On the way home from work one night, I was considering something rather fundamental to the Awakening. I thought about how each of us who have gone through it have transcended their fear of Death. The commonality of it deserves further study, but for now I want to focus on the experience itself, and why I feel it’s so important.
During my Awakening, I had a near death experience followed by an out of body one. I very quickly became quite certain that I was actually dead. Up to this point, I would’ve said that I’m not ready to die yet. I’ve got stuff to do.
It was surprisingly calming to just accept this as truth – that I was dead. There was nothing I could do about it. With that in mind, I lay down and closed my eyes to reflect on my life lived to date, and I was overcome with this sense of “I wish I had…”
This was where the fear of death disappeared, because I realized that it was those regrets and unfulfilled dreams which were making me feel unready to die in the first place.
Reflecting on this led me to learn to never “wish I had” again. To “live each moment” so as to not allow regret any space to exist. On this path, you will not fear death, because you will not fear leaving behind a partially-lived life. Nor will you fear your destiny, nor the future you will leave behind for your children. It puts you in the best possible position to be genuinely happy in life and with your life.
Be where you are.
Use what you have.
Do what you can.
In every moment.
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