Dr. Solenzol, I want to extend my condolences to you in the loss of your father. I recently lost my father, and mother, and both my dearly beloved mother and father in law all in a two year period. My understanding of life and death forever changed.

I understand what you are trying to say that death is nothing, although, you will not be surprised to find I disagree. Death is the biggest something life involves. The powerful feeling of the scandalous nature of death, that it violates some of the deepest parts of our being, cannot be simply brushed away.

Dr. Herbert Fingarette was a philosophy professor at USC and wrote about death in his books. His view when he wrote these books was very similar to yours. It is natural, part of nature, nothing to be feared. The wonderful short documentary "Being 97" documented the last while in this good man's life. But, at 97, he did not believe that death was nothing.

I think you will find this short film very interesting. My best to you.