The Art of Dying by Dr Peter Fenwick.

 I watched on YouTube an engrossing interview in 2020 with Dr Peter Fenwick, neuroscience and neuropsychiatrist - about the process of dying. He has over many years been researching about - what happens in the process of dying and death? Is there such a thing as a good death? He suggests that there is and it’s contingent on - letting go and not being attached. Acceptance of the process that is universal and the fact that we are - “not coming back”. This is the very last time of consciousness and death shouldn’t be feared, but accepted as inevitable. We are crossing the Rubicon for the very last time. We all go at some point, through this necessary experience, what he calls “pre transition and post transition”. He suggests an experience of light is a common phenomenon. He quotes the Dalai Lama, who says that we ‘have a premonition of death, about 2 years before we eventually die’. A good death is inevitable linked to a - good life. Guilt can make death more problematic, as being self centred - makes for a more difficult death. Accepting death, means we merge with the universe, you therefore become universal and part of the cosmos.