Chapter 153
I would like to share with you the words of my dear friends Neelam & David Mages’ daughter. They are incredibly proud parents of three wonderful girls. They are German. Their 18 year old is completing her International High School Diploma, as part of an exam she had to write an essay of about 500 words about a topic of her choice and this text about “Death” came out of her (in English). When they were allowed to read it later, they were so thrilled and impressed, she allowed them to share this essay:
“Death
What do you think about death? Are you afraid or excited about how your death will be and what will come after the process of leaving your body? Death is one of the most important things that humans must concern themselves with, as deeply as it feels needed. Most people see it as the dark end of their life. They are afraid of it and mostly even suppress the thought of it. This happens because in our society we learn that death is the dark end, and we learn to suppress it and not give it space, because hardly anyone knows anything about it in our culture. There are also people that just handle it easily and don’t worry about it because they naturally have a primal trust. There are many different opinions and ways to face death.
In some cultures, humans learn that death is a natural process and they accompany the dying person in their process and sing and pray for them. This is a way I wish for humanity and for my own children.
In some old religions in countries of South America, life itself is experienced as a state of separation, while death signifies reunion, liberation, homecoming.
But still a lot of people think it’s weak and not good to be sad and cry so they suppress this hurting feeling, which in my opinion is not good for yourself to do. Feeling what comes up is nothing but natural and good for you and your development.
In my childhood, I was very scared of death and in my mind I couldn’t understand why we had to leave and separate ourselves from our family at one time. I’ve had a few dramatic and sad experiences with death while I was still a child. When my guinea pig died when I was 8, I didn’t want to live anymore because it was the worst thought to know that I would never see it again. A girl-friend of my mom had cancer and she had a 14 year old daughter I was friends with at that time; it was a long story until my mother’s friend finally died. But this death made me die as well in a way from the inside. It pulled me down so hard and I felt so much compassion for my friend, for a pretty long time.
What I have learned about death for myself is that humans hold on to something in their mind. They hold on to people, to wonderful moments, to friends, and material stuff and phones etc. And so they hold on to life, which obviously will not be forever. Something that nature and animals can teach us Humans is to just live in the present Moment and not think of the past or future, only humans are able to do that with their minds. So the challenge is to learn to live in the Now.
Also, something I learned for myself is to accept the fact that death is gonna happen at some point and that it’s natural, accept that you can die in any moment, be ready for it and then see what changes from then on. Remind yourself again and again and be okay with it, you can not hold tight to anything. Change is the most certain thing.
See what happens with your perception of life. With the feeling that you are ready to leave and having no fear of it you can enjoy your life much more than before.
You will completely live in a different kind of way and be able to enjoy your life better because there is no fear of the end anymore.
I believe that in the end death will feel freeing and easy if you accept that it may happen whenever it chooses to come.
Other than that, I made another opinion up for myself: I feel and believe that this Life is just a stopover on the endless journey of your soul. It is not the end, it is a process of transformation from one form into another. And through learning and going into a meditative, detached space regularly we can prepare ourselves for this process.
This is not something that I believe in my head because I was told so by others or religion. It’s something that I can feel when I am deeply inside myself and connected to my inner self without any thoughts. I feel that when I am not in this body anymore, I am just a part of the Infinity in light in another Dimension.
In the End, the End of your life will come anyway at some point, so get prepared for it and be clear of how you want to live your life and what is your Passion for you and the world and what has meaning to you in your life and what you feel like you want to do with your time here, what makes you happy and what do you want to spread out for the rest of Humanity.”
Thank you for reading. Meditate on your life, your death, and what may come after – the greatest adventure that no-one can tell you you will not experience. Create your own reality.
Kat Dancer
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