JessIsAlive
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- Sep 9, 2024
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idk if this is off topic or not, but i think it is because this helps me come to peace with dying/suicide and i wanted to share it
but i find metaphors/euphemisms for death within English and different cultures very interesting, for example, in Irish Gaeilge there is the phrase: "Tá sí imithe ar shlí na fírinne" ("She has gone down the path of truth") this is similar to saying "She passed away" in English
I like this way of thinking about death, when we commit suicide, we are just facing the ultimate truth, the inevitable end for all.
In Gaeilge, dying is also often described as "turning ones face towards Eternity" and "returning to where one came from."
This brings me much comfort as well to know an entire culture saw dying in this way, returning back to where we all came from, that original state of non-being which is pure Truth; the soul longs for eternity.
In the past in the English-speaking world, saying one had gone "over the hills and far away" to mean they had died was also quite common, and I think that is beautiful as well.
but i find metaphors/euphemisms for death within English and different cultures very interesting, for example, in Irish Gaeilge there is the phrase: "Tá sí imithe ar shlí na fírinne" ("She has gone down the path of truth") this is similar to saying "She passed away" in English
I like this way of thinking about death, when we commit suicide, we are just facing the ultimate truth, the inevitable end for all.
In Gaeilge, dying is also often described as "turning ones face towards Eternity" and "returning to where one came from."
This brings me much comfort as well to know an entire culture saw dying in this way, returning back to where we all came from, that original state of non-being which is pure Truth; the soul longs for eternity.
In the past in the English-speaking world, saying one had gone "over the hills and far away" to mean they had died was also quite common, and I think that is beautiful as well.