Meditation for December 29th, 2016
The Only Way To Truly Know Yourself is to Die
If you are reading this, then you are seriously trying to truly k ow who you are and what you are meant to do or be. I can only give you the very simple tools and lay them at your feet, but these are only the tools I have used.
You could literally walk the same path as me, but it’s really hard to start tennage alcoholism in your thirties or forties, and you can’t just catch cancer. You are forced to hope that those things didn’t have a huge impact on me.
You could just try and use the tools exactly the way I use them, but maybe the experience that helped me find those tools make those tools only work for me. Maybe my life’s tools are universal and you will be fine.
To truly know yourself and to honestly understand the futility of the world around you, you must die for a few minutes. This is the only way to know reality.
You will never see the world with the innocence and optimism a living person will. You won’t be able to feel a genuine awe with life either. The bluest sunniest day will remain grey.
But you will know yourself so well.
Don’t try any flatliner bullshit. Death must be a surprise. Maybe try jaywalking more.