A Death Meditation
''The Last Sunset...''

This death meditation is a short story. Follow it to the end and meditate for a minute...

"She watched me as I crossed the room. Seeing her lying there, in that hospital bed, my mind asked itself:

What is she thinking now?

Is she disappointed about the things I gave her? A life of suffering, pain and struggling. My absence... spending so much time thinking, reading, writing, studying, working, traveling...

Is she disappointed about me not being able to protect her when she most needed it?

I watched her eyes grow teary and sat down on the bed. I leaned over and gently put my forehead against hers. Forehead to forehead we had always felt safe and calm.

I felt her crying.

Unsafe, afraid, I cried too. Our tears mixed. One life together, memories passing between us, through thick and thin we had lived, so thin we were now.

I cried of helplessness. Had I loved her enough? Had I been good enough to her? Did I deserve her life devoted to mine?

I wiped her tears and my own.

Lips trembling, I told her how much I loved her. That I would always be there to hold her, place her forehead against mine.

She looked at me and smiled. She knew. She said she loved me more than I would ever know. Then she thanked me.

I kissed her once before she left.

My forehead against your photo, my tears are now my own. But my love for you will always remain."

Now take a deep breath. Close your eyes for a minute. Breathe, feel, and see what happens inside of you. If anything... This is meditation.

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