What If We’re As “Dead” As We’re Ever Going to Be—Right Now?
In his book, “How to Have a Good Life After You’re Dead,” author, Mike Marable, confidently states: “We are as dead as we are ever going to be right now.” It took my brain a moment to comprehend this statement, yet my soul understood it in a nano second. To help your brain compute Mike’s message, I’m going to drop in a quote from the movie titled, “The Professor.” In it, Johnny Depp’s character tells a group of his students the following: '“Why the fuck do we sort of float through this weird thing called life without actually living? I mean REALLY live; not simply exist. That’s boring as fuck. Stir some shit up. Fuck some shit up. Fuck it right. I want to focus on enriching our lives, and try to extract some sort of wisdom that we can take with us. May we forever remember that in every moment we are composing the stories of our lives, so let’s aim to make it a meaningful read, or at least an interesting one.” (Side note: I REALLY dig expletives coming from Johnny!)
So that brings us back to Mike’s quote from from his illuminating tome. This esteemed author was indicating that life is a continuation, and that our consciousness is an energy that cannot cease to exist—it only changes state. He goes on to use a metaphor of how water can change its state from ice to steam. He asks us to think of ourselves as being like ice while in physical form, and steam when we “die.” We simply shift frequency—like changing from one station to another on the radio. The reality we go to when we take our last breath is already all around us. We are still in spirit form. We never left the spirit realm—we’re just in a different frequency—and we’re all dreaming our reality.
So that begs the question: If we consider that we’re really as dead as we’re ever going to be, then how might that positively effect how we live our lives? I mean REALLY live; not simply exist. If we have any fear of death, then you can bet that we’re compromising our ability to stir shit up. I’m not suggesting you go jump off a cliff to test drive Mike’s theory. What I AM suggesting is that you consider for a moment that the conscious or subconscious fear of death—of our own or another’s—is in ways small and large keeping us from authentically living and being fully immersed in the game of life. And let it be known that the number one regret coming from someone lying on their proverbial deathbed is, drum roll, please, the regret of not fully living an authentic life!
So—-are you ready to fuck some shit up, and fuck it right? Because you are made of divine stuff, and you cannot die. You never cease to be in spirit form. Like a flowing river, you effortlessly shift from one plane or form to another. So don’t worry thinking that it’s going to be lights out when you take your last breath. Give up the notion that you’ll obliterate into a dark void, or that a wrathful God is coming to critique the thoughts, words, and deeds you executed over your lifetime. You ARE life, and you carry on, even after your (body’s) death.
As you begin to awaken from the dream and remember who you are, you start kicking fear to the curb. Bear in mind that baby steps and micro-shifts add up over time—and add up big time!
When the Ego weeps for what it has lost. The Spirit rejoices for what it has found. - Ekhart Tolle
Aum, aho, aloha, amen—
Gaile Lynn
Transform Your Life Through the Truth About Death
