Reading the Obituary October 12, 2008
Posted by Geoffrey Wilson in : Meditations , trackbackRecently I confessed to someone that I frequently check out the obituaries in the newspaper. Somewhat curious, the listener asked why.
So I explained.
‘There’s nothing quite like seeing someone’s life spread out in front of you in black and white,’ I said.
‘It’s as if you are assessing the relative merits of this person’s search to find meaning in life. It includes the successes and the failures, the highlights and the low-lights, the quality of the vision, the clarity of the thinking, the urgency of manifestation, the sensibilities, the drive.’
A lifetime doesn’t really last for very long. It ends as quickly as it begins. It is like a bubble. A blink of the eye. And there is so much to learn and understand. When you look at the evidence before you in the obituary, this person’s attempt to reach an understanding of life, you look for the hints of intelligence, the connection to Spirit, the extent to which this person has actually grasped something of life, embodied it and surrendered to the will of the divine.
Occasionally, someone’s life turns out to be quite remarkable. In these instances it seems apparent that destiny demanded a forthright response to the challenge of living and got what it asked for. After all, in reality there are no children of a lesser God! The working off of karma is a big deal and everyone has to play the game.
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