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YOUR MONTHLY MEMENTO MORI
The Avoidance of Death: Death Salon
“The way we regard death is critical to the way we experience life. When your fear of death changes, the way you live your life changes.” ~ Ram Dass
"The idea of death, the fear of it, haunts the human animal like nothing else; it is a mainspring of human activity — designed largely to avoid the fatality of death, to overcome it by denying in some way that it is the final destiny for man." ~Ernest Becker
We know death is certain — and yet we turn away. In our language, our rituals, our healthcare, even our daily busyness, we find countless ways to keep death at arm’s length. This month’s Death Salon invites us to gently uncover the subtle and obvious ways our culture, families, and even our own minds avoid death. Through guided reflection, communal storytelling, and open-hearted dialogue, we’ll explore what’s lost when we avoid — and what becomes possible when we turn toward.
Whether you’re deeply familiar with death or just beginning to examine your relationship with it, you are welcome in this circle. Bring your curiosity, your resistance, your questions — and come as you are.
YOUR MONTHLY MEMENTO MORI
The Avoidance of Death: Death Salon
“The way we regard death is critical to the way we experience life. When your fear of death changes, the way you live your life changes.” ~ Ram Dass
"The idea of death, the fear of it, haunts the human animal like nothing else; it is a mainspring of human activity — designed largely to avoid the fatality of death, to overcome it by denying in some way that it is the final destiny for man." ~Ernest Becker
We know death is certain — and yet we turn away. In our language, our rituals, our healthcare, even our daily busyness, we find countless ways to keep death at arm’s length. This month’s Death Salon invites us to gently uncover the subtle and obvious ways our culture, families, and even our own minds avoid death. Through guided reflection, communal storytelling, and open-hearted dialogue, we’ll explore what’s lost when we avoid — and what becomes possible when we turn toward.
Whether you’re deeply familiar with death or just beginning to examine your relationship with it, you are welcome in this circle. Bring your curiosity, your resistance, your questions — and come as you are.