We cannot truly live until we face death. We already tacitly acknowledge that death will require us to let go of everything – everything and everyone that we love, everything and everyone that we hate, and all the nameless people and things that we don’t even care enough about to notice. The Lojong wisdom traditions of Tibet, contained in the Seven Points of Mind Training texts, tell us that we don’t have to wait till death to let all these go. They also remind us that letting these attachments go now, every day and every moment, is not only the best way to die but also the best way to live. We can live in complete freedom right now. We just have to let go of everything. We just have to let our selves die. Ego finds that a scary prospect, but we know better. We know that this is the path toward the only true life of freedom and joy. Continue reading “Face Death Now”
Everything is impermanent, constantly changing. But it is not impermanence that makes us suffer. What makes us suffer is wanting things to be permanent when they are not. Impermanence is a great blessing. Thanks to impermanence, we can transform suffering into joy, samsara into nirvana. We can convert this mind away from creating, perpetuating, and preserving ego toward cultivation of love and peace. That can be done. It is a miracle, but it can be done. It simply requires letting go of everything, including everyone and everything we love, everything we fear, everything we desire, and everything we hope for. It means letting go of myself and my life completely. It means seeing that all things are born completely new in each moment.
thebodyistheteacher
the body is the teacher 