Tue 13 Jul 2010
Living life vs living death
Posted by Jonathan F. Anderson, www.gatehealing.com under Healing, Support, Thoughts on realityWhen you live life as a way to avoid death, then you are living your death. That can become a chronic condition at a very deep unconscious/subconscious (yes, there is a difference. . . look for a future post). As a matter of fact, it is well-accepted in many schools of thought that most of our anxieties are somehow rooted in a basic, primal fear of death, or of the process of dying. That one takes some explaining—if you get it, great; if that sounds like psychobabble, then that’s fine too—it’s just a matter of where you are looking from.
When you live life to experience each moment to its fullest, then you are living life. If you are already reading this blog, then this will likely not be a surprise, but through living life (vs avoiding death—ie living death) you actually put your body in a healthier chemical state because you are not engaging the fear reflexes and releasing toxins into your body.
Think about it, then go play frisbee.
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September 17th, 2008 at 2:03 pm
[...] Using genuine awareness to change your experience of life and death is a process of change . . . you very well may have flashes of understanding, and those flashes will become more and more clear, longer lasting, and more common. As long as you strive to maintain a genuine awareness of your questions, instincts, limits, etc. you will likely find that your progress looks like the stock market—there will be ups, downs, peaks and valleys, but overall, a definite progression for the better. [...]