Guest guest Posted January 14, 2003 Report Share Posted January 14, 2003 Sorry, I didn't mean to imply that. When you mentioned that that you give thanks in the morning, I remembered what Yogiji had said about the fear of death and how to get over it. On the other, fear of death is the same as the fear of life. We often judge because ourselves and others out of some fear. We try to maintain some illusion of control with our men-tal intrusiveness. Your own being is leading you to "train" your "mind to go through gratitude". And you are finding this helpful. This is beautiful and I would continue to do so. You want to know a little secret? I'd say that is the norm to be judgmental in the morning....to kick one's self out of the bed in the morning instead laying there and tuning in to the breath. I personally am real easy on myself. I breathe and chant my way through that time. Wahe Guru or Ra Ma Da Sa! All through the night our subconscious mind is sorting through stuff but there is a lot of room for volition and consciously aligning ourself. I remember Gurucharan saying when we dream we are moving the garbage from one place in the house to another place in the house. When we meditate we are taking the garbage out. SatNam, Dharam On the other hand, your own Graham Robert Crabb wrote: > Dear Dharam Singh > thanks for your reply to my question. Are you saying I may have a fear of > death and thats why I feel like this in the mornings? Namaste Anne Marie > > > I have recently > > noticed though that I am judgemental of myself in the mornings and I think > > this is an effect of that and so I have been training my mind to go through > > gratitude as I wake and I find it very helpfull. > > Yogiji has said to do two things that if you want to learn to get over your fear of death. > 1 - Fall asleep with awareness. Be aware as you fall asleep. I lately don't "try" to fall asleep. I intentionally keep my eyes open but not > focussed, just very softly open. > > 2 - Wake up with an attitude of gratitude > > Sat Nam, > Dharam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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