As in many cultures, burials are taken very seriously in Chinese society. The prolonged mournings that arose from Confucius Chinese tradition are still the norm today, and those that do not follow that tradition, along with various other ones, as part of funeral proceedings are said to be risking the fortune and fate of the [...]
It is a fundamental Islamic teaching that death, rather than being the end of someone's life, is the start of the third stage of it. At the point of death, a person's soul is said to rise up within them. An angel called Malikul Mawt (Angel of Death) then arrives to remove the soul. As [...]
If you only have a name how do you find out if someone has died? It's true that the less you know about someone then the harder it is to find them or to find out information about them but often it isn't impossible. I'll bet there have been times when you've thought about someone [...]
Planning for your funeral in advance (like getting funeral cover) may reduce the burden on your family and loved ones once you pass away. Nobody likes to think about that they may not be here one day, and many of us don
When you are preparing an extended stay business trip, whether in your home country or abroad, it is common to draw up a contingency plan in order to prepare for certain problems that may occur along the way. These problems may include what to do if you get separated from the group, if there is [...]
The death of a family member is probably the worst thing any one of us will have to endure. If the death was the result of a fatal accident, the shock and grief of a sudden, unexpected death will be very difficult to recover from. When a family member dies suddenly, there is a huge [...]
Fishing has been around for a long time. Millions of people, especially during earlier times, relied and survived on fishing as a main source of income and livelihood. Today, fishing has become a modernized industry. Fishing, in modern times has become an active sport and a hobby for people from different lifestyles. Just like any [...]
This is a question that has been asked many times and everyone has a different answer. The belief in reincarnation has existed for centuries. From the early Egyptians and the Babylonians came the belief that a soul could pass to another body either at the person's death or soon thereafter. If this is true it [...]
Have you ever had an out of body (OBE) experience? Sometimes when you are just about to enter sleep, in the twilight area between drifting off and waking have you experienced a jumping sensation that woke you? This is believed by some to be the spirit going back into the body. Others believe this is [...]
One of the most frequently asked questions that I receive is: Is it possible to communicate with a loved one who has passed away and, if so, how to do it. Loved ones usually try to get messages through to us to let us know how they are doing. They will communicate through psychics. They [...]