Wednesday, July 23, 2008

Fear of death is a Cup of Coffee

It is true, the fear of death is our state of mind.

No one dies, only our body does. The soul is set free to clinch a choice to rebirth or if powerful enough would be able to see the choice to attain Nirvana.

Well these thoughts are not mine, they are from Vedanta teachings and someone who recently gave me this information.

So coming back to the topic, how is fear of death related to cup of coffee then?

This is derived from the sequence of random thoughts we have ...and this is an example...You have to imagine that we could have these thoughts too, in a similar sequence.

Thought 1 - What if I have an accident
Thought 2 - Will I die
Thought 3 - What if I die
Thought 4 - Who will take care of my family
Thought 5 - I see the gas station
Thought 6 - I need a coffee, I think I am sleepy
No thoughts, the focus is on pulling the car to the gas station parking lot
Thought 7 - Let me lock this before I get in the station's store
Thought 8 - What coffee I should have....

and it goes on...

If you noticed the Fear of death translated in a Cup of Coffee :) Funny but real.

We have random thoughts like these all the time, and it is upto us to leave them and let go, if we clutch on one we start building on it, thinking relatively and a story is soon up...I mean probably the driver was sleepy and suddenly thought what if I sleep, I'll have an accident ....and then the driver saw death and it went on until the gas station and the cup of coffee saved him :)

"Be unclutched and you'll be blissful" - Parmahamsa Nityananda