Zoom Agenda July 26, 2023

 Zoom Agenda July 26, 2023

The River Grows Wider Some old people are oppressed by the fear of death.… The best way to overcome it is to make your interests gradually wider and more impersonal, until bit by bit the walls of the ego recede, and your life becomes increasingly merged in the universal life. An individual human existence should be like a river: small at first, narrowly contained within its banks, and rushing passionately past rocks and over waterfalls. Gradually the river grows wider, the banks recede, the waters flow more quietly, and in the end, without any visible break, they become merged in the sea, and painlessly lose their individual being. [Those] who can see life in this way will not suffer from the fear of death, since the things [they care] for will continue. —BERTRAND RUSSELL

Check-in:

1.      Share your three “power” words.

2.      Share a synchronicity experience.

3.      Share gratitude.

Sections

1.      Sit Spot

2.      Preparing for death

Sit Spot

1.      Tell us about your sit spot.

2.      Share any experiences of connecting with other creatures in your sit spot.

3.      Is this something useful?

Preparing for death

            1. Read: The River Grows Wider

            2. Is this an interesting exercise to review your life with this reading?

                        a. What was your life like when the river was narrow?

                        b. When did your river rush passionately?

                        c. When did your banks recede and the waters began to flow more quietly?

            3.  What would be helpful in our lives to begin the process of merging our individual being so we can flow more quietly into the sea? (What can we do to prepare for our dying?)

            4. What age would be a good age to begin?