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"In the last analysis, it is our conception of death which decides our answers to all the questions that life puts to us." - Dag Hammarskjold
How would your life be different if you didn't fear death?
There are really only two views about life and death...
Life is only a physical experience and once you're dead that's it so there's nothing to worry about. (Let's leave your loved ones out of the picture for now and deal only with
you)
OR
Life is a physical and spiritual experience and the spirit continues on in some form after the body dies. You may take a traditional heaven outlook on this or one of reincarnation or a more pantheistic outlook. It doesn't matter - the point is you believe that the life of spirit, soul, energy goes on.
I cleave to the first law of thermodynamics that says that energy
cannot be created nor destroyed and I view life as both a physical and spiritual experience so I'm going with the belief that we go on. How that looks I'm not exactly sure, but it doesn't really matter. I find it comforting and interesting. I like to spin possibilities. And if I'm wrong (I don't really think I'm wrong) and I'm just totally dead when I die, I won't know the difference anyway, so it doesn't matter.
No matter what you believe, there truly is no reason to fear the
inevitable. I'm sure you've all heard the adage that "if you are afraid to die, you are afraid to live." Perhaps that even sounds trite to you. But have you really thought about it? How differently would you live if you truly were not afraid to die? Aren't all fears in some way ultimately linked to a fear of death? Imagine the increased freedom that you would enjoy if you accepted death as
part of a cycle, as a passage to a
new form of existence, a new frontier.
I'm always amused by the question, "What would you do if you knew you were going to die?" Duh. Yes, I know that the question refers to knowing the timing. But, timing aside, you do know you're going to die so use that knowledge to really live in the meantime. How annoying to get to the end and feel like you never dared to be your true self, that you never lived loud and hearty, that you played it
safe only to end up dead anyway. I said before that I thought "I can't" were the two most limiting words that we can say, but maybe "someday" is right up there with them.
How would your life be different today if you truly accepted death?
Today will bring you a new awareness, a lesson or a manifestation that you are making progress - IF YOU LOOK FOR IT! No matter how large or small, please record it in your Evidence Journal. It will only take a few moments and will
AUTOMATICALLY put you in the Flow.
Truly Caring for Your Success!
Dr. Robert Anthony