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Practice #4 of the Bodhisattva

Separated from each and every long-acquainted companion,
Leaving behind hard-earned wealth and possessions,
Guest-like consciousness abandons its guesthouse, the body;
To give up concern for this life is the practice of the bodhisattvas.

At the moment of death, they either abandon us or we abandon them. Live together, die alone. This is just merely fact. There are 3 root truths about death; death is certain, when we will die is uncertain, at the point of death, nothing other than the Dharma is of benefit. Furthermore, friends will be of no benefit, food and wealth will be of no benefit, even one's own body will be of no benefit. Reflection and contemplation of death should be like the riding crop that spurs our precious human life forward. Liberation can be reached from this life so every moment is precious to that end. Knowing our moments are limited we should attempt to capitalize on every second we are afforded. Capitalization means practicing the Dharma. Wealth, health, even friends and family are secondary to this compulsion towards enlightenment. Paradoxically, practicing the Dharma means letting go of concern for this life and this time that spurs us forward. So one should make haste to be compassionate and be quick to relinquish the self.

I like the directness of this practice. I tend to romanticize death (thank you John Donne). Or I'll only contemplate it only when the spectre is close. Or I'll regard it in terms of a country song like "Live like you were Dying" (thank you Tim McGraw). In any case, I don't think about death near enough. While it sounds morbid, take a day and preface each decision by reflecting on your own death as imminent. Fear, embarrassment and laziness recede quickly under this kind of reflection. Furthermore, one's ideas of what's important change. And while it might not move you to go skydiving, Rocky mountain climbing or 2.7 seconds on a bull name Fu man chu, I'm sure it will motivate you to do more than watch 90210 in syndication. Death has a way of reminding us of what's important. For we Christians that means living a life in ever deepening relation to the Trinity. Of course this relationship brings its own paradox, "For whosoever will save his/her life shall lose it; but whosoever shall lose his/her life for my sake and the gospel's, the same shall save it (Mark 8:35). Life is short and we do not have much time to gladden the hearts of those who travel with us. So be quick to love and make haste to be kind, and in the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit, Amen.