10-23-2011, 12:00 AM
It appears insignificant and silly because it is. Life is...and then there is all the meaning that one applies to life, overlaying life with invented meanings. Inside the meaning it seems so real, the emotions generated seem so valid...but step outside the meaning and you get how dumb it all is.
You are not significant or insignificant because significant is just a word that we made up. We also made up the meaning we give the word. But in life it has no meaning. When you remove all of the story you will see that all you are left with is life. During NDEs people report feeling at peace...this is imho because they are outside the circle of all the **** they made up. During NDEs people are not evaluating whether they are significant or not. They also are not having a whole lot of emotions. Things just are. Life without story. If you watch a few of the I Survived Beyond & Back shows you will notice that many report not wanting to come back into their bodies where all the drama is.
That is the place of no pity. How can you pity someone when you know that they are awareness and not this life? How can you pity someone when you know the freedom that comes at death?
I don't believe that you have to work at not pitying yourself or others...I think it is a natural outcome of reaching that kind of expanse.
You are not significant or insignificant because significant is just a word that we made up. We also made up the meaning we give the word. But in life it has no meaning. When you remove all of the story you will see that all you are left with is life. During NDEs people report feeling at peace...this is imho because they are outside the circle of all the **** they made up. During NDEs people are not evaluating whether they are significant or not. They also are not having a whole lot of emotions. Things just are. Life without story. If you watch a few of the I Survived Beyond & Back shows you will notice that many report not wanting to come back into their bodies where all the drama is.
That is the place of no pity. How can you pity someone when you know that they are awareness and not this life? How can you pity someone when you know the freedom that comes at death?
I don't believe that you have to work at not pitying yourself or others...I think it is a natural outcome of reaching that kind of expanse.