Junto August 2022
For this month I want to push into that next level of the transition cycle: the neutral zone. To get there I want to discuss death. More specifically our own deaths.
But not in a carpe diem sort of way. I want to push the conversation past the shortness. Instead, I want to sit in the discomfort of the unknown.
When I think about the death of my parents, or my wife, or my kids it’s accompanied by sadness and darkness. I can get a sense of their absence. That void doesn’t exist when I think about my own death. Rather I come to a dead end. A place that’s impossible to define.
It’s at this point my ego interrupts with a comforting and controlling explanation. Whether that’s the belief in a life after death or the atheistic end to my existence when I die. My ego needs a solid answer.
The reality is that I don’t know what happens. It is in the space of not knowing I want us to spend some time over the next couple of weeks.
Embrace this murky space of possibility. Anything can happen or nothing can happen.
Like in meditation pull your thoughts back to the unknown. Recognize where your thoughts go.
Push yourself to sit in discomfort.
But not in a carpe diem sort of way. I want to push the conversation past the shortness. Instead, I want to sit in the discomfort of the unknown.
When I think about the death of my parents, or my wife, or my kids it’s accompanied by sadness and darkness. I can get a sense of their absence. That void doesn’t exist when I think about my own death. Rather I come to a dead end. A place that’s impossible to define.
It’s at this point my ego interrupts with a comforting and controlling explanation. Whether that’s the belief in a life after death or the atheistic end to my existence when I die. My ego needs a solid answer.
The reality is that I don’t know what happens. It is in the space of not knowing I want us to spend some time over the next couple of weeks.
Embrace this murky space of possibility. Anything can happen or nothing can happen.
- What does this space feel like for you?
- How does your body react?
- Where does your head go?
Like in meditation pull your thoughts back to the unknown. Recognize where your thoughts go.
- Do you lean on tradition? Education? Faith? Science?
Push yourself to sit in discomfort.