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about dying...
I'm feeling pretty good right now, doing some of my favorite things..
and I thought..."If i were to die right now..".
the thing is, I decided almost instantly.. "I can't die right now!"
if anything... this is what continues rebirth into Samsara..
things like "I still have stuff to do in life..."
"I can't leave things this way..."
"I still haven't this and that" + "I still have unfulfilled desires!!!"
It's funny that most of the time I'll feel this way.. I CAN'T DIE NOW...
this just REEKS of attachment, refusal of impermanence....attachment to SELF...
how do we get OVER that attachment that is sooo....SOOO inherent...!?!? how can I die, without fear or regret... OMFG impossible!? no?
and I thought..."If i were to die right now..".
the thing is, I decided almost instantly.. "I can't die right now!"
if anything... this is what continues rebirth into Samsara..
things like "I still have stuff to do in life..."
"I can't leave things this way..."
"I still haven't this and that" + "I still have unfulfilled desires!!!"
It's funny that most of the time I'll feel this way.. I CAN'T DIE NOW...
this just REEKS of attachment, refusal of impermanence....attachment to SELF...
how do we get OVER that attachment that is sooo....SOOO inherent...!?!? how can I die, without fear or regret... OMFG impossible!? no?
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Palzang
is there a patch or something? maybe a Rebirths Anonymous Program?
k
in this reply are you sarcastic or serious...I don't know...
You need to see what he does.
Now, he is a 'god' in the Tibetan Buddhist tradition, but I have made him my daily companion.
I always say thst every day, I take Tea with Yama.
The Buddha stated that Yama was his Guru.....
And that meditation and contemplation of Death, is a very great contemplation.
Think about this:
Every day, is one day less.
Every meal, is one meal less.
Every breath, is one breath less.
(The chinese believe that we are bequeathed with a certain, definite number of breaths for one lifetime.... but that if you learn to breathe more slowly and calmly, your life will be longer, even though the breath-count cannot change....)
But each breath that breathes out, will never come again.
Consider that.
What good thoughts can you think, before your next breath?
What good words, can you say, before your next breath?
What good deeds can you do, before your next breath?
Think of the wisdom in the words - "Don't waste your breath"....
What good can you do in your life, while there is breath in your body? :winkc:
That's so true. The older I get, the more I realize the truth in that. The first time I read in our ngondro (preliminary practices) book about how life is like a waterfall rushing over a steep precipice, I kind of went, uh-huh, whatever. Now I can see the truth in it. I haven't done half the things I wanted to do, and now the end of life is rushing up to meet me very quickly. It truly gives one focus!
As the old saying goes, youth is wasted on the young...
Palzang
You mean the pain that can be associated with death?
that's why it's very scary...the stopping of living...I of course have no idea what that's like.. but I like living,
here's a theoretical question,.
lets say a vampire will make you immortal would you do it? but would it actually be a CURSE...
I wonder what the buddameister would say about it
Vampires are not necessarily immortal, because they always die in the end of the movie :tonguec:
Could you live normally without having the firm belief that one day you will be dead? I guess not, the same way you wouldn't live like you normally do if you knew you have a terminal disease. What I truly wonder is whether such knowledge would be tragic or not...