This picture has to be the most perfect example of how much creativity and effort can be put into honoring the dead.
Or does it just show how we can preoccupy ourselves to bury the pain of loss? Or simply forget the point?
Enough candles give the night sky above cemeteries a distinctive red shine to it. Or perhaps keep a lot of families warm. Flowers in quantities witch would make even Elton John look tasteless ( guy spends litterally millions on flowers). Crowds of people cleaning and decorating the graves with bands and making sure every pebble is in a perfect position. People chatting about how big the neighbours flower arrangement is or how long the new electric candles ( raving in the afterlife candles) will "burn".
Every year I ask myself: Do they take the time to remember why they are doing all these rituals in the first place? Who are they paying respect to? Do they remember how much They learned them and how much They really gave them?
When you drink the water, remember the spring...
Wednesday, November 01, 2006
Remember Them!
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I agree with you, way too many people are not thinking of the dead when they decorate graves, they do it for themselves. A nice grave looks nice, but that's it. Fine, the family next to you will envy the beautiful flowers, but that is not what this day is about. It is about remembering in the first place and not about lighting candles. Quite some would do a lot better staying at home thinking, like you said, of what they have learned from those who are dead, what they have inherited, which wisdoms, what morals etc. However, I believe ?pela (Major) made a very good point in her blog... if a special day is needed for the dead, how important are they really? Would they need a special day if we remembered them often enough through the year?
Would we bother decorating graves so much if we lived perfectly well with the knowledge that we think of Them often enough? I don't think so... The tons of candles and flowers are only a show for the others and a way of denial for yourself.
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