Our Loved Ones Are Not “Lost”
If we have lost someone who is very close to us
and we are grieving,
the concentrations on emptiness and ‘signlessness’
help us look deeply and see the ways in which they still continue.
Our loved one is still alive within us and around us.
We have not lost them.
It is possible to still recognize them in a different form
or in even more beautiful forms than in the past.
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rog notes:
My favorite contemporary philosopher Ken Wilber
whom is also a humble Enlightened Master,
and has endured the loss of his sweetheart when he was young…
The loss of a loved one,
even for an Enlightened being is never easy
in the conventional ‘here & now’ sense.
He spent many decades contemplating the
‘Timeless Wonder of it All’…
and wrote a book about it called:
“Grace and Grit”.
Ken elaborates on the non-dual perspective of
our ‘transcended’ loved ones:
Our loved ones are not “lost”…
They are forever with us in our memories and spirit.
The quality time spent together infuses into our ‘Being’
as if our very DNA has become in sync…
with what seems like our ‘soul mate’.
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Understand that
In the very deep end of Spiritual philosophy,
Particularly the Buddha’s teachings of Anatta…
There are no enduring individual “souls” so to speak.
It’s even more ‘Divine’ than that,
in that…
Instead of being the mistaken identity of an individual…
Whom we are all born to believe is our ego-mind-body…
In our True sense, “we” were never born, nor will ever die,
“We” are
Always Already Alright,
and inseparable from all that is.
It is often referred to by many traditions,
that the essence of ‘God’…
Is all that
is.
Know that in the perspectives of non-dual unified consciousness,
our True Nature is Pure Awareness, or Pure Consciousness…
and it feels like
Love, Joy, Bliss, and Boundless Spaciousness…
There really is no ‘you’, ‘me’, ‘us’, or ‘we’…
It’s all just Unity.
“We” are inseparable from all that “Is”.
When one becomes Enlightened in this life,
the veils that once obstructed our perspective of this
non-dual Oneness is forever removed, and
one can live the rest of this life Liberated from the
pain and suffering caused by the ignorance and confusion
of mistaking our ‘selves’ as being our ego-mind-body.
Otherwise,
even without obtaining the full Fruition of Enlightenment,
When our body dies…
This veil is also dissolved…
And whoever ‘we’ thought ‘we’ were in our life…
Melts inseparably into what could be considered…
The ocean of consciousness…
At one with all that “Is”.
If you allow yourself to drift off in a
reverie of calm abidance…
With the sweet memories in your heart…
Take notice of the infinite beauty of nature…
Wherever you may be.
Know that your loved one is:
Part of the sparkle on a morning dew drop.
The beauty and scent of a fresh fragrant flower.
The warmth of the sun on your skin on a cool day.
The glow of the sunset after a rewarding day.
The fresh cool breeze after a hot day.
The connections with your loved ones are
as boundless as our True Nature.
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Currently featuring “The Art of Living”
By Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh
Non-Theological Common-Sense Spirituality