What is the edge?
It is the point past which you will lose all sense of regret, doubt and emotional luggage.
What pushes you off the edge?
Any event which triggers extreme focus on the present moment. Usual causes involve death, whether it is the death of a loved one, or a personal near death encounter.
Why death?
Death is the final frontier. Or so it seems to most of us, with our extremely limited human perceptions. Once you approach the issue of death face-to-face, regardless of your current state of mind, you are freed. At that point in time, your past pales in comparison to what you are experiencing currently, as you live from second to second. Your future is unnecessary in your thought processes, as the unexplainable thrill of simply being alive courses through you like rivers of oil suddenly set ablaze.
Does it stop there?
Only if you let it. If you're too afraid to move forwards and seize the oppurtunity you've been given, if you want to fall back into the comfy, emotional quicksand that is your past story, if you want to keep dreaming about a future without actively deciding your present, then by all means.
What pushes you off the edge?
Any event which triggers extreme focus on the present moment. Usual causes involve death, whether it is the death of a loved one, or a personal near death encounter.
Why death?
Death is the final frontier. Or so it seems to most of us, with our extremely limited human perceptions. Once you approach the issue of death face-to-face, regardless of your current state of mind, you are freed. At that point in time, your past pales in comparison to what you are experiencing currently, as you live from second to second. Your future is unnecessary in your thought processes, as the unexplainable thrill of simply being alive courses through you like rivers of oil suddenly set ablaze.
Does it stop there?
Only if you let it. If you're too afraid to move forwards and seize the oppurtunity you've been given, if you want to fall back into the comfy, emotional quicksand that is your past story, if you want to keep dreaming about a future without actively deciding your present, then by all means.
|Almost everything, all external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarassment or failure - these things just fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is truly important.
- Steve Jobs|
- Steve Jobs|
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