well written; it's got me thinking about writing one of my own. also i hadn't heard of resomation and promession as practices (under those or any other names)
(btw: the 死は生の一部である at the end is missing the final る)
(btw: the 死は生の一部である at the end is missing the final る)
(Thanks for catching that. I was trying to decide whether '.' or '。' looked better next to English text and must have taken off more than I wanted.)