By Coralie Raia Darsey-Malloy
To die is to go into the Collective Unconscious,
to lose oneself...in order to be transformed,
into form...pure form.
--Hermann Hesse
During the last week my husband and I received the news that a friend and her husband chose to leave this plane and move on to the next. Our small rural community and some Mylot members within my circle of friends have been discussing the events and drawing our own conclusions. The news of their passing has been less distressing for David and me for a number of reasons. The first and most significant is our spiritual beliefs and energy-based thinking. Secondly, we have been trained to accept life and death as two sides of the same coin. Thirdly, within our Source-centered views we accept that Creator gave us the right of free will and within that right comes a willingness to honor whatever we choose...as long as we learn and accept the consequences. In our view of life.. is all about learning experiential lessons, knowing God and advancing our soul growth through enlightenment. Those co-factors have created an acceptance and understanding of why our friends chose to leave and we honor their decision to go 'home' together.
With our understanding of physics and metaphysics we absolutely accept that energy can never die. It may be transformed into something else...but is rather like love to me...it goes on beyond the appearance of our material world. Each time someone close to me dies it underscores what I know to be true for me...that death is an opportunity for growth..if we allow ourselves to see that. When I decided to post this topic on my Blog I went to a quotation by Muriel Spark that I have as a reminder to stay present, mindful and in a moment-by-moment appreciation for the gift of life. The fact that Tammy and Rob could not align their thinking to this way of being has served as yet another reminder of these eloquent words and philosophical thought.
If I had my life over again I should form the habit of nightly composing myself to thoughts of death. I would practice, as it were, the remembrance of death. There is no other practice which so intensifies life. Death, when it approaches, ought not take one by surprise. It should be part of the full expectancy of life. Without on ever-present sense of death life is insipid. You might as well live on the whites of eggs.
Many say they accept that death and taxes are the only 'for sures' in life...but how many really integrate that reality into their daily meditative practices? Being mindful, thoughtful and present is a place that one needs to work at...especially within the mind-numbing onslaught of sensory overload that bombards us within society today. So I am not going to say that I have this mastered...but I do keep working at it because I have come to accept that death is a constant reminder to celebrate life...and love each other in everything we say and do. If we keep the idea that death can come in sudden and unexpected ways there is less tendency to sweat all the small stuff and develop an attitude of gratitude about what IS working instead of focusing on all the dis satisfactions that make life feel miserable and very unfulfilled.
That is the legacy that Tammy and Rob left for David and I...be present. clear up the baggage from the past, accept what cannot be changed....change what can and live your best life while you can....because no one knows when it will end.
With our understanding of physics and metaphysics we absolutely accept that energy can never die. It may be transformed into something else...but is rather like love to me...it goes on beyond the appearance of our material world. Each time someone close to me dies it underscores what I know to be true for me...that death is an opportunity for growth..if we allow ourselves to see that. When I decided to post this topic on my Blog I went to a quotation by Muriel Spark that I have as a reminder to stay present, mindful and in a moment-by-moment appreciation for the gift of life. The fact that Tammy and Rob could not align their thinking to this way of being has served as yet another reminder of these eloquent words and philosophical thought.
If I had my life over again I should form the habit of nightly composing myself to thoughts of death. I would practice, as it were, the remembrance of death. There is no other practice which so intensifies life. Death, when it approaches, ought not take one by surprise. It should be part of the full expectancy of life. Without on ever-present sense of death life is insipid. You might as well live on the whites of eggs.
Many say they accept that death and taxes are the only 'for sures' in life...but how many really integrate that reality into their daily meditative practices? Being mindful, thoughtful and present is a place that one needs to work at...especially within the mind-numbing onslaught of sensory overload that bombards us within society today. So I am not going to say that I have this mastered...but I do keep working at it because I have come to accept that death is a constant reminder to celebrate life...and love each other in everything we say and do. If we keep the idea that death can come in sudden and unexpected ways there is less tendency to sweat all the small stuff and develop an attitude of gratitude about what IS working instead of focusing on all the dis satisfactions that make life feel miserable and very unfulfilled.
That is the legacy that Tammy and Rob left for David and I...be present. clear up the baggage from the past, accept what cannot be changed....change what can and live your best life while you can....because no one knows when it will end.
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