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This is posted in the waiting room of an Irish hospital. Interesting glimpse into their culture.

The full text of the posterThis symbol has been developed by the Hospice Friendly Hospitals Programme to respectfully identify the End of Life.

This symbol is inspired by ancient Irish history; it is not associated with any one religion or denomination.

The white spiral represents the interconnected cycle of life, birth, life and death.

The white outer circle represents continuity, infinity and completion.

Purple has been chosen as the background colour as it is associated with nobility, solemnity and spirituality.

In this hospital the symbol may be displayed on a ward to add respect and solemnity during end of life or following the death of one of our patients.

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[–] WorldsDumbestMan@lemmy.today -2 points 1 week ago (4 children)

End of life is such a shame. You see, they have a point with the infinity and cycle points they claim, why would the person's mind not be recycled into something else?

You lose the person, all that they are permanently. They instead, get to exist as a new being, with no memory of their past.

All relationships, acomplishments, anything of actual meaning erased.

Yet the cruel irony is that they persist, recycled as yet another wretched being.

[–] HeHoXa@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 week ago (2 children)

"why would the person's mind not be recycled into something else"

Why would it be?

[–] WorldsDumbestMan@lemmy.today 0 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Because why tf do we have the idea that we are somehow so special, that we don't fall under the same laws as everything else.

The mind just has to be some metaphysical bullshit. Nah, it's just material science we don't understand due to our own flaws.

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