Denise JadenWhat's even more messed up than funerals, is the way people treat you after the funeral. Like you're diseased or something.
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Whenever we lose a loved one we may feel very sad and talk to them as if they were still alive. We will often watch for signs that they are still somehow with us: a touch of their hand, a thought about them, or a feeling of an encounter. Sometimes we will even speak to them to find out what they think about the situation. When we do this, we are not actually speaking to our loved one, but rather grieving their loss.
This is because the way we see the world, and the way that our loved ones see the world, may be very different from ours. For example, we may see the world as a place where we cannot achieve happiness and we will be sad and depressed. However, our loved ones may not see this and may be able to achieve happiness even though they live in a world where happiness seems impossible.
Our loved ones can see things differently than us because their worldview is different. This is why when people come back with stories about what happens in heaven after they die, it can seem so strange to us because their worldview is so different from ours.
Source: Losing Faith
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