Write up of Manly NSW Death Cafe
A write up of Manly NSW Death Cafe
By mknight
Our October Death Café saw us exploring the notion of consciousness and life after death. What is consciousness? What happens to us when we go? One attendee responded, “The ego becomes cosmically expanded”. What does that mean for us?
And what of human-caused suffering, such as that experienced because of war? How do we reconcile where we live in a safe and civil society with the suffering of others, for example, oppressed peoples? Why does God allow this? But is it God, or ‘life’ which is challenging us? How do we reconcile science and spirituality when trying to understand death and dying and the suffering of others?
As a group we explored the spirituality of other cultures and the philosophy of work-on-oneself juxtaposed against socio-political movements which appear to be fracturing. How do we navigate our mortality within this landscape? Wecome to Death Cafe!