{"id":1024,"date":"2009-07-24T15:44:58","date_gmt":"2009-07-24T22:44:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.coolkarma.com\/dharma\/?p=1024"},"modified":"2009-07-24T15:45:15","modified_gmt":"2009-07-24T22:45:15","slug":"if-i-were-to-die","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.karmabytes.net\/?p=1024","title":{"rendered":"If <em>I<\/em> Were To Die"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-1027\" title=\"glowing globe in handds by watergarden drawtograph 306px\" src=\"http:\/\/www.coolkarma.com\/dharma\/wp-content\/uploads\/glowing-globe-in-handds-by-watergarden-drawtograph-306px.jpg\" alt=\"glowing globe in handds by watergarden drawtograph 306px\" width=\"275\" height=\"386\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.karmabytes.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/glowing-globe-in-handds-by-watergarden-drawtograph-306px.jpg 306w, https:\/\/www.karmabytes.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/glowing-globe-in-handds-by-watergarden-drawtograph-306px-213x300.jpg 213w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 275px) 100vw, 275px\" \/>In this moment if I were to die<br \/>\nThere would be no <em>me<\/em> to feel the pain<br \/>\nThe quiet emptiness would replace the worry<br \/>\nAnd the old fears and perceived failures<br \/>\nWould fade away<br \/>\nIf in this moment I were to die<br \/>\nThe terror of death would finally be silenced<br \/>\nThe constant lookout and self-vigilance<br \/>\nWould vanish to be ever no more<br \/>\nHowever instead if in this moment<br \/>\nThe fear of my own death arises<br \/>\nThere would be gut wrenching woes<br \/>\nNumberless pains and panic<br \/>\nFierce attempts to battle the thoughts away<br \/>\nFor the <em>me<\/em> that tries to hold death at bay<br \/>\nIs the same illusion that keeps me<br \/>\nForever trapped in this chatter and noise<br \/>\nOf the nonsense that fills the void<br \/>\nWith mind made monsters and mayhem<br \/>\nAh, but to lose one\u2019s grip on the <em>I<\/em><br \/>\nWould be certain death to the ego<br \/>\nAnd the seemingly separate sense of self<br \/>\nTo know one&#8217;s true nature<br \/>\nIn this moment<br \/>\nCan happen only when<br \/>\nThat which apperceives beyond the <em>I<\/em><br \/>\nTakes center stage and announces<br \/>\n<em>You I-diot<\/em>!\u00a0 You are already dead.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this moment if I were to die There would be no me to feel<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[12,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1024","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-dharma","category-i-cant-see"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.karmabytes.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1024","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.karmabytes.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.karmabytes.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.karmabytes.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.karmabytes.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1024"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.karmabytes.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1024\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1032,"href":"https:\/\/www.karmabytes.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1024\/revisions\/1032"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.karmabytes.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1024"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.karmabytes.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1024"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.karmabytes.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1024"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}