Grave goods and burials..

To start, I love the idea of choosing what types of grave goods would be buried with you when you die. For me, burial isn't and never has been my first choice of after-death processing, so it is something a bit more thought provoking than I had originally thought!

I think if my only option was a burial, I would have include with me not material things such as jewellery or gifts, but rather photos and memories of the life I had lived. I'm not a very materialistic person, so for me to include those with me would contradict much of what I believe in today. Photos and memories would probably include my childhood journals and photos of those I love and who love me. The outlook of having friends, family and loved ones highest in priority over material things is a mantra I 'take to the grave', and would literally take with my into my grave (ha ha pun).

If another person were to pick my grave goods, I'd like to think that throughout my life I emphasized clearly what is important to me, and they could pick such items or things accordingly. I have a feeling that most people would put in lots of flowers, plants and possibly homemade crafts or jewellery.

Burial is something I'd never put much thought into. To me, I don't like the idea of staying stagnant in the ground and having a specific spot where people go to remember or talk to you. The idea of cremation seems like such a more positive and freeing way to leave your body behind. Having ashes thrown into the wind is such a more pleasant visualization than having a cement tombstone. I think that if people would want to remember me, it would be at their spot of choosing with the comfort of the wind and knowing that my ashes were thrown into the wind similar to the one they that was passing by them. This leads to people's personal concept of healing and mourning. Having lost a few people close to me, I feel that I heal much more effectively knowing that my loved ones bodies are free, compared to having been buried to take the elements. This is just my opinion of course and is by no means either right or wrong.

Cheers!