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It is a Good Day to Die
This entry was posted on 6/26/2009 5:57 AM and is filed under Secrets to Peace 2009.
Surrounded by beauty
Today is a good day to die.
There is a scene at the end of the movie
The Mission in which Jeremy
Iron's character, (representing the Light
or the Christ Consciousness), challenges
Robert DeNiro's character, (representing
the collective or earth-based consciousness),
to reconsider using weapons to defend against
encroaching forces.
DeNiro's character insists that fighting,
with all his might, is the right thing to do,
while the priest played by Irons says, "If
you are right, and love is not enough, I have
no desire to be here, anyway." I paraphrased
this quote, from a not so recent memory, but
I am fairly confident I captured the flavor
of the conflict.
This is our daily choice.
One idea has us being in the world but not of
it and the other has us joining the
consciousness of humanity which believes this
physical experience is what is real.
The physical is the vehicle, it is not the
"experiencer".
When we take a road trip, the car is just the
means of transportation; it is not the
journey itself. It is necessary, but the
journey does not end if the car breaks down
or disappears. If the vehicle is lost, the
journey just changes form; an adventure,
different than the one first visualized,
emerges out of the loss.
The inmates, I work with, overwhelmingly
agree with DeNiro's character that picking up
the sword, to defend this physical experience
with all his might, was the right thing to
do. They refused to believe me when I said I
agreed with Iron's character. They wanted to
play the scenario game, "surely there must be
something you would pick up arms to defend"
they echoed in disbelief. I not only believe,
but know, that for me, Love is enough.
Surrounded by beauty,
In every now moment,
There is nothing to die from
Nothing to die to.
In this heavenly awareness
In this realization of oneness
There is nowhere to go
Nothing to leave.
"Today is a good day to die, "is not a
statement about dying, it is a way of living.
This day I will live my life
as if there is no tomorrow
as if this is my one chance
to leave a legacy of love,
as if the world itself
depends on my example.
It does, you know!
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