Death

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Greetings:

 

I also enjoyed the comments on the value of pondering the inevitable. I had

a most realistic dream about death two nights ago. I awoke from the dream in

the middle of the night and the sensation of the " last breath " before death

and the passing into the " abyss " persisted and became even more real. It

brought a most fearful sensation, along with the strong realization that no

material pleasure or object on the entire Earth would lessen that fearful

sensation at that moment. The sensation of dread was a combination of the

physical loss of life, i.e., the last breath, as well as the loss of

mind/self/identity/ego. The fear did not decrease even with my strong faith

which assures me that the moment after death - all would be well. It's just

that moment before death that I am, apparently, not ready for! The dream

drove home the point that the most important goal of my life should be

preparing for death - so that I can enter into that dark night with joyful

expectation and without attachment to mind, ego or body. Interestingly, I

could not recall any details about the dream or what caused the sensation of

impending death. The only thing I could recall was reading the name,

" Ramana. " The letters of the name were very vivid, unlike most writing in my

dreams, which usually is very fuzzy and nonsensical. I had been reading

about Ramana Maharshi just prior to sleep.

 

In retrospect, I wish I could have surrendered to the dream or to the fear

it produced - and seen where it may have taken me!

 

Any words of wisdom or similar experiences?

 

Jai Ramakrishna,

Brad