When someone is ill and/or old and we have an awareness that they are about to leave the body, our acceptance of their departure is a lot better than let’s say when people pass over all of a sudden like in an accident or a Tsunami for instance.
Death steals in, is what they say. One cannot know in advance when it comes. It happens when it happens, and nothing can be done to prevent it.
Why then do we not live each moment in our lives as if that could be the final one?
Why then do we leave things for another day?
Is it because we somewhere believe that our time is not yet up?
Is it because we believe that by doing so we may be postponing our end?
Is it because we are afraid to die?
Is it because we are living in fear?
And if we are living in fear, we really aren’t living at all…and then it will be no surprise that it will catch us by surprise.
There is something to consider here – if we do live free of fear (of death or of anything else), it ceases to have a hold on us.
If we surrender, it all works out beautifully.
And yet we hold on. To our dad. God please do keep him alive for 5 more years. Or our spouse who perhaps is suffering and ready to leave the body – God please keep her/him alive.
We want them to live longer because we are afraid of what will happen to us after them.
Hmmmm, grave thought this one.
Give up the fear.
Give up the control.
Give up the need to hold on.
Surrender. Give in. Flow.
One thing is sure, you will meet them again. Either here or there.
Surrender. Give in. Flow.
They will come back in better forms.
Surrender. Give in. Flow.
That is the way of life. And no surrender is greater than surrendering the fear of death.
Breathe easy. Till you can.
Love and Light,
Purvi.
© Latika Tripathi 2011.
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