Lulu's Death

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how i love this peace.... this bliss.... the responsability of just

being...

 

how i love to be death.

 

 

Lulu

 

Perception and Death

 

Written March 31, 2006 at Advaitatozen

 

In contemporary psychology and epistemology

perception is the apprehension of any sense

object, which includes physical objects, thoughts,

emotions, and sensations such as cold, or heavy.

 

We can say, we are always perceiving something

or other. We can also say, all dissatisfaction, all

suffering comes from how we digest and rate

perception. Without perception we are not aware

of either being, or being not. Without perception

there is no problem whatsoever. So, it's ironic, we

fear not perceiving, unconsciousness, and not being.

Not perceiving, not being conscious is perfection. So,

why is it that death is a problem?

 

Can we tell the instant we go over the brink

into deep sleep? Can we discern that very

moment when we become awake? Can we

remember that first flash of consciousness

that came with birth?

No, we can't. It's such a smooth

slipping away, such gentle fading into Not, and

such equally gentle coming back.

 

Could it be, we never really left? That we are

always there? Deep sleep, and Death are

always near, always at hand. They are Us.

Consciousness is a trick, a mirage, an

appearance, just a seeming to be.

Don't just believe or disbelieve, see for your-

self. Sit, be quiet, attentive, let the mind settle,

subside, slip away. If you're lucky it will sink

to depth you didn't guess you had. Deep

sleep, Death are there, like an iron mountain

under the sea. And thou, oh lucid dreamer, thou

are that.

 

Pete