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“Get to the Heart of the Matter” – Part Two
I remember the first time the fear of death really jolted me.
It was from reading a magazine interview of Martin Luther King, Jr. at the time he and his family were living in a slum apartment in Chicago in 1966 and his reason for doing so.
The quote that stirred my fear came about when the reporter asked King if all the threats he was receiving as a result of what he was doing in Chicago didn’t make him fearful of being killed . . .
“A man who doesn’t know what he’d die for isn’t fit to live”
It wasn’t until I understood my purpose for living that my fear of death became inconsequential; because my focus went from death to life and this meant needing to live in order to fulfill my purpose.
This made understanding another of King’s quotes more conformational rather than confrontational and disruptive to my peace of mind.
“There is nothing more tragic than to find an individual bogged down in the length of life, devoid of breadth.”
One of the questions repeated over and over in the previous reverse aging series was, “what is the point of living longer if you don’t know your purpose for living?”
The purpose for writing this new series is not to convince anyone that my purpose for living should be their purpose, NO!
The purpose of writing this series is to clarify my own beliefs, for me, and to share those beliefs with those who are willing to look at BOTH living AND dying, but from a far different standpoint than that held by the vast majority of humanity.
The following is a quote from a course, Believing 101, I wrote several years ago:
“Introducing: The Radical Revolution against Aging and Death, HINT: It’s all about not only extending this life while entering the “kingdom of heaven within” NOW and without dying – EVER!”
In Part Three of, Get to the Heart of the Matter, we’ll explore the catalyst that can propel anyone to the place from where they can see this view and decide which, if any, parts they may want to adopt into their own purpose(s).
See you there!
In Freedom,
Brad