{"text":"Sensei says funerals are not really for the dead. They are for those left behind. 'The dead are long gone by the time a funeral is held,' he told us. 'Who would wait when the doors of Heaven are open? Only the living would be foolish enough to still hang around on earth.","author":"Sandy Fussell","tags":["death-and-dying","funerals","life"],"id":20816,"author_id":"Sandy+Fussell"}