Comments on: Facing our fear of death http://spiritualinquiry.com/articles/facing-our-fear-of-death/ Open-Minded Inquiry About Spirituality and Self-Improvement Sat, 19 May 2012 00:12:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Administrator http://spiritualinquiry.com/articles/facing-our-fear-of-death/#comment-20 Administrator Mon, 10 Dec 2007 17:01:02 +0000 http://spiritualinquiry.com/blog/2007/10/18/facing-our-fear-of-death/#comment-20 Thank you for your feedback Patricia. Dealing with the death of a loved one is very difficult. There is a story in Buddhism of a mother who was unable to accept the death of her son and went to the Buddha for a way to bring him back to the life. The Buddha said that to do this he would need some mustard seed, but that this seed must come from a household untouched by death. As the woman went from house to house, she was unable to meet this requirement, and thus realized that death is a natural part of life, and was thus able to accept her son's death. CJ Thank you for your feedback Patricia. Dealing with the death of a loved one is very difficult. There is a story in Buddhism of a mother who was unable to accept the death of her son and went to the Buddha for a way to bring him back to the life. The Buddha said that to do this he would need some mustard seed, but that this seed must come from a household untouched by death. As the woman went from house to house, she was unable to meet this requirement, and thus realized that death is a natural part of life, and was thus able to accept her son’s death.

CJ

]]> By: Patricia - Spiritual Journey Of A Lightworker http://spiritualinquiry.com/articles/facing-our-fear-of-death/#comment-19 Patricia - Spiritual Journey Of A Lightworker Mon, 10 Dec 2007 06:15:39 +0000 http://spiritualinquiry.com/blog/2007/10/18/facing-our-fear-of-death/#comment-19 Thank you for the reminder that it is our attachments that make death so fearful and so sad when we have a loved one who dies. Thank you for the reminder that it is our attachments that make death so fearful and so sad when we have a loved one who dies.

]]> By: Empowered Soul Blog » Carnival of Truth #3 http://spiritualinquiry.com/articles/facing-our-fear-of-death/#comment-17 Empowered Soul Blog » Carnival of Truth #3 Sun, 09 Dec 2007 14:14:12 +0000 http://spiritualinquiry.com/blog/2007/10/18/facing-our-fear-of-death/#comment-17 [...] CJ presents Facing our fear of death posted at SpiritualInquiry.com. This article reminded me how important it is to let go of attachment - even the attachment to life itself. [...] [...] CJ presents Facing our fear of death posted at SpiritualInquiry.com. This article reminded me how important it is to let go of attachment - even the attachment to life itself. [...]

]]> By: Keith Johnson http://spiritualinquiry.com/articles/facing-our-fear-of-death/#comment-13 Keith Johnson Sat, 27 Oct 2007 18:31:59 +0000 http://spiritualinquiry.com/blog/2007/10/18/facing-our-fear-of-death/#comment-13 Nice article, and many thanks. I encourage everyone to read the "Tibetan Book of the Dead." It was written by the great Indian Buddhist Master, Padmasambhava, who some Tibetans say was the reincarnation of the Buddha. We are afraid of death because we have not yet achieved enlightenment and therefore associate with and identify ourselves with ignorance and spiritual darkness. Only when we know firsthand who we truly are - will the fear of death disappear. This is why meditation and prayer and compassion are vital to our spiritual awakening process. Nice article, and many thanks. I encourage everyone to read the “Tibetan Book of the Dead.” It was written by the great Indian Buddhist Master, Padmasambhava, who some Tibetans say was the reincarnation of the Buddha. We are afraid of death because we have not yet achieved enlightenment and therefore associate with and identify ourselves with ignorance and spiritual darkness. Only when we know firsthand who we truly are - will the fear of death disappear. This is why meditation and prayer and compassion are vital to our spiritual awakening process.

]]> By: Bendz http://spiritualinquiry.com/articles/facing-our-fear-of-death/#comment-12 Bendz Mon, 22 Oct 2007 17:19:16 +0000 http://spiritualinquiry.com/blog/2007/10/18/facing-our-fear-of-death/#comment-12 Nice organized blog. The zen stories are useful to me. Nice info and keep it up :) Nice organized blog. The zen stories are useful to me. Nice info and keep it up :)

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