03-31-2015, 02:04 PM
(03-31-2015, 02:00 PM)AngelofDeath Wrote: I saw your PM and have been articulating my response in my mind. That's a tricky question. We all have experience with Death but most don't recognize it as such. I have touched death in a variety of ways and you could say it is an archetype I am very interested in because of the effectiveness of its power. At this point in time, on this planet, peace is not often associated with death, but that is because death is often viewed as something which occurs only once and is so to be either resisted or embraced. In truth, I believe, we are dying, and being reborn, all the time.
I do not see it as glorious, no, that is an emotional projection. It is neutral in and of itself, reflecting the experience had by the consciousness. It is as glorious or traumatic as you wish it to be, for death is empty, completely void like a doorway. It is the ultimate mirror and the ultimate shadow. It forms to whatever you need it to be.
For most, it is a reservoir of dreams, of desires and of all unrequited passions. They are projected in to death because death, being empty, can become anything. So anything that is seen to be unobtainable or unacceptable now is relegated to the realms of Death. Not only that, however, it also becomes the ultimate expectation. To those who seem themselves pinned down or trapped, death is seen as an enabler, that which grants freedom. Those who feel free in life may see death as an end to that freedom of life. Death holds everything, it becomes everything, and comes from everything.
The reason you are fascinated with it is because it is empty. So, it can hold everything you wish it to hold. Thus, I think you believe everything you cannot grasp now will be obtainable after death, and so it has become glorious for you because you have projected all of your un-attained desires in to it.