Mindfulness and Death
How to find inner peace
One of the key teachings of Buddhism is Impermanence.
Everything is impermanent, evenhe shape or format pfthe planet itself. Mountains slowly erode, icebergs melt, seasons change, decades come and go. Nothing is permanent, not even our home planet, now we understand plate tectonics and how the land masses have evolved over eons.
For me personally it has also been one of the most liberating teachings to live with. When I have been in hard situations I know this too will end, and the same for anything too exciting or wonderful. This make me a realist and stops me both craving or feeling afraid of anything.
I enjoy my life greatly. I know one day it might end. It probably will in this format. That is OK too. I make the very mindful most of it in every minute so I am not wasting what I have whilst I have it. I am getting the most out of my life instead.
My husband the amazing and profoundly wise David Hughes has no worry about me going off without him, backpacking into all sorts of interesting and possibly dangerous places. But he knows that life where we live can just as easily turn on us so that is ok. He doesn’t like backpacking, I love it. I love getting much closer to the life that exists in the places I travel to. His back won’t stand up to it, somehow mine does…
