http://forums.thinkarete.com/forums/the-big-ideas/topics/anthony-de-mello-coffins en-us 60 <p align="center">&nbsp;</p><p align="center"><em>&quot;The way to really live is to die. The passport to living is to imagine yourself in your grave. Imagine you&rsquo;re lying in your coffin&hellip;.Now look at your problems from that viewpoint. Changes everything, doesn&rsquo;t it?&quot;</em></p><p align="center">~ Anthony de Mello, 20th century Jesuit priest</p><p align="center">from <em>Awareness</em></p><p>Wow.</p><p>Imagine you&rsquo;re lying in your coffin.</p><p>It&rsquo;s closed. And cold. You&rsquo;re underground. Dirt is being shoveled on top.</p><p>You there?</p><p>&hellip;</p><p>Now look at your problems.</p><p>Changes everything, eh?</p><p>Now&hellip;</p><p>LIVE!!!!</p><p>&hellip;</p><p>More:</p><p><em>&quot;You&rsquo;re not living until it doesn&rsquo;t matter a tinker&rsquo;s damn to you whether you live or die. At that point you live. When you&rsquo;re ready to lose your life, you live it.&quot;</em></p><p><em>&quot;Life is for the gambler, it really is.&quot;</em></p><p><em>&quot;So love the thought of death, love it.&quot;</em></p> Fri, 11 Jan 2008 22:43:16 -0000 forums.thinkarete.com:503:304:304 brian http://forums.thinkarete.com/forums/503/topics/304