Spiritual Warrior Meditation

Our culture does not encourage us to face death while we are still very much alive. Many of us are not paying much attention to the obvious fact that we will die; we are trying very hard to have a good time in the midst of this avoidance. In learning more about death awareness meditation, we learn how to shine the light of death on life.

It's not meant to be an exercise in morbidity or self-pity, or in terrorizing ourselves. In fact one often feels light, happy and unburdened after directly acknowledging the truth of our inevitable death. One way in which it is extremely invaluable is that it flushes out fear.

It gives us an opportunity to work very carefully with fear. Now remember, what we're afraid of is not really death but our idea of death. And this is one of the things to learn, that it's a very powerful idea.

Life is impermanent, but that does not mean that it is not worth living. It is precisely because of its impermanence that we value life so dearly. Therefore we must know how to live each moment deeply and use it in a responsible way.