Buddha said “To Thine No-Self Be True”

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Peace is within… very true…

I think it is time to begin for seekers to begin laughing and enjoying life instead of taking it so seriously. Life is to be enjoyed, and laughter is a way to bring one to that state of enjoyment. Be one with your giggle.

Oh God YES! All this serious enlightenment nonsense! Enlightenment won’t even buy you a bagel! Yes! Peace is your Nature…Shut Up & Be Happy and if you can’t be happy, get even! (that’s my next dvorahji Sutra)…thanks Carla

I do not grok “Peace is your Nature”.
Is it possible I come from a tribe of conflict?

As long as you don’t come from the tribe of “sin”…But wait! Didn’t you also staple your Messiah? Good Lord Moses, let’s get a grip here…I think you’re one of the members of the tribe that got away! TBTG!

And if you can’t get into “Peace is Your Nature”–Think (imagine) “I got a Peace and it gave me PEACE! Can you do that Moses? Peace be with you & your tribe. btw, I’ve always loved a man in a hairdryer, makes me feel very peaceful, thinking about that hot air flowing through my head….

OK, now I grok it.
TYVM

Everything & I mean everything has a humor hook on it, it’s all a matter of perspective…sometimes for me, it’s a little sick.

I remember once I told Sri Sri I was doing hospice, helping people to pass over. So he asked me: Dvorah, what do you tell the people that are about to go?”
I started laughing before I even answered: “I wave
bye-bye, Gurudev”….(He didn’t laugh, but I heard people contain an impolite chuckle). 

To me NOTHING IS SACRED and then of course Everything is. Either way, who cares? sometimes I cry because someone is unhappy or has lost their way & sometimes I laugh when someone loses their leg. It’s a mystery what I’m going to do next and that’s the fun of it!

I AM NOT POLITICALLY CORRECT because my life (as your life) is a HAPPENING, and your reaction, no matter how many meditations you’ve done or how many times you’ve practiced is a MYSTERY.

Very good response.

It’s difficult being with someone who is dying. Unless you can spend time alone I think. Holding their hand is comforting I think. I finally was able to talk about it some with a long lost friend who was dying, and I hardly knew this person. And, it was on the phone.

I was afraid at first that everything I said was wrong wrong wrong! I mean, once I asked, “how are you?”
Yeah, I did, and then it was all down hill from there.
For me, I kept putting my foot in my mouth, it seemed.
But at the end I had spoken with twins, one dying, who I hadn’t seem from 6th grade, and who weren’t even in my class. I barely knew them, but you know what? Children at heart are never far apart, I realized. And our connection was a childhood connection. What a great thing for me.
So how did you get into hospice Dvorajii?
I most likely should do hospice work. I am no stranger to death.
Thanks for bringing this up..()..

I did very little hospice, I actually only did one case and that was enough. I was told the women had 2 or three weeks to live..I saw her for a few minutes & them to get ready she was going in a day or two (which she did). I felt her retreating, relaxing very deeply.

From my experience with death, the best thing is to pray, do a puja, meditate, play chanting, Om Namah Shivaya tape, or other spriitual relaxing music and feel personally that EVERYTHING IS FINE AND THAT THE PERSON IS TAKEN CARE OF and let them know that.

If you know that Death is lovely, so do they. IT’s like falling deeply asleep, really wonderful – going for deep rest. Beautiful…help them let go and sink into Being…really beautiful…then wave bye bye…really lovely…Death is Divine, very friendly….

De-light-full

Hi Dvorah! I thought I would add this to the response about death. Laughter can help those dying. When my dad died I did a short laughing meditation with him. He went deep into meditation. Two weeks later when I was having my last conversation, he told me the laughter was really good for him, and I should keep up the laughing. It was good and important. Be one with your giggle.

Yes. Unfortunately all too often the dying person is in a room with others visiting while they are being ignored
Because no one wants to face death.

Laughing is GOOD FOR EVERYBODY…

You got that right, and scientific studies are showing laughing not only improves our mood but can also keep us healthy. Keep laughing and see what happens to you. Be one with your giggle.

Sherry…the dying person has their attention inward, not outward, it doesn’t matter who’s in the room (from my perspective)….they are moving into space…the outward is dissappearing like a hologram dissapears, the structure, concreteness fades…the dying don’t “feel” ignored, they feel loved & swept inward…

Dvorajii maybe so. I can’t speak for them tho. I have a 94 year old friend who has been dying for a year now. I notice that when I hold her hand her fear subsides.
She relaxes. Maybe in the last moments this is the case. But in a way we are dying from the time we are born.

Great topic to share ..thank you.

there is nothing so lovely as the touch of a/the beloved’s hand…

Dvorajii, yes. The touch of the beloved. If only we knew everything always is!

Btw. Have I told you lately that I love you?

I luv u

Yes, I love you too, Darling………

Joy to the world!!!