Over the last few weeks, I’ve found myself in several challenging, thought-provoking conversations about death, mortality, impermanence, and what, if anything, happens after we die.

You know, the “everyday subjects.”

We’ve all heard the old saying that you shouldn’t talk about politics or religion in polite company. Well, I’ve come to realize there’s a third topic on that list: death.

Death is the one inevitability, the one universal change, the one unknown we all share. And yet, it only seems to enter conversation when it shows up in our immediate circle, when someone we know passes away, or when we brush against our own fragility. Otherwise, we keep it tucked away, hidden behind busyness, small talk, or avoidance.

Why is this subject so taboo in “normal” conversation? Because most of us fear it. No matter what we believe about the afterlife—whether heaven, reincarnation, a return to Source, or simply nothingness—death unsettles us.

Even people I’ve spoken with who hold strong religious or spiritual convictions quietly admit to having unspoken reservations: What if my belief isn’t true? What if I’m wrong? These unvoiced doubts reveal how fragile our certainty really is.

I have my own beliefs and personal experiences that give me a sense of ease around death. They bring me comfort, and they help me lean into life more fully. But if you ask me to say, “I know for sure”? I can’t. And honestly, I don’t know if anyone can.

For the most part, I’ve made peace with that uncertainty. But I’ll also admit—it still stirs in me. There’s always that whisper of, What then?

And it’s this space, this mix of unknowing, hope, doubt, fear, beauty, and wonder that I think is worth talking about. Because avoiding it doesn’t make death less real. It just makes us less prepared to live.

So here’s the question I’d like to ask you: “How do you face this inevitable unknown?”

Not in theory, not in doctrine, but in the quiet, personal space where mortality brushes up against your own heart.

That’s the conversation I’d love to have with you during the next Wednesday talk on November 5.