Thought for the day - Thinking about death

"God is not the center of religious inquiry, death is. Without death there would be no religion at all. It is death that makes man seek and search for the beyond, the deathless."

Osho, The Art Of Living and Dying

My father died in my home at 348 Main Street, Brockport, NY on August 31, 1983 at the age of 65. My mother died in my home at 46 King Street, Brockport, NY on July 10, 2010 at the age of 91. My two children, Brigid and Ryan died on route 31 in Ogden on March 10, 1993 at the ages of 5 and 8 and where will I die?

"Death cannot be denied by repeating that death does not exist. Death will have to be known, it will have to be encountered, it will have to be lived. You will have to become acquainted with it."

Osho, The Art Of Living and Dying

Death is the great leveler. It comes for the rich as it does for the poor, for the religious and the non-religious, for those who have lived good lives as well as those who have lived not so good lives. It comes to Brockport as readily as it comes anywhere else in the world.

It comes to those who are aware as well as to those who are comatose and for those who are aware they know what an illusion all the folderol of life is. In facing death squarely we re-prioritize what we value. Life becomes more authentic, sincere, genuine. What, in this world, if anything, would you die for?

If you are satisfied with your life, you will die in peace knowing that you have nothing more to live for and death deprives you of nothing you want. If you are unsatisfied with your life, you may die bitter, regretfully, or kicking and screaming that your ego is being cheated out of something that you think you want.

For a peaceful death, practice gratitude and then non-attachment.

What did the monk say to the hot dog vendor?

"Make me one with everything."

What a way to go..................