Hello death-talkers
You are invited to join us for the May Death Cafe. New-comers are welcome.
This is a regular sized Death Cafe in the Boardroom at the Beckenham Public Library (south Colombo). Do feel free to bring your favourite beverage and snacks to munch on.
Melanie
• WHAT HAPPENS AT OUR DEATH CAFE?
- It's a group-directed conversation about death and dying. Talking about death helps remind us of how precious life is.
- We talk about all sorts of interesting death-related things; aging parents, funeral pyres, death doulas, books we've read, death in different cultures, assisted dying, near death experiences (NDEs), philosophy and the meaning of life, and our own personal experiences to name a few.
- We don't promote any particular conclusion, belief system or course of action.
- Death Cafe is not grief support. It will not suit people who are recently bereaved or who are actively grieving. There are better support groups more suited to this.
• WHAT TO BRING
- An open mind, curiousity, and a willingness to join in the conversation.
- Please bring your own something to eat or drink (there is a cafe in the library that opens at 10am).
• DEATH CAFE ETIQUETTE
Seats are limited and there is always a waiting list of people keen to come. If after booking in for any reason you arent able to make it, please come back to this Meetup event page and change your attendance status - this frees up your seat for the next person on the waiting list. many thanks :-)
• FACEBOOK GROUP
if you'd like to join our FB group - this is us: www.facebook.com/groups/ChristchurchDeathCafe
• FAVOURITE QUOTE
I am contemplating this one at the moment by Arthur Schopenhauer:
'Each day is a little life:
every waking and rising a little birth,
every fresh morning a little youth,
every going to rest and sleep a little death.'