If
you are drowning, there is still about eight minutes without breath in which you
can still be brought back.
So there still must be some life.
Obviously on your deathbed all the struggle and pain is over by the time you stop breathing.
You are out, things have stopped, and there is nothing you can do anymore,
but you are still conscious on some level.
I am always interested in what consciousness is there.
What recourse is there?
There’s the traditional Buddhist view that at the time of death,
Dharma will be my only refuge.
Because I create karma, I must abandon evil deeds and always devote my life to virtuous action.
Therefore, every day I will examine myself
so that it's a continuous self-examination to make sure I'm not building up
an indissoluble barrier that will make me panic
because I didn't get things right.
Then the question is, what do you remember at the point of death?
So many Buddhist practices are preparations for taking off—
not panicking, to being bound to look back and trying to rearrange your bookshelf—
but going out with a clean slate…"
http://ginsbergblog.blogspot.com/2016/04/april-5-anniversary-of-allens-death.html
So there still must be some life.
Obviously on your deathbed all the struggle and pain is over by the time you stop breathing.
You are out, things have stopped, and there is nothing you can do anymore,
but you are still conscious on some level.
I am always interested in what consciousness is there.
What recourse is there?
There’s the traditional Buddhist view that at the time of death,
Dharma will be my only refuge.
Because I create karma, I must abandon evil deeds and always devote my life to virtuous action.
Therefore, every day I will examine myself
so that it's a continuous self-examination to make sure I'm not building up
an indissoluble barrier that will make me panic
because I didn't get things right.
Then the question is, what do you remember at the point of death?
So many Buddhist practices are preparations for taking off—
not panicking, to being bound to look back and trying to rearrange your bookshelf—
but going out with a clean slate…"
http://ginsbergblog.blogspot.com/2016/04/april-5-anniversary-of-allens-death.html
