memento mori

Acceptance … for consequence of consequences

Published November 28, 2024 By Bijay Shrestha

Don’t complain. Don’t explain.
Benjamin Disraeli.

^{Agape – Bear’s Den}

You invite anyone in your life,

you buy anything today,

albeit that adds value to your life,

albeit that makes your life a little better, a little brighter, a little beautiful,

albeit that fulfills your long awaited thirst,

albeit it becomes your bragg-instrument, your proxy identity.

You equally invite the inevitability of them leaving you;

you buy the equivalent risk of losing it one day, of damaging it someday, of them wearing and tearing over time.

Acceptance … for consequence of consequences (good and the bad) is a tough pill to swallow.

It’s no less than a punch in the face.

It’s no less than a skill

It’s no less than a virtue.

For it renders and instigates the art of positive thinking and it is one thousand percent reliable.

Acceptance gives us strength in the face of adversity,

the wisdom in the face of confusion,

the courage in the face of uphill battle,

the reality check in the face of illusion,

the balanced perspective in the face of over analysis, over thinking.

Accept the good. Accept the bad that comes with it.

Namaste.

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Published June 10, 2021 By Bijay Shrestha

“Just that you do the right thing. The rest doesn’t matter.
Cold or warm.
Tired or well-rested.
Despised or honored.
Dying … or busy with other assignments.
Because dying, too, is one of our assignments in life. There as well: “to do what needs doing.” ~ Marcus Aurelius (Meditation)

^{BOB DYLAN – Mr Tambourine Man}

‘Memento Mori’ medallion by Ryan Holiday lays on my work desk as I start my Work From Home Office day.

Plus, every night before I go to bed, I bring the coin with me. Play with her for a while and finally, finally tuck her underneath my pillow just before I pass out.

To me, doing this has become like a weird ritual.

To me, it’s one of the most important discovery of my life!

Sure, I’ve written in length about this Latin phrase — quite a lot really [see this]; Which simply meant,

“Remember, you will die!“

Well, here’s the cookie in the jar; this mere $26.00 metal or say my metaphorical friend at the moment with ‘Memento Mori’ etched on it — clearly, rightfully, and bravely demands;

priority,

urgency,

meaning,

and more importantly intentionality!

Namaste.

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I am a constant temporary

Published December 17, 2020 By Bijay Shrestha

“You could leave life right now. Let that determine what you do and say and think.”
— Marcus Aurelius. Meditations 2.11

^{Tanmaya Bhatnagar – Kya Tum Naraaz Ho?}

In all sincerity, I constantly think about my immortality reality followed by few deep filling breathes.

And, whenever this contemplation occurs — any shred of stress, anchors, and those crisp, piercing problems sublimates.

Eventually, slowly, gracefully evaporates!

Steve best put it

Remembering that I’ll be dead soon is the most important tool I’ve ever encountered to help me make the big choices in life. Because almost everything — all external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure – these things just fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is truly important.

One hard look on the mirror:

These Aging eyes.

These Slipping time.

These Ephemeral moments.

These recipes of Intentional living in front of me.

I’m fretting.

I am a constant temporary

Namaste.

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Memento Mori

Published October 22, 2020 By Bijay Shrestha

“To live each day as though one’s last, never flustered, never apathetic, never attitudinizing — here is perfection of character.”
– Marcus Aurelius, Meditation 7.69

^{Emmit Fenn – Yellow}

‘Memento Mori’, which translates to ‘You could leave life right now’ or simply put, “remember that you will die” has been causing the spotlight effect on me since a tragic demise of my grand mother.

^{The Coin’s a gift from my sister.} ^{And I’ve been carrying this medallion ever since to remind myself of an inescapable death that awaits.}

And, I’ve written/ mentioned plenty on the title already.

Yes, ‘Memento Mori’ gracefully, gently, … humbly reminds me of my beautiful, ephemeral role in this life and duly nudges me to celebrate slash appreciate every bits and pieces of joy I can find here-and-there as I walk with time and tides.

Memento Mori keeps me grounded and helps me conduct as if — I am important but not important at all.

Memento Mori helps me deal with daily-stress anchors that life indiscriminately throws at all of us. Trust me, acknowledging and accepting our mortality has enough strength and wisdom to save our ass from any kinds of anxiety catalysts. Any!

Memento Mori is a super power spell !

Namaste.

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Acceptance … for consequence of consequences

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