04-07-2014, 06:17 PM
I wasn't clear before. The case studies I was looking at were of people who had met a transition point in their lives, decided not to make the transition and then decided to die as an alternative. At least, that is the convincing case the author puts forward.
That's a fantastic quote!
I think probably death without suicide isn't so much an active choice but more of a 'letting go' of a body that can't function anymore? I think perhaps some people hang on far longer than their natural time.
My father was dying a horribly painful, but mostly unconscious death and I used to pray for him 'for the highest good'. Every time I did he would take a massive turn towards death. His wife was praying to keep him alive and I saw that manifested as another force that was keeping him alive even when there was no conceivable chance he was to get better and it would only cause him suffering.
That's a fantastic quote!
I think probably death without suicide isn't so much an active choice but more of a 'letting go' of a body that can't function anymore? I think perhaps some people hang on far longer than their natural time.
My father was dying a horribly painful, but mostly unconscious death and I used to pray for him 'for the highest good'. Every time I did he would take a massive turn towards death. His wife was praying to keep him alive and I saw that manifested as another force that was keeping him alive even when there was no conceivable chance he was to get better and it would only cause him suffering.