Yesterday, I shared this Tweet. It was no accident, not least because I’d be listening to Die Wise on the way to work and (once again) heard Jenkinson make this statement. And not for the first time, it made me think deeply about my own life and/or death expectation, no doubt influenced by the cultural malaise that I continue to wrestle with.
I hadn't come across Stephen Jenkinson before - thanks for that mention. Lots to dive into there.
I talk about endings in the Essence Map, as in those pivotal moments that arise from loss, love and life, and change. For me, they're all precursors to the ultimate ending. I think they're designed to prepare us, and peel back the layers to the truth of who we are. I can only speculate but my version of death is the peeling back of all the layers so that we really see who we are, at a soul level. That's what I see as 'living up to our potential, being all we can be', too.
“Here is a test to find whether your mission on Earth is finished: If you´re alive it isn't.”
― Richard Bach
In my personal experiences of death, conventional medicine focuses on quantity rather than quality of life. I think this approach has skewed our ideas about the meaning of life.
There's this too: The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man who lives fully is prepared to die at any time. Mark Twain
Some thoughts sparked by your post:
I hadn't come across Stephen Jenkinson before - thanks for that mention. Lots to dive into there.
I talk about endings in the Essence Map, as in those pivotal moments that arise from loss, love and life, and change. For me, they're all precursors to the ultimate ending. I think they're designed to prepare us, and peel back the layers to the truth of who we are. I can only speculate but my version of death is the peeling back of all the layers so that we really see who we are, at a soul level. That's what I see as 'living up to our potential, being all we can be', too.
“Here is a test to find whether your mission on Earth is finished: If you´re alive it isn't.”
― Richard Bach
In my personal experiences of death, conventional medicine focuses on quantity rather than quality of life. I think this approach has skewed our ideas about the meaning of life.
There's this too: The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man who lives fully is prepared to die at any time. Mark Twain