In fact, there are few people in the world who think about death. Most of these thoughts frighten and oppress. And they certainly do not bring joy. However, the endless crowding out of consciousness cannot solve the problem. Sooner or later, each person is forced to understand for himself how to relate to death.
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In the practice of psychotherapists, the question is very common: "If you knew how much you were allotted to live, how much would your life change after that?" Sometimes it is formulated differently, more strictly: "Imagine that you have only a few days left to live. What would you do in the allotted time?" Such questions, at first glance, are surprising. And an unprepared person may even be shocked. However, they relate to those questions for which there are no correct answers. More precisely, each answer to a similar question is correct and has a right to exist. But more often than not, the first influence that he makes on a person who has thought about how to relate to death is an enlightening effect after quite deep and serious reflection.
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The second action of this question is that a person begins to think about the meaning of life. Someone analyzes the meaning of individual existence, someone immediately thinks globally, reflecting on the fate of the entire human race. It is not surprising that the question of the meaning of life is so closely related to the question of how to relate to death. All people are looking for this meaning. Some psychotherapists even believe that this search in itself is the meaning of life. We can say that the answer to the question of how to relate to death becomes obvious immediately after determining the meaning of life.
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On the other hand, having determined the meaning of life (and, thereby, having affirmed for himself certain boundaries of the worldview), a person immediately understands what role is assigned to him. And the question of how to relate to death ceases to be significant. Moreover, the scatter of opinions on this issue and their impact on the future life of each person reflecting on this difficult topic is amazing. Someone, for some domestic reasons, comes to understand that people - although, indeed, the crown of evolution, but only reasonable animals. And this determines the further behavior of such a person and the level of his reflection. Others, on the contrary, realize that the whole existing world is not an island lost somewhere in the ocean, but a part of the great Universe, in which everything is interconnected, where its laws operate, there are deep principles of existence, and all things have their consequences. And therefore it is not surprising that such people begin to relate to death and to life, respectively.