Death is coming

The closer death creeps up upon me the less I am able to understand the reasons for life or living.

Yes I have experienced a close family member dying and unlike television it takes decades to handle such a thing. To think I am going to put my family through such a thing when I finally leave is more horrific to me than the thought of death itself.

My life was and is still a learning experience but when all said and done what am I to do with all this accumulated learning over my lifetime if I just die. There is no logic or reason to this.

Long ago I became aware that the God story that is sold to the majority is just a nice story to give mankind with a message of a basic layout of how nice life could be if everyone followed these ideas. Not many in life do and if one thinks about it the good and evil structures actually depend on each other. The good that can be experienced in life is only understood as good when there is it's opposite to compare it to. This is not rocket science only common sense in reality. I am not saying we need to experience bad but understanding in it is needed to appreciate the great things many of us can have in our lives. From birth to death there are many ways mankind helps his fellow man. How many ways can you help?


Wednesday, January 18, 2012

Rite Of Passage: Drop Right into a Deep Comfort On the Heart Walk

By Peter Daniel


Nevertheless during a rite of passage it is possible to again heighten our sense of smell by trying a couple of exercises whilst out in nature.

The very first way is to put your focus, your consciousness in your perception of scent while you walk via nature. Merely placing your awareness on what you are smelling will once more get you away from your thoughts and into your senses.

As you become conscious in the smells about you, the following step would be to heighten your perception of scent. You will most likely discover that your sense of smell is really a great deal stronger on the in-breath as opposed to your out breath. That's why dogs sniff so much. By taking in short sharp sniffs they're in a position to pick up more smells.

So to heighten your sense of scent in the wilderness, do as dogs do and take in a variety of short sharp breaths whenever you notice a scent you feel drawn to.

While you walk along you'll probably also discover there are much more smells closer to the ground and that the smells close to the ground are a lot more powerful. Practice taking short sharp breaths at head height as well as nearer to the earth and start to be aware of what you pick up.

You'll most likely also notice that while you stroll along, wet parts and objects in the wilderness possess a stronger scent than dry objects. When you have a drinking bottle handy you are able to practice smelling objects once they are dry after which smelling them once more when they are wet. You'll most likely discover the smells are more powerful and you pick up much more small nuances within their scent when moist.

As you tap in further into your perception of smell also try crushing a few leaves as you go and notice their smell. Try to gather up the small nuances inside the smells. Like subtle flavors inside the smells.

An additional exercise you can experiment with during your rite of passage is inactive smelling. When you are using brief sharp breaths you're actively heightening your perception of scent and searching for smells. However if you sit around the ground in the one location, instead start to be aware in the smells that are coming your way. Allow the smells around you and also along the wind to come to you. You will turn out to be conscious that at every moment in time the air smells different. Similar to taking a look at a wave on the ocean. Every second is different. So too with the continual smells about you which are coming your way. Merely sit in the one spot and permit the various smells to filter your way.




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