I believe that many people will avoid talking about death when they mention it, because of fear, thinking it is unlucky, and so on
But do you really understand it, afraid because we don't understand, very traditional to understand these two words, whenever our relatives and friends around us leave, we are helpless, sometimes can't help but feel that life is impermanent, life is so fragile and small.
Maybe everyone's concept is different, some people think that when a monk hits a day's clock, it is a good day, which is an optimistic mentality.
Some people encounter something, or can't help the pressure of life, they have extreme thoughts, even suicide, all kinds of thoughts can't be opened.
Anywhere in this world, death can find us, people rush and rush, like a cloud of smoke, nothing, and over time I think there will be very few people who remember you, as if you had not been.
Death is unknown, but two things are certain:
We will face it one day
We don't know when it will come
These two points are also used as an excuse that we dare not face, we blinded our eyes, thinking that it was too early, we would not be so fast...
When our family, house, jobs, etc. are all taken away, do we still know who we are?
Without these supports, we are faced with nothing more than our naked selves.
When death comes, we can't take anything with us, especially the flesh that we depend on and try to live on, our hearts, as long as you pay a little attention, you will find that the heart jumps around like a beating riot, and good and bad thoughts will come out for no reason, and they can't be stopped.
If we want to look at death correctly and no longer be afraid when we face it, then we must start from ourselves, unveil the strange mask of death, become familiar with it, adapt to it, and the only path is to practice, that is, to cultivate the mind! In this way, you will not be a slave to death. Anything we experience is closely related to the mind, and what you think it is is determined by your mind!
There are many ways to cultivate the mind, you can cultivate all the time, you can often look at your own mind, like to read books, you can read some books of cultivation, you can watch videos if you don't like to read books, life is practice, keep your mouth shut and don't say dirty words, lose your temper less, start from the daily small things in life!
May you and I be well, and live a happy and healthy life!