So there is a way in which we can accept impermanence and still relish life, at one and the same time, without grasping.

THE JOURNEY THROUGH LIFE AND DEATH

A CHANGE IN THE DEPTHS OF THE HEART

happiness but lead only to misery, we are like people crawling through an endless desert, dying of thirst. And all that this samsara holds out to us to drink is a cup of salt water, designed to make us even thirstier. FACING DEATH Knowing and realizing this, shouldn’t we listen to Gyalsé Rinpoche when he says: Planning for the future is like going

“‘Meditation’ is not; ‘getting used to’ is.”

we should ask ourselves the question now: “What have I really achieved in my life?” By that I mean, how much have we really understood about life and death?

3. It is too easy for us to believe. In reality, all we need do is simply to rest in the naked, pure awareness of the nature of mind, which is always present.

With continued contemplation and practice in letting go, we come to uncover in ourselves “something” we cannot name or describe or conceptualize, “something” that we begin to realize lies behind all the changes and deaths of the world.

THE HEARTBEAT OF DEATH