Have you come to terms with the inevitability of your own death and the death of all those whom your...?

How will I live my life?

As much as possible, and often daily, I take my stand as the same awareness that will be present in the moment of death. In truth, there are no other options. It is all I will have then and is all I have now. This is what is authentic and is the truth of no birth and no death. Being so, I am gentle with, accepting of and usually amused with all the delusional and programmed behavior that appears and which I may only observe, but not hope to control willfully. This is a release from the further thinking that I am living my life. When I think I am living my small life, I am nothing more than memory or wishfulness.

When mindful, I am nothing more, and nothing less, than the presence of the moment to the awareness of it. It is a great listening for all that I am not, which is done by that which is.

Come to terms with it? Not really. I accept that my body will die, but I have been created (evolved according to some, I won't argue the point for the moment) with an innate tendency to struggle to live and not to die. So I can't say I have totally come to terms with the fact. I will not just lie down and "let it happen".

On the other hand, I have a future hope, and so death does not hold terrors for me. But I will still resist it with all my strength.

In a sense, the person who is me will not die. My body will be destroyed, but that is simply my present dwelling place, which will eventually be replaced. That doesn't take away the ugliness of physical death. Only, with Paul, I can ask: "Death, where is your victory?"

In my religion, we say we should think about death every day. Not in a sad or depressive way, but just to keep us humble before any one else. When we think about death, we know we are all the same, no one is better than any one and ultimately that destroys pride. I do think about it frequently, and that does not make me sad. I am OK with the thought. When I think about those I love dying, I also feel at ease. I just don't think I would be ready for my kids to die. Not because I fear losing them forever, since I know we would still be together in thoughts, and one day reunited, but only because I have inevitably put my expectations on their future life to be longer than mine, you know what I mean? We have children hoping and believing we will see them grow. We hope and believe that we will go first. We hope and believe we will see our job done, if you will. No one expects their own children to die first, it just does not seem natural.

Peace!

Yes I have come to terms with it, although I can not say that I like the idea of ceasing to exist much. Then of course there is the probability that death will come before the final stage of birth, and the prospect of existing as a failed image does not inspire one much. It can make one think what the heck I may as well be hung for a sheep as a lamb lol. What shall we do ? All anybody can do I suppose our best.

So many long answers...I was just going to say, yes...

How someone comes to terms with that is completely subjective.

Your right there is inevitability in this life, but no matter what people choose to believe about the hazy truths in life they all share one thing in common...they live then they die, it doesn't matter what religion or what "truths" you want to believe in...we live and we die...

The cycle keeps moving with or without me, so I'm just going to enjoy the time that I do have.

...whom your attention rest upon...

yes, it was inevitable that I come to terms with mortality-in-time and the event of physical death, but my relationships with mankind were reconciled days before I came to terms with death itself, and therefore the idea of a future death was not a motivator for me.

Reconciliation is the restoration of broken relationships; whether it is at the level of couple-hood or at the level of all-of-mankind and everywhere in between......hatred turns back into The First Love..

It s an incredible experience and it is its own motivating force.

as for your last Q:

Only by moving your attention from what you think you are to who you are beyond forms and ideas and experiences..

This may not appear to be an easy feat but it is well within the abilities of any who find themselves reading this.

Stay focused; explore the implications of you; peel the layers of the conceptual you until you stand naked....not as pure consciousness (as some would have you believe) but as a vast unlimited being with its own signature who uses consciousness in its own way as a perceiving attribute and building blocks for expression.

:)

I am a part of nature. Like the rest of nature, the moment I began to live, I began to die. Everything has a shelf life so to speak.

I acknowledge this; I've 'come to terms' with it; no I'm no thrilled about the idea of dying but I'm not in fear of the inevitability of one day not existing. I'm less thrilled about the idea of those I love dying before me because of the painful emotions I will experience, but I acknowledge the inevitability of their one day not existing as well.

(yes, you are really 'here')

Infidels will pile on the thumbs down, but here is the real truth of the matter. Your spirit is the literal offspring of a living god. You lived before you were born and you will live after death. You are involved in either a continual progression or retrogression, depending on your own choices.

The constant awareness of the inevitability of death is the only means by which to acquire the urgency, to override the robot.

You forgot one question: Am I my body?

If the answer is 'no', then there is no need to fear the death of your body.

Since your body is not you. So if your spirit is in good condition, you will have a chance to progress further. Or sort of that.