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[Leslie <cayadopi AT yahoo.com>]

Not planned in that detail, but I did want to be cremated and then have my 
daughter scatter ashes in the wind over a significant spot that has special 
meaning to me.  That way the funeral can be about those who remain, and yet 
release what is left of my body in a special spot for me.  I also didn't want 
a 
burial plot where those behind would come to remember my death - but instead 
visit the special spot and remember my life.




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From: EarthNSky <erthnsky AT gmail.com>
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Sent: Fri, October 1, 2010 2:15:29 AM
Subject: [Homestead] thinking about death

Tough subject...
Funerals are for the living, so they say, so with that in mind, I am trying 
to 
plan my own 'event'.
I'm not a church-goer, so having a traditional funeral in a church is just 
not 
me. I intend to donate my body to science, so there would only be a 
'memorial' I 
suppose.  I would prefer it to be outside, maybe even on my own land.  People 
could stand up and say whatever they felt like saying.
No chairs, nothing fancy, just bring some blankets and picnic on the grass.
I like the idea of releasing a single dove, and I really bagpipes, but I 
can't 
figure out how to unite those two things in a service...fireworks would be 
kind 
of cool, too.  I think I would like music, but I don't know about the 
logistics 
of that if we are in a pasture.  I just can't wrap my mind around what I 
might 
want..

Has anyone planned their own 'funeral'?
Does anyone have any other secular or non-traditional  ideas?  Pagan rites?  
Buddhist chants?  poems?

I want people to reflect enough on life that they live stronger, but I don't 
want it to be depressing.  I don't want it to degrade into drunken 
debauchery, 
either.

-- EarthNSky Farm    34.498N    85.076W
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Bev,

If you have moving water, I think a really nice ritual would be releasing a
thought of you on a leaf boat, or any other small biodegradeable 'boat'.
The thoughts could be written on a snip of paper, folded and placed on top.
If someone knew origami, I'll bet a little boat can be made.


I like the non-traditional funerals, too. And life-celebrations, too.


Roxann, NW AR
http://blog.ancientearthwisdom.com (Ozark Musings from the homestead)


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Has anyone planned their own 'funeral'?
Does anyone have any other secular or non-traditional  ideas?  Pagan
rites?  Buddhist chants?  poems?