A Bird On Your Shoulder: Freedom From the Fear of Dying
December, 2018
Summary:
Anandamayi Ma, the great Indian saint, recommended that we live our lives like a birds on a dry twig, ready to take flight at any moment. When we live with grounded awareness of our impermanence, we actually feel lightened, buoyant, even free in the vivid awareness of the present moment. In this final Seekers Session of 2018, Mark talks about how we learn to take flight, spiritually, as numinous beings in physical bodies. How do we live with the poignant awareness that although we die, we are already free? How can we keep that bird of levity on our shoulder?
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