To be or not to be. This is not a question or even a choice in today’s society. I did ‘being’ until my work was complete and then I tried not being, but the forces at work in the world prevented me from fulfilling my intention. So since then I have kept a sharp look out for signs and messages that might indicate why I am still being when I have finished. It would be in the interest of the planet to have one less carbon footprint, one less potential carrier of diseases, one less consumer. I tried my level best to do what I could as a way-shower and before that I took my direction from parents and conventional rules. I bore a son (and he bores me - joke). Strange when you think about it that there should be so many rules and mandates about living and dying but nothing that simply addresses one’s sane and sensible wish to check out from say, age 60 if one wishes. It could be so organised and generous and timely. Why are the powers that be so fearful of this option? The rule to live is common to all religions and governments as far as I know. As the song says: ‘suicide is painless’ – it’s just hard to carry it out alone, without professional help.
Dignitas would help if they could so long as I join their organisation. But as from the spring of last year (or was it this year?) the Swiss government made it illegal to help anyone with mental illness which includes the wish to die! This must mean that they will only assist in the suicide of those who would want to live if their bodies wanted to.
It involves a human decision to create life, so why should it not involve a human decision, my decision to extinguish it?
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