DEATH

One of my Facebook friends posted, "You don't have a soul. You are a soul. You have a body" It is a point to keep in mind. It is easier to maintain a loving countenance, when you know you are a soul and not a body. Imagine how aging affects people who have not made this mental transition. The idea that you are crumbling and sinking into oblivion would be horrible; the idea that it is just your body makes it tolerable, at least, most of the time. I am going to be 78 in a few days and I love growing old; if I thought I was a body, not so much.

Everybody needs to make their peace with death. Most folks do it gradually. You may have noticed that people often start reading obituaries when they are in their early fifties. They might say, that they are seeing if anybody they know has died, but their primary reason is to get comfortable with their own death. One way or another most people learn to accept the death of their bodies.

Often people have an experience that helps them along the way. I had a couple near drowning experiences; they didn't help much. But, when I was in my late thirties, it occurred to me that life was no different from jumping off a high building. The only difference is time. Death is rushing to you just as surely as the ground is rushing towards when you fall off a building. At the time it was anxiety producing, to say the least. Ever after that, I was less afraid of dieing. I had yet to make the transition to knowing I was Spirit and not Body.

Knowing that you are soul/spirit makes accepting your body's vagaries much easier. More importantly, it helps you identify with the love you are. Your real self [soul] is unconditional love. It is only possessing a body, in this illusion, that limits your knowledge and expression of who you are.

We need to love everybody and everything to escape from this illusion. As long as we have a body, it is much easier to remember to love, when we can remind our self that we are love.

The most important purpose of the body is to be a communication device for folks in other bodies. Your bodies can radiate love to all around you.

Stay warm. It is -3.5F, here, right now. It got down to -17.7F and was -14F when I got up. It didn't feel too bad when I did the chores. It is a beautiful Sunny day. I need to get at my dishes.

Love and Peace,  Gregg