Thanks Westleigh for your thoughts on it. I've thought about those things too and then some more. The one thing about spiritually progressing..from reading a lot of posts here at SF it seems we progress while we're here on Earth --we come here it seems to put into practice whatever we learned between lives.

When I think about death I think about all the people left behind here..children without parents, spouses, dear friends. A lot of hurt is done to those left behind and sometimes grief that never heals. If dying was no longer done by most people, that at least would be gone. I think that would be a wonderful thing.

If we can conceive of a world beyond this one where we're spirits and don't die there and that is ok..then why would not dying here not be ok? I guess thats the thing I don't understand. If people aren't happy enough here to do this forever..how are they gonna be happy there? As above so below.

But I go back and forth..between thoughts similar to yours and these ones.