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How to handle group conflict over death awareness practices

Our book club chose to read about Stoic death practices and now we're supposed to apply memento mori techniques, but half the group thinks it's transformative and half thinks it's depressing, and our discussions have become these intense debates about whether thinking about death actually helps you live better.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

A shared exploration of mortality is splitting the group between those who find it liberating and those who find it burdensome.

Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with The Stoic meditation on death as time amplifier?”

If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.