Die !

Me : I feel overwhelmed.

Voice : Close your eyes right now.  

Me : Feel this moment. Now let it sink-in that today is the last day of your life. You will be dead tomorrow. Be with this thought and tell me what you feel.

Me : Hmm. Give me a couple of minutes.

Voice : So ? 

Me : Wow.

Voice : You were smiling.. 

Me : I don’t fear death so I could do this easily. But, what was most important that this carried a feeling of liberation and freedom within me. All the things that mattered to me just vanished ! All the strings attached to me loosened away and I felt so light and free. My mind ceased to run around. The future had no grip over me. The past became inconsequential. All my possessions, titles, ambitions, worries, concerns just dwindled away. I truly imagined my death and so quickly the next moment transformed to a profound and powerful experience. Thank you.  

Voice : What happened with that unresolved family matter? 

Me : Not bothered by it.   

Voice : And about that client who won't pay you ?

Me : He can keep the money.  

Voice : What about the uncertainty of your future plans ?

Me : If I am not alive in the first place, how would anything matter at all ? 

Voice : That's true. You could die today.

Me : What a waste of life giving so much time to what will eventually have a value of ZERO. 

Voice : Now you know what a tethered existence you live by your own choice. 

Me : Yes. Please explain me more about this.. 

Voice : The contemplation of this powerful thought without fear was a few minutes of reality-check.     

You were no longer held captive by time. The force of ignorance lost its grip over you. 

By dying, you relinquish your own form and when you cease to exist even in thought, everything that comes from the falseness of your existence withers away.

Death is inevitable to all but you have been choosing to live like an immortal ! If nothing in your world is forever - what is the rationale of living the way you do ? 

Me : Hmm

Voice : Peace is given away to a distant future you have never seen, simple joys in life are forgotten, fear is allowed to overpower you forsaking love, resentment is nurtured forever and you have been accumulating things like you have the option to carry it forward to your next lives ! I am lucky that you can squeeze a few minutes in your day for Me !  

       

Me : Well....

Voice : You know everything is temporary. Only God is eternal. 

 

Me : But, how can I keep feeling this ? I can’t play dead all the time !

Voice : Ha ha. It's an art..the art of dying.  

When you feel overwhelmed, this reflection will help. Deeper the reflection, deeper will be the result.  

Me : It's certainly a weird thing to do. But, this works powerfully well. Thank you. 

Voice : You feel so burdened and gripped by the world, what could I have suggested to help you feel instantly free and unbounded ? 

You felt good because you diminished your own presence, to bring alive My presence. 

 

While the world will teach you to live, I will teach you to die to yourself.