[quote] venerable sheng-yen

 
 
 
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COME TO THE CLIFF, she said.

They said, WE ARE AFRAID.

COME TO THE CLIFF, she said.

They came.

She pushed them.

And they flew.

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Source: Unknown

Spirit behind SUICIDE

Suicide is often our desperate attempt to kill off the FALSE SELF or the False ego.

We know in our hearts that we are not living the lives that we want.

We know in our hearts that we are not being our Authentic Self.

We do not know how to deal with our fabricated lives except suicide.

We think the only way is to end the life that we have actually, what we need to do is to
END THE KIND OF LIFE WE HAVE but not the PHYSICAL BODY.

It is our souls saying WE CANNOT GO ON BEING FALSE ANYMORE. WE NEED TO SPEAK OUR TRUTH AND LIVE OUR TRUTH.

See, if you are willing to give up the physical body, why not just give up the False Life?

And this is TRICKY. Our false ego will fight us the Mask Self will stop us.

This is what inner work is about, this is what healing work is about. The DEATH/REBIRTH THEME. This is such a classic theme in spiritual growth. I have died and died again in this lifetime.

But it was always shedding the skin of the old [name omitted].

That is the spiritual impulse behind thoughts of suicide.

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