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Hi sannhet

This was an exquisitely insighful piece written with a perfect understanding, and Tony's comment presents an angle of a true seeker. There is a book Kathopanishad, where Nachiketa, a young boy sent by his father in a moment of uncontrollable anger to Yama, the Death provider, asks Death Himself to educate him with the secret of Death. It's a wonderful dialogue between the two, and is a great lesson in Death.

posted by Bhaskar.ing on September 22, 2007 at 5:45 AM | link to this | reply

Do you mean chopping the occasional arm and leg off, ending with the head?

I'm sorry for that Pythonesque intrusion - of course, I understand what you mean. It is interesting the psychological insight that this method entails - coming to terms with death not by promising yourself an afterlife, which is a cop out, a refusal to come to terms with death, but effectively dismantling yourself as a living being and waiting in an unconcerned manner for the moment of death's arrival.

posted by Antonionioni on September 22, 2007 at 1:46 AM | link to this | reply

Sannhet

Happy to see you're still writing stuff as good as your book my friend. I killed part of me this past week, killed the smoker in me again................................................

posted by WileyJohn on September 21, 2007 at 8:23 PM | link to this | reply

Regarding the death of the ego, killing the ego, Paramhansa Yogananda was wont to say: 'I killed Yogananda long ago. No one dwells in this temple now but God.'

posted by magic_moon on September 21, 2007 at 11:11 AM | link to this | reply

Sannhet

Nothing in here to disagree with. In fact, this is so full of light and knowing, that I concur, every step of the way!

posted by Soul_Builder101 on September 20, 2007 at 7:51 PM | link to this | reply