Originally Posted by TheFrogel

To take a specific point off of this topic:
Isn't mourning very selfish? That's not to say that it's wrong, or that I've never done it, or that those who mourn are idiots, but isn't it? The other person has gone on to whatever they go to: Heaven, Hell, reincarnation, the void, whatever. We don't know what's happened to them, so how can we feel sorry for them? We might feel sad for the life cut short, but that's also because we're worried that we, ourselves might leave things unfinished. We might feel bad for family and friends who missed them, but that's not mourning.

I hope no one takes this personally, but it stems from a conversation that me and my brother had a few weeks ago.