June 3rd, 2012 - Monday - Death

June 3rd, 2012 - Monday - Death - Enter the swirl of death...

Memento Mori

Remember that you must die...

Today's card reminds you to live as if death were already here.... Og Mandino wrote a book called The Greatest Salesmen in the World:

In it, one the scrolls the character finds is entitled: I will Live this Day as if it were my Last.

If you've been reading the blog for a while you know we talk a lot about death.  The little bastard rides on my shoulder, and informs me each day, each moment, that this could be my last.  The little bastard takes time out of his day to murder my egoic little attachments along the way.  He's really my best friend.  Without death, life would last forever, but worse, I would squander it.  With Death I have a knife that cuts away the dross and frees me to serve the pattern with the fullest of freedom.

Death IS freedom...  no matter how bad it gets... death is the check out card.  No matter how bad life gets... it WILL end... 

And today you can live life as if it were your last.  You can rest easy, you can burn away what holds you back.  How much longer are you going to send your wife off to work when she needs to stay home? How much longer are you going to waste away your day selling fear on the internet?  

How much longer are you going to accept not living your right and proper life...

How much longer are you going to let life mock you and tell you lies: Well... you HAVE to go to work... you need money....