There are so many important points on page 161, please check it out for yourself. Michael is talking about how we are afraid of living life, and yet, if we live as if death were right around the corner we would let go of this fear and live more fully.
He suggests that "it is your attempt to get special experiences from life that makes you miss the actual experience of life...Life exists without you...You simply get the honor of seeing a tiny slice of it. If you're busy trying to get something, you will miss the slice you're actually experiencing." (T.U.S., p. 161). Yes I can relate to this...living for the future, longing for the next vacation, relationship, a larger income, more time...
Yet THIS moment is worthwhile. Each moment is precious. Any moment could be my last.
As I've mentioned in the last few postings this focus on death has motivated me to be more aware in the present moment. I've had different experiences with this...sometimes I'm filled with gratitude and other times inner disturbance/anxieties/sanskaras (things that I like to avoid!) become apparent. I try not to get sucked into these dramas and instead I remind myself that this recognition of inner disturbance is good...it is unfinished business that needs to be witnessed and released. I ask "Who Am I?" (am I these feelings and thoughts of lack and limitation or am I the Observer?). And finally I remember that death is stalking me...so why not get on with the business of letting go and take a step closer to my true Self.
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