I am imagining that if Robin Williams were able to witness the avalanche of platitudes, the shows of love and expressions of loss currently descending upon the internet, he would be very surprised. Why? Because when I am at my lowest point, when life is looking pretty meaningless and I am feeling even less, the last thing I am thinking about is how loved I am, how many people actually care about me and think I am such a great guy who has actually made a difference in the world. On the contrary, I am not so great, life is pretty miserable and why in the world would anyone want to have anything to do with me at all?
So, I would say that, when Robin Williams took his final breath, he was probably right in his assumptions, if they were anything like mine, and that the last thing on any of our minds was Robin Williams. He was alone and lost and we were absent and caught up in our own distractions, our own self importance and separation, our own struggles and isolated lives. This is what feeds the separation and fuels depression and perpetuates misery; the belief that we are, and always will be, living in a dualistic universe of me and you, us and them.
This is not meant to be a rant on why we should feel guilty and ashamed for not being aware enough of the struggles of others and for the end of life of an incredibly talented individual but, rather, a wake-up call. We can and will change. We need to. Unity is the only way to heal the world of separation. Unity consciousness is really the recognition that we are not separate; we are all responsible and really do need one another for our very survival. In fact, we need to put others and their needs before ourselves (he thinks rather shamefully, as he recalls the pleading and begging of the woman he passed by yesterday, somehow justifying in his mind why she didn't deserve a cent from him. " Oh, she isn't really that badly off, it's a beautiful day, she needs to get a life" and thus perpetuating the misery felt by both of them).
My contention is that this shift into unity consciousness can make the difference between life and death. The more united we feel in our daily lives the less emphasis we put on how little we have, how much we need and how meaningless it is all seeming. Rather, it becomes more about how much we have to give, how little we need and how significant is this wildly precious human life we have all been endowed with.
Rest in peace Robin Williams, may all beings be happy, may all beings be peaceful, may all beings be free from suffering and liberated, liberated, liberated.
So, I would say that, when Robin Williams took his final breath, he was probably right in his assumptions, if they were anything like mine, and that the last thing on any of our minds was Robin Williams. He was alone and lost and we were absent and caught up in our own distractions, our own self importance and separation, our own struggles and isolated lives. This is what feeds the separation and fuels depression and perpetuates misery; the belief that we are, and always will be, living in a dualistic universe of me and you, us and them.
This is not meant to be a rant on why we should feel guilty and ashamed for not being aware enough of the struggles of others and for the end of life of an incredibly talented individual but, rather, a wake-up call. We can and will change. We need to. Unity is the only way to heal the world of separation. Unity consciousness is really the recognition that we are not separate; we are all responsible and really do need one another for our very survival. In fact, we need to put others and their needs before ourselves (he thinks rather shamefully, as he recalls the pleading and begging of the woman he passed by yesterday, somehow justifying in his mind why she didn't deserve a cent from him. " Oh, she isn't really that badly off, it's a beautiful day, she needs to get a life" and thus perpetuating the misery felt by both of them).
My contention is that this shift into unity consciousness can make the difference between life and death. The more united we feel in our daily lives the less emphasis we put on how little we have, how much we need and how meaningless it is all seeming. Rather, it becomes more about how much we have to give, how little we need and how significant is this wildly precious human life we have all been endowed with.
Rest in peace Robin Williams, may all beings be happy, may all beings be peaceful, may all beings be free from suffering and liberated, liberated, liberated.
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