Philosophy Wire: Death. Beyond time and aeons…

Evidence of 'skeletal trauma' among over 300 individuals from three very different cemeteries reveals varying levels of physical hardship across the social spectrum of Cambridge, UK, between the 10th and 14th century. [1] Suffering never goes away. Beyond time and aeons. Beyond places and laughter. Suffering is still there. Haunting you as much as it did when you experienced it for the first time. Do not dismiss it. Hold it dear. It is not your friend nor your foe. It is you. Smiling from the other side with malice. Just smile back! "Why are you smiling?" it will ask. Do not answer. And it will know. That you were happy long before you smiled…

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