There is, it’s said, a state of joyful death, <br />known to the wise; and this, more realised <br />than that cessation of our mortal breath <br />beyond experience; only surmised; <br /> <br />a ‘death’ that’s not an end, but life anew; <br />a death that leaves no space where to be sad; <br />that leaves no time for guilt, regret or rue <br />but sets us free to know ourselves, and glad; <br /> <br />quite free of ‘past’ and ‘ future’ in the mind, <br />a life entirely of the moment’s grace; <br />the present taking care of what’s designed <br />to teach the lessons which our soul must face; <br /> <br />consciousness then grows apace; and when <br />the ego dies – there’s no more dying then.. <br /> <br /> <br />[with acknowledgements to Eckhart Tolle's 'The Power of Now']<br /><br />Michael Shepherd<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/a-joyful-death-in-life/
