Disposal

my plan
by Melanie, australia
educator, Aged 24

I find it funny this section should be entitled "disposal". Doesn't this simply signify what really does happen to us when we die? We become waste, to be disposed of and given to the ground to generate more life.

When i die, i do not want a funeral as such. I have sat through many funerals, always feeling guilty when they mentioned god and going to heaven etc as i do not believe we go somewhere. I do believe in reincarnation though, but things like that are never mentioned here.

I remember sitting through the funeral of a friend who suicided when we were 18. The family had a priest hold the funeral, who told the mourners that my friend's soul would be going to hell because suicide was not "god's plan" etc. My friend did not believe in god either and i felt sorry for her because it felt like hypocrisy big time.

I want my death to be a rememberance. I cannot say i want it to be a celebration as you cannot tell people what emotion they should feel at the death of a person. I do not want it to be religious in anyway. I want the songs that are played to be reflective of my tastes and also my frivolity. I do not want them to focus on death, as they usually do. I do not want to be buried. I wish to be cremated. I would love it if poeple could tell stories about my life and make people laugh, like we do now.

i think that someone needs to develop a funeral type celebration for non-religious people. I know that you can have a non-religious ceremony, but a prayer is always repeated. I do not want this at my own.

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