[identity profile] enders-shadow.livejournal.com 2013-08-26 05:41 am (UTC)(link)
When Chuang-tzu was about to die, his disciples signified their wish to give him a grand burial. "I shall have heaven and earth", he said, "for my coffin and its shell; the sun and moon for my two round symbols of jade; the stars and constellations for my pearls and jewels; will not the provisions for my interment be complete? What would you add to them?" The disciples replied: "We are afraid that the crows and kites will eat our master." Chuang-tzu rejoined: "Above, the crows and kites will eat me; below, the mole-crickets and ants will eat me; to take from those and give to these would only show your partiality."

[identity profile] brother-dour.livejournal.com 2013-08-26 01:42 pm (UTC)(link)
That's what I'm talking about. Sky burial

[identity profile] rose-cat.livejournal.com 2013-08-26 06:59 pm (UTC)(link)
Why stop with the sky, though? Remains...IN SPACE! (http://celestis.com/services.asp)

[identity profile] brother-dour.livejournal.com 2013-08-26 08:05 pm (UTC)(link)
Nono, 'sky burial' was the term some Native American tribes had for the practice of leaving the deceased out for mother nature to take care of.

And anyway, the space burial goes full circle around to the ridiculously expensive.

[identity profile] rose-cat.livejournal.com 2013-08-28 07:27 am (UTC)(link)
I know :) I actually like the idea of that. Or put my ashes in the compost pile.

[identity profile] pirho-maniac.livejournal.com 2013-08-27 06:39 am (UTC)(link)
I clicked this hoping it was something like the orbiting cemetery in Futurama. And then I was disappointed.

[identity profile] aviv-b.livejournal.com 2013-08-27 02:50 pm (UTC)(link)
That's really out of this world!

[identity profile] rose-cat.livejournal.com 2013-08-28 07:23 am (UTC)(link)
Hee hee!

[identity profile] rose-cat.livejournal.com 2013-08-26 07:08 pm (UTC)(link)
Well, that's pretty cool. First come, first serve!

[identity profile] yes-justice.livejournal.com 2013-08-27 08:22 am (UTC)(link)
Only good if you like epidermis!