept. In the late 19th century, dying at a hospital was reserved for people who had nothing and no one. Given the choice, a person wanted to die at home in their bed, surrounded by friends and family Picture Quote #1

Not only is natural burial by far the most ecologically sound way to perish, it doubles down on the fear of fragmentation and loss of control. Making the choice to be naturally buried says, ‘Not only am I aware that I’m a helpless, fragmented mass of organic matter, I celebrate it. Vive la decay!’ Picture Quote #1

The biggest problem is the funerals that don’t exist. People call the funeral home, they pick up the body, they mail the ashes to you, no grief, no happiness, no remembrance, no nothing. That happens more often than it doesn’t in the United States Picture Quote #1

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I want a natural burial. Just straight into the ground in a shroud. (Caitlin Doughty Quotes) Accepting your own mortality is like eating your vegetables: You may not want to do it, but it’s good for you (Caitlin Doughty Quotes) Treat your online affairs as part of your affairs that need to be in order - your bank, your Internet bill - you need to have people who know what you want. (Caitlin Doughty Quotes) Death in its natural state can be very beautiful. When you think about a body that’s died of natural causes - family taking care of it - all of that is very beautiful. (Caitlin Doughty Quotes) In America, burial means an embalmed body in a heavy-duty casket with a vault built over it, so that the ground doesn’t settle. That body is encased in many layers of denial. (Caitlin Doughty Quotes) The home funeral - caring for the dead ourselves - changes our relationship to grieving. If you have been married to someone for 50 years, why would you let someone take them away the moment they die? (Caitlin Doughty Quotes) Ever since childhood, when I found out that the ultimate fate for all humans was death, sheer terror and morbid curiosity had been fighting for supremacy in my mind. (Caitlin Doughty Quotes) I think about death most of the day, every day. We can’t escape death, and choosing to ignore it only makes it more scary. (Caitlin Doughty Quotes) Because we’ve never encountered a decomposing body, we can only assume they are out to get us. It is no wonder there is a cultural fascination with zombies. (Caitlin Doughty Quotes) The death industry markets caskets and embalming under the rubric of helping bodies look ‘natural,’ but our current death customs are as natural as training majestic creatures like bears and elephants to dance in cute little outfits, or erecting replicas of the Eiffel Tower and Venetian canals in the middle of the harsh American desert. (Caitlin Doughty Quotes) For thousands of years, we did have death surrounding us, and we did have people die in the home. You would take care of your own end. You would do ritual processes, and you would be involved in it, and that’s been taken away in the Western world. (Caitlin Doughty Quotes) I work with a group called Compassion and Choices in California. It’s attempting to get death with dignity legalised in California, the idea being that so goes California, so goes the rest of the U.S., at least. (Caitlin Doughty Quotes) Dying in the sanitary environment of a hospital is a relatively new concept. In the late 19th century, dying at a hospital was reserved for people who had nothing and no one. Given the choice, a person wanted to die at home in their bed, surrounded by friends and family. (Caitlin Doughty Quotes) Not only is natural burial by far the most ecologically sound way to perish, it doubles down on the fear of fragmentation and loss of control. Making the choice to be naturally buried says, ‘Not only am I aware that I’m a helpless, fragmented mass of organic matter, I celebrate it. Vive la decay!’ (Caitlin Doughty Quotes) The biggest problem is the funerals that don’t exist. People call the funeral home, they pick up the body, they mail the ashes to you, no grief, no happiness, no remembrance, no nothing. That happens more often than it doesn’t in the United States. (Caitlin Doughty Quotes)