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well i'm reading this and agreeing with you even though it's not the case for me. I agree about the meaningless pursuit of pleasure. I agree about the surrounded by death part.

However I'm not sure I see how it's honoring or dishonoring ancestors. I love the idea of ancestors watching from another dimension, but is this what you are saying? or am i keeping my own score in my head of my ancestral honor? how does this work.

Deus 1y ago

> I'm not sure I see how it's honoring or dishonoring ancestors.

In some cultures, particularly Asian, the family is the core social unit with elders (and obviously, ancestors) playing a central role in maintaining family unity and traditions. On the extreme, if you dishonor your family/ancestors, you are a 'nobody', a pariah.

It's a concept probably difficult for (some) Western people to understand.

/"Western people to understand this": Not being condescending.

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d23b7c1f... 1y ago

so this is a commonly held concept in certain cultures. are these ancestors interacting with you on some level or rejoin you after death/etc?

Recently I had a dream of being in my late grandmother's presence and no words were spoken but I had a profound sense of her distant, unattached disapproval. This The feeling was so different from memories of her as proud, loving, caring and concerned, that I'm still pondering over the meaning.