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Death Knocked At My Door
My Commitment to Meet Death for 365 Days
How does one meet Death? They sit with and acknowledge Her. They respect and hold reverence for Her. They listen to Her. They heed Her counsel about how to live. How to love. and How to be.
I’ve decided to meet death formally every day for a year, not in a morbid sense but as a part of my spiritual practice. Death, if we witness it, if we get close to it, if we listen to it, allows us to live more fully. It can bring clarity to our aims and intentions, clarity to our experience, clarity to the majesty and mystery of our being. I’ve decided to meet death, to get closer to life.
Ask And Receive | Sitting With A Dying Deer
Well, it seems the universe agreed with my intention. On the second day of my new commitment, January 2, 2023, Death quite literally knocked on my front door. My partner and kids were going skiing for a couple days, so we had the kids get in the car as my partner and I finished up a few things in the house. Suddenly, we looked out the window and saw a young deer next to the car where the kids were.
I went out to say goodbye to the kids and also to see if they noticed the deer, which was on the other side of the car from where I was standing. They hadn’t. So, I opened up the sliding side…
