Death is the epitome of the truth that in each moment we are
thrust into the unknown. Here all clinging to security is
compelled to cease, and whenever the past is dropped away
and safety abandoned, life is renewed. Death is the unknown
in which all of us lived before birth.
thrust into the unknown. Here all clinging to security is
compelled to cease, and whenever the past is dropped away
and safety abandoned, life is renewed. Death is the unknown
in which all of us lived before birth.
Nothing is more creative than death, since it is the whole secret
of life. It means that the past must be abandoned, that the
unknown cannot be avoided, that "I" cannot continue, and
that nothing can be ultimately fixed. When a man knows this,
he lives for the first time in his life. By holding his breath, he
loses it. By letting it go he finds it.
of life. It means that the past must be abandoned, that the
unknown cannot be avoided, that "I" cannot continue, and
that nothing can be ultimately fixed. When a man knows this,
he lives for the first time in his life. By holding his breath, he
loses it. By letting it go he finds it.
Alan Watts
From: The Wisdom of Insecurity:
A Message for an Age of Anxiety
From: The Wisdom of Insecurity:
A Message for an Age of Anxiety
With thanks to Whiskey River
Photo from Beyond the Fields We Know
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