Lewis on Dan/ best of Lewis

[Guest guest]

And, I'm not adverse to sharing stories -- I've shared mine

> in depth once or twice. It just hasn't seemed that worthwhile

> to me, because it makes it seem like there's a focus on

> " me and my experience " which is far from the truth.

>

> Be well --

>

> -- Dan

 

 

What is there to lose? To protect? To worry over? To think if it is

worthwhile. For a dead person there is no fear, no self-consciousness,

no concern, no anything about how other appearances try to focus,

imagine, distort, enhance, add, subtract, multiply, divide, up end,

destroy, etc. " one's " appearance in words. Such appearances are a coat

offered for someone to try on to wear, to see if it fits, if not it may

be returned. Or it can be ripped apart or torn to shreds, spit upon,

mocked, laughed at. It can be misunderstood, taken wrongly, twisted into

something else, remade, stolen, embellished. Or it can worn for a while

and then when worn out discarded. Or can be too small or too large or

the colors are not right or there is confusion over what to do with

it.....

 

Giving it is a lesson and all the responses, whatever they may be are

lessons. Is this not one, one reason we are here, to learn our lessons

from each and everyone?

 

In any case, it is an object. It is poured from our being and it is not

us. So it needs no defense. It does need to be cherished or protected.

There is no need to be attached to it. It is from us, but not us once it

leaves and sits here in this digital list. We need not retrieve it or

save it from harm.

 

It has no life other than what is poured into it or attached to it. Let

others respond to it as they are. Some will benefit, some will not, some

will not even look at it, some will scoff, some will fly, some will

weep, some will struggle....We experience it and do with it as we are

and there is no thing we can do about how what is shared will be taken

or used and whatever happens our lessons lie there for us to drink

without hesitation so that we may know if that death is and what we are

in the moment.

 

Lewis

 

P: So taken such statement as permission

I will edit, and snip, and present what I

think is: The BEST of LEWIS.