--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Larry" <inmadi...@...> wrote: > > > I've got a brother-in-law who has a heart attack, dragged half dead to > the hospital, cut open from bow to stern . . . > > and he walked out of that hospital an advaita thru and thru. He's > never heard of the concept, or come across any of its precepts. > > But he speaks of the meaninglessness of worldly pursuits, how his > daily duties only left him only with fears and anxieties - he > experienced a discontent that went right to his core. That dude has > really lightened up. >
Nothing like a near miss to inspire life change. Unfortunately, after a while most forget how mortal they are and go back to being the person they were before.