The Physical Truth
We agree that life is fleeting - and I know that the older you become the more sensitive you become to this - but it is exactly because life is fleeting that our bodies are sacred. What you do with yours is much of what you leave here when you die. Our actions are sacred - or, have the potential to be sacred - as much as our meditations and prayers are so. Too often, I think, we assume that what we do 'in our heads' is more valuable than what we do in our bodies. What you do with your body is what you know to be true.

--from the essay "After We Die ...There is burial or cremation: What Do We Do With Mom's Body?"
by Jon Sweeney

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