You will die...

[draiman]

... all of us will.

...sorry sa title, para medyo attention-grabbing.

Would you prefer cremation or burial? Just want to have some opinions about it.

I'm leaning towards cremation, then ilagay ko na lang sa fire/water proof urn, then safely tuck inside a fire proof safe inside my house.

How about you guys?

[cast_no_shadow]

Pwede ba cremate then ashes is asa bahay lang?

[vinj]

Cremate for me then place in the crypt at our Church para di na ma-hassle masyado sa akin yung family ko (easy to maintain, easy to visit).

Speaking of death, I knew someone who led an honest and fruitful life and he never looked back as he lay peacefully on his deathbed. How i wish i could go that way. Couldn't help but compare with some politicos who would move heaven and earth just to keep their time on earth going.

"Everybody wants to go to heaven but nobody wants to die"

[badkuk]

i'd prefer to be cremated, then have my ashes scattered sa beach So every time they go to the beach, and see a wave coming, that's me saying "yoo hoo" :D

i hear there's a service in the US where you can have you ashes made into artificial coral, which they will put under the sea.



For me the traditional burial leaves a lot of headaches for the surviving family:

-- annual siksikan during All Soul's Day

-- unless you're stinking rich, or have a private mausoleum, it's not sustainable. Pagdating ng panahon, your apos or apo sa tuhod will be maintaining/visting a heckuva lot of graves. What if they can't maintain it?

We all know that memorial parks are, in the end, a business. My cousins once brought us to a public cemetery where there was this big abandoned "water tank" -- inside were the remains of the "evicted" tenants. Kasi kung ganun na rin lang, might as well dispose of your remains in your own terms.

[_Cathy_]

Buried.

I don't like the thought of my body being burned. It's kinda like symbolic of hell It's always been burial for our whole family anyway.

My maternal grandmother passed away in the US and we brought her home. It was what she wanted too. I took care of the paper works from Manila's side. I still miss her until now and our family let me keep the key to her casket. I'm not sure if there is already soft embalming here but it is so much better than the regular embalming. I got to touch my Lola and she felt normal pa rin, unlike regular embalming that makes the body hard as rock.

[Bin Diesel]

Cremation for me.

[box_type]

yes for cremation, and yes you can keep the urn in your house...

[XTO]

Burried. Meron na kami, and maganda yung buhay ka pa alam mo na lalagyan mo na kasama mahal mo sa buhay including roots. Cremation sa mga walang lote gaya ng mga ilang kamag-anak namin na nabigla when the time of need comes.

[jut703]

Buried.

I don't like the thought of my body being burned. It's kinda like symbolic of hell It's always been burial for our whole family anyway.

My maternal grandmother passed away in the US and we brought her home. It was what she wanted too. I took care of the paper works from Manila's side. I still miss her until now and our family let me keep the key to her casket. I'm not sure if there is already soft embalming here but it is so much better than the regular embalming. I got to touch my Lola and she felt normal pa rin, unlike regular embalming that makes the body hard as rock.

It's easy to choose a burial if you've got abundant lands to bury your dead. But right now prices of burial lots have skyrocketed and only the comfortably wealthy can afford to keep on buying land. But even then, it's finite and you'll soon be forced to bury your dead faraway from Metro Manila. Then when all burial lots are filled, what happens to the dead? Exhumed to give way to new tenants.

I also come from a family that has traditionally buried all that have passed away, but recently I've begun to question this tradition. My tito passed away the other year and we had him cremated after the wake. My boss' dad was cremated right after death and it was only the urn that was in the wake. My lola still followed the traditional process with a wake, procession to the cemetery, and burial. Regardless of procedure, all of them are dead as dead and have been peacefully laid to rest.

I don't want to dwell on our beliefs about the afterlife, but I find it difficult to believe that an almighty and omnipotent god will care much about how your dead body was dealt with.

These rituals are really more for those that are left behind. I'm sure it makes people cope better with their grief to do the ritual this way or the other. But I think that they should also reexamine their beliefs as resources (land) are finite, and our choices will inevitably affect the options that will be available to future generations.

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[jick.cejoco]

In India , if your next of kin don't have enough money for firewood, whatever remain unburnt washes off their holy Ganges river where everybody bathe for healing.



http://www.shadowfire.nl/media/India...ion_largev.jpg

[jick.cejoco]

Human ash crystal


http://www.ashesintoglass.co.uk/imag...age_banner.jpg

[1D4LV]

... all of us will.

...sorry sa title, para medyo attention-grabbing.

Would you prefer cremation or burial? Just want to have some opinions about it.

I'm leaning towards cremation, then ilagay ko na lang sa fire/water proof urn, then safely tuck inside a fire proof safe inside my house.

How about you guys?

my wife and myself have already decided on this and have talked to our son.
its cremation. pagkamatay na pagkamatay. wala ng lamay.
ang scatter the ashes somewhere.... those are just remains....wala na yan..... important is yung afterlife.

[SkyFlakes88]

my wife and myself have already decided on this and have talked to our son.
its cremation. pagkamatay na pagkamatay. wala ng lamay.
ang scatter the ashes somewhere.... those are just remains....wala na yan..... important is yung afterlife.

I agree! When you're dead nothing matters but GOD and going to Heaven.

[ess]

I've seen this on my FB wall a couple of times.

Here’s a plan to bury corpses in pods, grow trees | New York Post

[1D4LV]

I agree! When you're dead nothing matters but GOD and going to Heaven.

and another thing that matters are the things that you have done while you are still alive..... if you have served your purpose, if you have touched peoples lives, etc.... dun ka maaalala.... your legacy, if i may say.

[Wh1stl3r2]

Narerelease daw sa atmosphere lahat ng na-ingest mo na toxins sa katawan when you were still alive. Heavy metals, etc, etc. Baka ma-ingest pa ng loved ones mo. But I don't like the idea of getting eaten by maggots either.

Mushroom burial suit anyone?
https://www.ted.com/talks/jae_rhim_lee?language=en

I wish everyone could go when they are ready. Doesn't matter if you're 20 or 100, I just hope you are at peace at the end, like Anthony Hopkins in Meet Joe Black.

[1D4LV]

Narerelease daw sa atmosphere lahat ng na-ingest mo na toxins sa katawan when you were still alive. Heavy metals, etc, etc. Baka ma-ingest pa ng loved ones mo. But I don't like the idea of getting eaten by maggots either.

you wont feel both..... and you will not even care..... trust me.... hehehehehe.

[SkyFlakes88]

and another thing that matters are the things that you have done while you are still alive..... if you have served your purpose, if you have touched peoples lives, etc.... dun ka maaalala.... your legacy, if i may say.

Well said sir 1D4LV! We should all strive to be a blessing to other people while we can.

[badkuk]

If you think cremation was gruesome, look up "Sky burial". No thanks, i'll stick with cremation ^_^

[Juan Martinez]

burial.

like my father and grand father, my casket will be draped with our flag and, on interment, i will be accorded with the customary 21- gun salute.

and i want this epitaph written on my headstone:

"a son, a father, and a public servant who tried to make a difference in this world."