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Death is real...

GuyCGuyC Veteran
edited October 2010 in Buddhism Basics
Hi Good People,

I just found out this morning that my uncle is dead. I write this as just another reminder that death is real, it happens every day. So let's all practice diligently.

I am not posting this for the sake of condolences, so put your sorries in a sack. :p

With Metta,

Guy

Comments

  • SherabDorjeSherabDorje
    edited October 2010
    Om.
  • milkmothmilkmoth
    edited October 2010
    Yeah...

    When I was younger I attempted suicide (zzz pills) in the forest.

    As I was blacking out the worst thing happened to me... I regreted. Then I heard footsteps coming toward me. Creepy right? And then blackness.

    I woke up... I slowly became concious and found that I was walking! I was about 2 miles away from where it happened. I don't know who was walking in my body for all that time. But I felt so relieved upon waking. I felt so beautiful...

    I know death... and somehow am glad I had that awful experience. It's made me a more compassionate person. Peace.
  • GuyCGuyC Veteran
    edited October 2010
    milkmoth wrote: »
    I know death... and somehow am glad I had that awful experience. It's made me a more compassionate person. Peace.

    Thanks for sharing. :)
  • MountainsMountains Veteran
    edited October 2010
    Thanks Guy. Condolences anyway. Losing a loved one isn't ever easy. But it does go to show us that everything that lives eventually dies. Knowing that and coming to terms with it is HUGE. I'm very happy that the dharma has made me much more keenly aware of the impermanent nature of everything, and thus that everything I hold dear will be gone someday.

    Mtns
  • federicafederica Seeker of the clear blue sky... Its better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to speak out and remove all doubt Moderator
    edited October 2010
    Death is just about as real as life.
  • GuyCGuyC Veteran
    edited October 2010
    Mountains wrote: »
    But it does go to show us that everything that lives eventually dies. Knowing that and coming to terms with it is HUGE.

    Amen. :)
  • GuyCGuyC Veteran
    edited October 2010
    federica wrote: »
    Death is just about as real as life.

    Very true. :)
  • ownerof1000oddsocksownerof1000oddsocks Veteran
    edited October 2010
    no-one will experience death...

    feel free to refute this statement :)

    only the living will experience death...

    sound like a bit of an oxymoron?

    ... but fairer to state that 'guyc' experienced the death of his uncle

    my last uncle died peacefully in his sleep. It's like he never knew he existed.
  • andyrobynandyrobyn Veteran
    edited October 2010
    GuyC wrote: »
    Amen. :)

    :) :tongue2: :):):)
  • GuyCGuyC Veteran
    edited October 2010
    :p
  • ChrysalidChrysalid Veteran
    edited October 2010
    ownerof1000oddsocks wrote: »
    no-one will experience death...
    True dat bro. Word.
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