I don’t know why, but I have a fear of getting older and knowing that my inevitable death is near. I want to think of death as this is just my place in the world at this time, just like the 16th 17th and 18th centuries they had their place in the world and now it’s our turn
For some reason, death and getting old scares me. Especially if I’m 70-80 years old knowing that my time is up soon.
Can you suggest me a book where I can think differently about death?
by SurfinginStyle
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A Beginner’s Guide to Dying by Simon Boas
Ram Dass has a number of books on the subject, if you don’t mind it having a bent of eastern sprituality; Still Here, Grist for the Mill, Conscious Aging, Walk Each Other Home.
He also does talk seminars on such subjects you can easily find on YT with keywords.
“There are a number of bogeymen that accompany us into adulthood. The biggest one is this: ‘I’ll be old and alone with no mind, and when I die I’ll be alone, adrift, isolated in a cold, dark universe.’ The Ego is the only part of us that believes this.”
~ from Still Here
Irvin Yalom “staring at the sun”
*Being Mortal* by Atul Gawande
The 100-year-old man who climbed out the window and disappeared — Jonas Jonasson
Proof of Heave by Eben Alexander
In my Time of Dying by Sebastian Junger
Walking Each Other Home by Ram Dass
A Beginner’s Guide to the End, Never Say Invisible or The Death of Innocents
Irvin yalom is an existentialist therapist who has written a lot of books that talk about death anxiety. A matter of death and life is a really good memoir that talks about his personal experiences and feelings towards aging, grief, and death.
Journey of Souls
I really like how Terry Pratchett handles death. I’d suggest Reaper Man.
Marcus Aurelius – Meditations