What is Death?

what death means for me ...
by llyn, NSW Australia
Student, Aged 50

I used to work as a palliative care nurse in the early 1980's ... after I had laid out the person ('cause they weren't a body to me)I would always wish them a good journey and say good bye.

for myself ... I want to be buried in a small graveyard somewhere obscure, with my hard drives, floppies & cd's and whatever removable media is around at the time. Reason being that I want the record of my thoughts, actions and life to be with me in death so that some day in the future if my body is dug up by archeologists I might be cloned and could then read about the person I once was. This is sort of a vague hope but I am willing to give it a go ... if I had the money I would have at least my head cryogenically frozen.

I guess for me death means the chance to have another go ... at least I like to think it does, the possibility that it is just nothing is frightening as I cant contemplate not being aware/alive/here. The form of life is less important I would think but I hope to remember on some level this life, so that I can try to make peace with myself.

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