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?
