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"DEATH IS NOT AN EMERGENCY" . . .

2/29/2020

 
Rev. Kris Ladusau is director of the Oklahoma Dharma Center. She recently wrote about spending time with a college friend who was at the end of her life. Here's how she described her final visit:


"My friend never regained consciousness while she was in the hospital. I was taking shifts with her sister and brother so that someone was always there with her. The doctors had told us it would only be a day or two before she passed away. I had arrived at the hospital and was talking with the sister when she told me their cousin was hosting a family gathering for the holiday season. She really wanted to go but felt bad knowing it would mean that I stayed at the hospital a longer shift than usual. I told her that time with family would be a great idea and she thanked me for the opportunity to go.


Several hours went by and the nurse came in to check on things. The monitors were showing a rapid decline - the time of passing was soon. I thought about contacting the sister and brother to let them know but I realized they may not be able to make it to the hospital in time. It was then I realized that death is not an emergency. The siblings had already said their goodbyes and shared private time with their sister. As I reflected, I was once again reminded that death is a natural process and recognized there was no need to take the brother and sister away from much needed rest and rejuvenation.


I stood at the bedside and chanted the Dharanis for my friend. The machines stopped. Everything was silent. I said a final prayer and went to find the nurse. She respectfully took care of what was needed. Thirty minutes later, the sister came back to the hospital. I met her at the door and simply said, “No more suffering…” We hugged each other as she cried. We walked over to the bedside and she asked me a few questions. Then she thanked me for being there. I told her I was honored to do so. Phone calls were made to relatives and friends. Everything was calm and peaceful. I will miss my friend, but I smile in my heart for having known her.”

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

2/29/2020

 
Peace is your natural state.
It is the mind that obstructs
the natural state.
- Ramana Maharshi

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

2/28/2020

 
If you have done a big kindness for your neighbor, let it be in your eyes a small matter. - Rabbi Nathan


THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

2/27/2020

 
Using wisdom means we no longer act out of ignorance or recklessness. - Angel Kyodo Williams

USE YOUR MIND TO HELP, NOT HINDER YOURSELF

2/27/2020

 
An insight from the book How To Be Happy, by Lama Zopa Rinpoche:

"Mind is like dough, which means you can mold it into any shape. You can roll it into suffering, or roll it into ultimate happiness. Mind is like a disciple, which means you must strive always to be the guru, always teaching. Mind is like a child, which means you should become like parents, the father and mother carefully and lovingly watching the child and guiding her. Mind is a boat, and you are the captain; mind is a car and you are the driver. Learn the waters, watch the road, steer the vehicle, follow the map - letting the mind run haphazardly where it will, rudderless, captainless, driverless, is the path to great harm."

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

2/27/2020

 
In the beginning, meditate on compassion. In the middle, meditate on compassion. In the end, meditate on compassion. - Dalai Lama 14th

DO THIS ONE THING AND YOU WILL BE A MUCH BETTER PERSON

2/26/2020

 
Maximize what others have done for you!

That’s the advice of Rabbi Joseph Teluskin who cites this insight from the eleventh century Rabbi Nathan: “If your friend did you a small favor, let it be in your eyes a big favor.”
The issues for many of us is that we take for granted or even forget the good and kind things others have done for us.

Rabbi Telushkin notes: “Unfortunately, we are likely to recall – in great detail – any slight other people have inflicted on us. If you are the sort of person who does this, make an effort to reverse this tendency. Don’t take the kindness of others for granted and be appreciative of each and every favor.”


THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

2/26/2020

 
If your friend did you a small favor, let it be in your eyes a big favor. - Rabbi Nathan

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

2/25/2020

 
The good news is that our habits do belong to us; they are ours, which means that we can change them. They are also impermanent, no matter how strong they are.  -  Tashi Nyima

62 YEAR OLD MAN HOLDS THE WORLD'S LONGEST PLANK POSE: 8 HOURS, 15 MINUTES, 15 SECONDS!

2/24/2020

 
Demonstrating that age is no barrier to fitness, 62 year-old George Hood from Naperville, Illinois, set a Guinness World Record for holding plank pose - 8 hours, 15 minutes, 15 seconds.

And, it's not the first time he's broken a world plank record.  He did it in 2011 when he held it for 1 hour and 20 minutes. But when he tried to set it again in 2016, he lost to Mao Weidong from China, who held a plank for 8 hours, 1 minute and 1 second.

Determined to reclaim his title, Hood trained every day for an average of 7 hours for the 18 months leading up to the official day.  "It's 4-5 hours a day in the plank pose," Hood told CNN. "Then I do 700 pushups a day, 2,000 situps a day in sets of a hundred, 500 leg squats a day. For upper body and the arms, I do approximately 300 arm curls a day."  In total, Hood did around 2,100 hours of planking to prepare for the event, according to Guinness World Records.

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