7. Die Before You Die…

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This week we’re talking about death and emptiness. What is it that dies? And just what are we so afraid of? We’d love to open this conversation up so feel free to post comments and questions below. Thanks to Rob Suso for the music.

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12 Responses to “7. Die Before You Die…”

  • avatar Nathan Says:
    April 4th, 2010 at 10:04 pm

    Nice topic!

    Death is a part of life…
    You have to die to what you know-
    to your self, to your ego-
    to know life.

    Die to all you are not-
    the composite identity of self-
    to become who you are-

    THE CREATIVE POWER OF THE UNIVERSE!

    (which never dies).

    Like you say, die before you die!

    And then on the other hand-
    bodily death,
    to life as we know it now…

    To know that…
    is to appreciate each moment
    we have to experience
    in the ever-flowing, eternal moment of now-

    HERE AND NOW

    (where life and death merge) :-)

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  • avatar Nathan Says:
    April 10th, 2010 at 5:32 am

    I hate to drop too many quotes, but I think I must love it really…

    “…in ending there is renewal, while in continuity there is death, there is decay”

    ~J. Krishnamurti

    (I read this and thought it had a place here)

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  • avatar Mike Says:
    April 11th, 2010 at 7:23 am

    Thanks for your comments Nathan – Its great to see you here!

    Yes, birth-death, death-birth, is really at the crux of it all. Death is Emptiness and Birth is Fullness; and its all happening NOW.

    Beautiful.

    I’m glad you mention the creative power of the universe. How can something totally empty be abundantly creative!?!?!?!

    I came across this absolutely beautiful flower in our garden yesterday. It was luminous red with bright yellow. It drew me in. But what struck me was that the flower was empty….it was nothing…being ‘seen’ and ‘enjoyed’ by nothing. Indeed the whole experience was void….a dream being dreamt by pure space…it WAS pure space…yet…so fulfilling.

    It was just Awareness enjoying its own creativity….

    :-)

    Oh, and lovely quotes by the way..I may have mentioned that I read Krishnamurti a lot when I was younger….I knew he was talking about something so profound and genuine and ALIVE but at the same time it all seemed too vaugue.

    I had no idea WHAT it was that was so ALIVE.

    Rereading it now, I see the beautiful subtlety in his words. Simple, tender and delicate.

    Of course, I’m also quite the quote-collector. One of my favourites on death is by Woody Allen
    who said:

    “I am not afraid of death, I just don’t want to be there when it happens.”

    ;-)

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    • avatar Jason Says:
      April 17th, 2010 at 4:57 am

      Mike, I really like your comments about the garden flower. I want to try to be more mindful of that in all interactions. I think I’ll print that paragraph and post it on the fridge! :)

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  • avatar Mike Says:
    April 11th, 2010 at 7:35 am

    “Eternal nothingness is fine, if you happen to be dressed for it…”

    (Another Woody Allen quote)

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  • avatar sunny Says:
    June 26th, 2010 at 4:07 am

    Ya’ll are awesome! :) Thanks for sharing!

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  • avatar Lawrence Says:
    December 4th, 2010 at 6:17 am

    Excellent

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  • avatar Ben Says:
    January 13th, 2011 at 7:45 pm

    This really rewards multiple listens – a hallmark of depth and quality I guess.

    Can I say, I really admire what you’ve done here, what a great resource it is becoming – I guess I really appreciate the combination of the choice of topics, the clarity of your communication, and the great humour. Awesome. Keep it up.

    Talking of which, are you interested in requests for topics to talk about? Not that you seem to be scraping any barrels or anything, far from it, I’d just like to be able to direct the headlights of your enquiring minds :o)

    Warm wishes to you both

    Ben

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    • avatar tombh Says:
      January 17th, 2011 at 5:15 am

      “This really rewards multiple listens – a hallmark of depth and quality I guess.”

      Aww shucks Ben, that’s quite a compliment.

      Yes definitely up for suggestions on topics, very much so, please let us know what you’d be interested in.

      Warm wishes to you too,
      tom :)

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    • avatar Mike Says:
      January 23rd, 2011 at 10:49 pm

      Hi Ben,

      Thanks so much for your warm words. It’s really comforting to know that people are out there enjoying the project. For me if something’s worth doing, then it’s worth doing with a large dose of humour. What could be more ordinary, more human, more ‘Enlightening’ than laughter?

      As for requests, as Tom writes, we’d love any suggestions for future topics. Also we’re really enjoying interviewing a wide range of people with a passion for the true depths of being ordinary, so if any one has any suggestions for future interviewees, then please let us know!

      Mike :-)

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  • avatar Ben Says:
    January 25th, 2011 at 7:18 am

    Okay, great, thanks for your openness, well here’s some:

    How important is uncertainty?
    What can we say about shame?
    How much does any of this actually matter?
    Waking up versus growing up
    More about sex, there’s so much more to say, come on fellas!

    Hoping we can get to the heart of the matter,

    Ben

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    • avatar tom Says:
      February 3rd, 2011 at 6:13 am

      I like those suggestions, especially Waking Up Vs. Growing Up and more about sex :D

      Right O, one tailored podcast will be arriving for you shortly Sir.

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