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Wow, what a crazy thing to say during the most sacred and holytime of the year! Yes, it is-especially since this famous cry offreedom was uttered by Crazy Horse, the Sioux chief who defeatedCuster at the Battle of Little Bighorn.Why talk about death at the time of year when people are mostfocused on eternal life? What better time! Isn't this season ofrebirth the best time to celebrate a wake for the dead things inour life-the beliefs and patterns that no longer serve us?This month of December we endure the shortest, darkest day ofthe year-the day with the least light shining on our lives. Andit is also the month of the return of the light-as days getlonger and brighter, and the life-giving sun shines strongereach day. It's a great time to die to old limitations andoutmoded ways of thinking.Death is Not What We Think It IsThe word used for "death" in the Aramaic tongue-the language ofJesus and the Bible-literally translated means "not here,present elsewhere." In most ancient and native cultures, theborder between life and death is highly permeable. This naturaltransition is not feared, but rather welcomed as an opportunityto liberate oneself from endless unconscious cycles of repeatingpatterns.Death-the inevitable ending of each life event-is actuallysomething that we experience in every moment of our lives.Transitions from life-to-life, as well as from moment-to-moment,are opportunities to renew our lives with fresh, authenticpassion, excitement and vitality. In facing the truth of deathdirectly, we have the opportunity to come fully into life. "Dieto the moment!" counsels St. John of the Cross.Death is a Sacred Rite of Passage Death is actually only a loaded word for "transition" and anemotionally charged label for a very natural, safe "rite ofpassage." Our current Western society has lost touch with thevalue of preparing people for this basic reality of life:constant change, continual transition from one form to another.Until the modern era, sacred rites of passage have beenimportant to the health of human societies for thousands ofyears, enabling individuals to negotiate their life transitionswith purpose, ease and meaning.Is it time to re-embrace the fact that we are constantly dyingand recreating ourselves? If so, we could help each other tomaster our transitions between careers, relationships, marriageand divorce. Together we could move with grace through grief andloss, addictions, and illness. We could teach ourselves and ourchildren to celebrate the coming of age, menopause, midlifecrisis, aging and spiritual awakening. Our reward would be amore harmonious journey on this planet."Make Death Your Ally"With this motto indigenous shamans advise us to make theinevitable demise of each moment-and of each life-a source ofpower and a well of motivation to live more vibrantly and fullyin each moment. "Dying" is our friend when we allow it to remindus to let go of expectations of how "things have always been." "Death" is our ally when we let it remind us to open again andagain to choosing innocence-that is, choosing to be innocent,free, of the past and preconceptions of who we are. Beinginnocent means living fully in each new moment-leaving the pastbehind."I Feel Like I'm Dying!"Some common feelings people experience when moving through lifechanges and personal growth are the emotions of impending death,or of wanting to die. Tribal people recognize these feelings assignals that the soul is integrating more fully into the body,threatening the beliefs of the personality and who it thinks "Iam."The ego, totally identified with its limited view of itself,feels threatened when something "unexplainable" or "uncontrollable" happens, or when something familiar begins totransform into something unknown. So, when we only identify withour ego personality, we feel in danger of dying. When werecognize that it's only our old beliefs that are dying-not ourphysical bodies or our real self-we can allow the old points ofview to dissolve.Overcoming "Life Fright" "Life fright" is extended "stage fright!" The whole world is thestage and the scary, intimidating audience is everyone outsideof us. And the irony is that we are not really afraid of dying-we're afraid of really living. Most people on Earth are having aNear-Life Experience! Afraid to speak our truth. Fearful ofdisapproval and rejection. Anxious about our safety and survival.Scared of deep love and joy!Does life fright limit our ability to enjoy self-expression,creativity and professional and personal fulfillment? You bet!But we can learn powerful tools to integrate and release ourinner saboteurs. We can open to a new sense of ease, aliveness,spontaneity and freedom in all areas of our life.Ancient Tools to the Rescue!From the ancient wisdom of spiritual traditions and nativecultures, we can learn easy, effective techniques to dissolveour old beliefs-and the intense emotions that go with them. Atthe core of most meditative practices is the guidance to feelhuman emotions as pure energy, sensation or vibration-withoutthe labels and names we usually use to identify them, withoutthe need to understand, intellectualize or categorize them.Labels create resistance and confine us to feeling theexperience inside the box named by the label. If we welcome "e-motions" as "energy in motion"-flowing sensations, pulsatingvibrations-we can release our death grip on our belief systemand allow our old limiting paradigms and self-images totransform.Then every day becomes a good day to die-to our outmoded ways ofthinking and living. We can clear our soul of the karma, traumaand drama blocking our natural trust, openness and vitality. Wecan release ourselves from past influences and present-day self-defeating patterns. We can live and love freely again. We canrecover our natural aliveness, creativity and playfulness inorder to heal, grow and blossom. We can reclaim wholeness,meaning and joy. We can complete the past, fully enjoy thepresent and creatively open to the future.People in touch with ancient and native wisdom know that dyingis simply a transition to another state of existence-a state oflight energy. At this time, we are experiencing a worldwidetransition as light energy infuses the entire planet and all ofits inhabitants. If we label these feelings "dying," "depressing"or " scary," we will experience the energy within that labelframework. If we experience these same feelings as "flowing" "dense sensation" or "exciting," we can surf the tides oftransformation. Ancient and indigenous wisdom teaches that byembracing and moving with unlabeled vibrational energy, weexperience life's changes more easily, playfully and quickly.When we master our emotions, we master Death. When we masterDeath, we master our happiness!Does He Know Something We Don't?Mahatma Gandhi suggests: "Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were tolive forever."Why not assume the next moment-the next life-will always comealong? What do we have to lose? Only fear. What do we have togain? Every gift each moment has to offer!A New Year's toast to you:Here's to a new year, new life, new moments, new horizons, newpossibilities, new joys! Article Tags: Life Fright