Bhutan's Dark Secret to Happiness

I'm sure your doctor will never tell you about this way to happiness, I'm betting s/he doesn't even have a stroke happiness protocol. This would require a massive cultural shift in lots of countries. Don't do this and go to the dark side unless well prepared.
http://www.dailygood.org/more.php?n=6646
“You need to think about death for five minutes every day,” Ura replied. “It will cure you.”
“How?” I said, dumbfounded.
“It is this thing, this fear of death, this fear of dying before we have accomplished what we want or seen our children grow. This is what is troubling you.”
“But why would I want to think about something so depressing?”
“Rich people in the West, they have not touched dead bodies, fresh wounds, rotten things. This is a problem. This is the human condition. We have to be ready for the moment we cease to exist.”

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