How does the prospect of death impact how you are living?

How do you distinguish between intense emotional states brought about through awareness of impermanence versus intense egoic attachment? How do you stay in the present with the knowledge of the transitory nature of all experience? Do you have answers, more questions, thoughts to share…..

Re: How does the prospect of death impact how you are living?

…death is the illusion…these bodies are the clothes we wear…sometimes school clothes…sometimes work clothes…we take our clothes off every night and throw them into the hamper ,jump through the shower , after a good nights rest we are ready to go again…

  …you cannot destroy energy …only change it's form…you definately cannot harm your eternal Soul…worrying about death is just an indication of being caught up in the drama…no fault…it's fun to project yourself into the movie…but when the movie is over you walk out of the theater and go on with life…

  …if there is a reason for you to be here…nothing with cause your physical death…on the flip side…when your work or school is done…there is no reason to stay…

   …be assured though that Source moves us up in families and keeps us together…

Re: How does the prospect of death impact how you are living?

I dear to say that none of us can approach death in an unstrained way !  We are humans and it is our destiny to die, while the trees and the mountains remains.  We feel immortal for some time until the acknowledgement catch up with us.  We get sick or our nearest and dearest are leaving us, dying.  This is my answer ! 

My question is like everyone elses question I guess ; what follows next ??  Is there an intention with our lives in a wider perspective ?  Is there a heaven ?  Sometimes I feel that there is a continuation, and sometimes I feel that I just will end up like dust floating in the wind,  disappearing into nowhere. As I get older this prospect becomes much clearer and more serious.  I can see and feel the “end of the road” more clearly and it make a certain impact on my life. Maybe I see myself and others in a different light.  I´m more vulnerable and yet at the same time stronger.  My contours stand out more clearly. 

Death  will also represent pain literally, both mentally and physically,  and I beg for  strength when my time comes….   On long distance I see this soothing place where I can rest,  leaving my worries behind,  and meeting my dearest that is lost in this life !  This is my belief that is my essential comfort too !