Spiderman
Veteran Member
Memorial day is actually my official holiday, because even when I was a fifth grader with not an ounce of human decency, selfish and evil, I had the trace of noble quality in me to realize people in war go through the greatest hell, fear, trauma, torture, handicaps, and violent deaths, and I knew to love, honor, respect, and venerate them.
Much later in life I became totally convinced spirits of the deceased visited me , all of them originally victims of a violent death.
I have a connection to people who die tragic, violent, scary, petrifying deaths. I'm motivated to serve them , and do good deeds in their honor and bless them, more than anyone else, they have my love.
This happens to be the holiday honoring the most people who died scary , violent, unexpected deaths, many of them still teenagers, a terrible age to die violently and prematurely, so I take the holiday and honor and bless them and everyone else who died tragic, violent, painful, scary, unexpected deaths.
I like how Japan honors their wardead better than anyone. At Yasukuni Shrine, everyone who dies for their country while serving in the military, gets their name and birthdays written in a book of souls, millions of them enshrined in that matter, a structure created for spirits of wardead to dwell, priests and others celebrate rituals in their honor, pay homage to them, have relationship with them, treat them like Catholics treat their Saints.
That is far above and beyond how America honors their wardead at the Vietnam memorial, Arlington cemetery, or any place.
I feel like the agony soldiers go through, seeing your friends get violently killed and injured, severe PTSD, nightmares, loud noises, the screams of the wounded, the mutilated bodies, the feeling of dying like that, the abuse of prisoners of war, I just feel they deserve a special honor and reward for enduring unthinkable hell, fear, stress, misery, and torture.
Every country should have a Yasukuni Shrine imho. I visited the war memorials at Capitol Hill today. Did you do anything special?
As I said, Memorial day is the day I honor, bless, remember, and pray for all who died tragically, not just war dead though, so that is why it is most important to me, because that is the activity I find most rewarding, that gets me the most graces, something I find most meaningful. They seem to return the blessing.
Much later in life I became totally convinced spirits of the deceased visited me , all of them originally victims of a violent death.
I have a connection to people who die tragic, violent, scary, petrifying deaths. I'm motivated to serve them , and do good deeds in their honor and bless them, more than anyone else, they have my love.
This happens to be the holiday honoring the most people who died scary , violent, unexpected deaths, many of them still teenagers, a terrible age to die violently and prematurely, so I take the holiday and honor and bless them and everyone else who died tragic, violent, painful, scary, unexpected deaths.
I like how Japan honors their wardead better than anyone. At Yasukuni Shrine, everyone who dies for their country while serving in the military, gets their name and birthdays written in a book of souls, millions of them enshrined in that matter, a structure created for spirits of wardead to dwell, priests and others celebrate rituals in their honor, pay homage to them, have relationship with them, treat them like Catholics treat their Saints.
That is far above and beyond how America honors their wardead at the Vietnam memorial, Arlington cemetery, or any place.
I feel like the agony soldiers go through, seeing your friends get violently killed and injured, severe PTSD, nightmares, loud noises, the screams of the wounded, the mutilated bodies, the feeling of dying like that, the abuse of prisoners of war, I just feel they deserve a special honor and reward for enduring unthinkable hell, fear, stress, misery, and torture.
Every country should have a Yasukuni Shrine imho. I visited the war memorials at Capitol Hill today. Did you do anything special?
As I said, Memorial day is the day I honor, bless, remember, and pray for all who died tragically, not just war dead though, so that is why it is most important to me, because that is the activity I find most rewarding, that gets me the most graces, something I find most meaningful. They seem to return the blessing.
