Tag: death

Life avoidance

Posted on by philipdodson

As humans we’ve become so risk adverse and so scared of our own shadow, that through our desire to be safe, we are actually avoiding life.

We have become so preoccupied with how we can extend our life and avoid any risk that in doing so we do not live.

The fact is, life comes with a death sentence. As Eckhart Tolle says ‘life is fatal, it always ends in mortality’. 

The two opposites are not life and death, they are in fact, birth and death. Life is eternal. Energy never dies and our true essence is energy housed in our temporary human existence. 

If we stop considering what might happen in a future moment, we will step away from all the fear and uncertainty and become more present. 

By being more present, we will actually live our life in this moment. The only moment that there ever is, instead of avoiding our life. 

None of us know what will unfold in the future, therefore, it is best to simply enjoy this moment now and step away from the uncertainty that prevents being alive. 

The legacy we leave will depend on what we do now

Posted on by philipdodson

After my morning swim in the sea at Seaford, which was so nourishing and envigorating, as always, we went to the beautiful little village Rottingdean by the sea.

After a lovely tea and food at Shane’s Kitchen, we wandered around Kipling’s gardens and then took a stroll around the graveyard of the beautiful Norman church.

I felt quite emotional reading the lovely and wonderful tributes on the remembrance plaques and the gravestones. It was a gentle reminder that all things are temporary including our own journey.

We have a limited and unknown number of moments here in our current carnation and having read many of the loving tributes, I thought to myself, firstly, never waste a moment to show love to others that are still here. We often wait for funerals to say the things that we wanted to say about that person who has died but didn’t while they were alive or we do not say them often enough. We didn’t show the person when they were able to hear our loving words or receive our love through our actions, gestures and care towards them.

Secondly, it struck me that now is the only moment that we are actually alive and therefore it is important to make the most of this moment, not just loving ourselves or another soul, but to make experiences, and do the things that we feel and that the mind fears most, say the things we feel, create experiences and share our gift with all other souls.

After all, we will all end our journeys and the legacy that we leave will depend on what we do now.