Life after death
Do our loved ones who have passed prefer us sad or happy? Unfortunately, there have been lots of deaths in the last year, due to the COVID pandemic. Many people have lost their loved ones and they are obviously shattered. It is a well known fact, that some families have lost more than one person. Clearly, in our western culture is normal to get sad when someone dies, and it would be not only unacceptable, but baleful to feel joy and happiness in those cases. However, is this a cultural behaviour or is it part of our human essence? Is our sadness for death a learnt behaviour or an inborn one? There are some eastern cultures where death is not bad; in fact, they celebrate it and feel happy when someone close die. Can you imagine to be in a party for someone death? Not tears or sad faces, but smiles, jokes, dance and happiness instead. Obviously, everything depends on what do you think will happen after death. If you think that people will vanish and they will no longer exist, it i...