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Daily Wisdom – Death-Life
Death must always be matched by life.
There once was a teacher who began telling his students, “Death must always be matched by life.” For he was old now and he himself dying by cancer.” The old teacher would tell all his students this saying, “Death must always be matched by life. This is a daily practice I encourage you to always do.”
Finally one of his key students had the courage to ask the old teacher, “Isn’t this teaching a bit morbid? Besides, we are young compared to you. Shouldn’t we emphasize life and build on that? For us, dying is many years down the road yet.”
“Just practice it,” said the old teacher. “Life is the goal of life, and dying the process. If you don’t start choosing dying now, how can you possibly live at the edge where all true life is?”
And so student and teacher exchanged teachings …
- What are you practicing as a principle in your life to keep developing awareness and focus?
- How might you practice this wisdom saying for a month, like taking a spiritual fast, not necessarily a food one?
- How are both student and teacher right in your eyes?
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The student is right in the sense that We should concentrate on building our life to it’s maximum potential and purpose, effect and touch as many people as we can. I also feel we should never think we have the luxury of growing old. We never know what will happen to us and when. I have a realistic view for myself that I know I will die. When, how, where, I don’t know. Scary? Yes, I would not be true to say otherwise. Maybe we need this fear just a little bit lurking in the back of our mind to motivate us to the realization of just how short time is and how much we need to do. Use it as a drive to accomplish what we are called to do. Maybe if people had more of an urgency more would get done. It’s maybe a balance of both views some people find difficult. Best of thoughts, Rachael
Rachael – thanks for the issue response. One of my other respondents brought up the issue: am I acting from fear in refusing the doctors’ debilitating and painful approach in testing and treatment, at least as I know it so far. Fear of pain, dying, death so far is one of my natural issues as you suggest. But right now the main is is making the best choices possible, which means making mistakes. I will write about my process in this also.
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I was already wondering, why you were not as active as I know you. I also had a lot to do and weren't very active.
One thing when I read your letter I thought, just wait until the doctors give the sure diagnosis. Another thing was, that I looked up in the book from Luise L. Hay, "Heal your Body" what illness on the lung means. She writes:
Lung: represents the ability to internalize live.
new thinking pattern should be: in absolute steadiness I internalize live
cancer: deep injury. Long exist anger. Deep secret or grief, which gnaw on the self. Wears hate inside. Feels absurdity
new thinking pattern should be: Tenderly do I forgive an solve all past. I determine to fill my world with happiness. I love and accept myself.
Maybe it helps you or you can have any idea on it. I am still full of hope that you will get very old. Maybe it is a good idea, that we all should write to you, what we connect with you. Maybe it helps to see how you filled the world with happiness an that you don't have the feeling absurdity.
You gave me a lot for my live. For example did I stop traveling because of you. You gave me the hint to stay in Germany and go on the inner journey not on the outer. I started to focus and believe in me as a good psychotherapist because of you. this also helped me to start the training on the governmental license. I also use a lot of my dreamwork knowledge (which I have from you) and experiences with my on my own patients now. Another thing was, that I asked my boss on our governmental training center to offer dreamwork seminars, so that every student becomes access to it ( I wait until I made my exam to offer this). Your books, and you, made out of me what I am now. It helped me to see that it is good to be conscious, you and your books gave me confidence to search for more,. You gave me a feeling what psychology is. You helped me in crisis. We traveled together to Copenhagen and I never use once more only on hand on the steering wheel :-))..
I could do the list much more longer. But this are the things I remind spontaneous. Please tell me how it is going on with your diagnosis. I am very attached from your letter and it makes me sad....,
Please let me know if you need any help, or what you need. If you want to communicate, tell me.
Greetings
with love and hope”
by Daniela