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The art of dying. What, really, is the art of dying? When the word “death" nor “dying” being mentioned we immediately think about loss of life nor demise. It is not magic; it is the only definition of death that is embedded in our subconscious minds. Death, refers to loss of life. However, death is a part of life that, even an optimist, does not naturally develop optimism for. Death is consanguineous to “loss"; in fact, death is loss…but how many of us deviate their focus on the gains that will accrue from our bereavement?

Death is inevitable; if none of us is oblivious to that irrefutable fact, then why do we fear death so much, in lieu of developing fear for living an unfulfilled life? 

The wise and all those who saw what the hoi polloi couldn’t, have testified that we are spirits living in physical bodies. However, most of us have become enormously emotionally attached to the physical aspects of this world nor life. We have mastered the art of using materials to define non-materialistic aspects of life. Take success, for instance, we have grown to embed the idea nor belief of linking material possessions to success; which has also played a chief role in perpetuating nor accelerating depression in our societies. We, now succumb to other people’s standards nor ideas of success so much that we end up neglecting our own grasses. 

As of late, the situation seems to be subtly exacerbated by the lifestyles of the influencers, celebs and all the public figures which also subtly dictate the trends within the young ones and society. Whether toxic nor constructive, they consume. They cannot tell the difference. That’s where the power of the subconscious mind comes in. What releases your dopamine, serotonin, oxytocin nor endorphins, feasibly obtain a hold in your subconscious mind. Hence, television and entertainment have enmeshed so many people’s minds. It is not easy to live without either the former nor the latter. Attachment is power and it can also be dangerous. We have heard nor read of cases of men who have murdered their women for various reasons that might impel the conclusion of the affinity; we have also heard and read of women who committed gruesome crimes against their partners who have betrayed them nor for the same reasons as men who have committed such crimes. This elucidates the power and danger of attachment. The same enormous attachment we have to life nor being alive, instead of living a fulfilled life without a worry of death. 

The presence of social media in our lives has impelled this immense desire to have our social media presence felt in other people’s lives nor cyberlives. This mentality has impelled us to become a generation that measures their success nor happiness by the amount of followers they have nor likes and shares they get. This social media era has turned us into a generation that is validation hungry. We stress ourselves to death over being recognized by people, who barely recognize themselves, and receiving pleasant comments from such people for the posts nor pictures we posted, that we deem “dope". 

We are so attached to the physical aspects of life so much, that a preponderance of us use them to define themselves. They’ve reached a point where materials have acquired a portion of their souls. 

The art of dying, according to the legendary Bruce Lee, means mastering the art of being emotionally detached from all the things that you deem important to you. 

True happiness and true tranquillity are found on the other side of not being emotionally attached to any worldly materials.

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