By: Jay

I realize it is tempting to see this ritual as something evil but the “cremation of care” is not about destroying empathy but is about alleviating worry. The people who this ceremony is for have done what they were told to do in life and managed to luck out and get there. And yet there still persists the same anguish that everyone feels over what seem trivial to everyone else. Our concern for these things is “dull care”. The worry of things we cannot change. And for these “elite” it seems more of a problem because they apparently have all the material remedies. But it isn’t something that can be bought or invaded or conquered through methods of man. It is of the spirit that one can “defeat” dull care.
Important to bare in mind that many “Grovers” believe that life is a game that is not to be won or lost but played. That we are all one with the universe and not separate individuals. And most of them choose to place emphasis in certain places of this philosophy. So, sure, it is possible for some to perceive “dull care” in the sinister method suggested but not the intention of the ceremony.
Sorry for the brevity and lack of clarity of the “Grovers believe” portion but extensive information on this exists. See Alan Watts for example.