Disemboweled
Disemboweled zebras. Squashed bugs. Old folks dragged into the grave.
Take a swim down the River of Death! How do you choose to stand and breathe and speak in this, your final moment?
The payoffs to swimming in this river are clarity, dedication and wisdom. The price is blood curdling terror.
Now take a swim in the River of the Present Moment.
Can you die in the present moment? Hahahaha! That's all you can do. The price of the Present Moment is endless deaths by impermanence.
And the payoff? (Among other things) there is no more blood curdling terror.
12/2/24