Life, death and living in the moment
Wednesday, 26. August 2009, 01:27:43
hi,
There are times when life reminds us of the importance of ‘living in the moment’ – on Sunday night I found myself with a severe bout of gastroenteritis so severe that severe de-hydration was quick and brutal, a painful night and day in hospital followed with delirium and with diarrhoea and sickness related incidents I won’t go into, on coming around finally sometime on the Monday it was to be told I was fortunate to have got to the hospital when I did as the de-hydration was serious and if left much longer could have resulted in permanent severe health problems or even death.
Although I most certainly do not wish to go through that again, in many ways it was a wonderful (if icky) illustration of the gift ‘living in the moment’ can be, we none of us know what is around the corner if we greet each moment as the wonderful gift it is and enjoy the experience be it ‘bad or good’ then what more can we ask from this life but to live it and experience it without allowing fear and worry to blunt the experience?
A line from one of Derek’s articles occurred a few times during my more lucid moments on Monday afternoon: -
“You will find that the present is literally a wonderful present. It is a miraculous gift filled with peace, contentment, energy, and excitement. It is a box full of delicious strawberries.”
http://www.truetao.org/living/2003/200301.htm
Whilst recuperating today at home I was flicking through the TTC and out of all the chapters kept landing on ttc 50: -
Chapter 50 - trans derek lin
Coming into life, entering death
The followers of life, three in ten
The followers of death, three in ten
Those whose lives are moved toward death
Also three in ten
Why? Because they live lives of excess
I've heard of those who are good at cultivating life
Travelling on the road, they do not encounter rhinos or tigers
Entering into an army, they are not harmed by weapons
Rhinos have nowhere to thrust their horns
Tigers have nowhere to clasp their claws
Soldiers have nowhere to lodge their blades
Why? Because they have no place for death
http://truetao.org/ttc/complete.htm
this physical life is fragile, what a waste it would be to ignore it and pretend it is of no import, each smell, taste, view, noise, feeling can be 'experienced’ as if for the first and last time, the 'awareness' is profound, can be profound ...
I could probably go on and on, but it might be best to leave it with minimal gushing about the wonder of ‘dao’ and its principles
peace to you
beccaxx
WIDGETIZE
Anonymous # 20. November 2009, 22:47
Hi Becca,
Thank you for your candid post. I used to have intense stomach pains about 10 years ago, and I recently discovered (through a contemplative experience) that I was having negative energy lifted from this area (my stomach) where it had accumulated.
This may sound 'whacky' to many people but like you said in your post sometimes those painful moments are the most awesome gifts.
I read a really good book recently which talks about the importance of going inward for answers, and how to find help getting rid of bad energy, getting through challenging situations, etc. It's called 'Wake Up Your Life is Calling' by Andy Feld.
Thanks for listening!
Kim
Munchkin97 # 22. November 2009, 23:18
than you for stopping by ... i don't update as regularly as i used to my creative energies seem to be tied up inuniversity work right now ... but now and then i will update with various thoughts and any comments shared publicly ot privatly are always welcome.
beccaxx