Are Illusions of Death Real? - Narrated version

Illusion by Death? - A flawed perception of Reality

The Code - Honor - a video listing the attributes of such moral standards

http://youtu.be/UDtTyRJjTZQ

Death by Illusion?

We tend to believe that life is a two way street. Facts revealed when you are born, it is also your turn to die. Death has become an adventure after life but not much is known about this phenomena and much more needs to be said about it. I am no expert in either life or death. Just a layman who knows the difference between birth and dying but not sure what happens after death is either real or an illusion or is it both. During our lives we learn the distinction between the past, the present and sometimes the future but is it the future that persistently creates the illusion?

Certainly there may be a chance that death is an illusion. After all, what do we really know about it? We believe in death because that is what we were taught as children growing up. We never thought the opposite was possible because we never gave it a chance to prove itself to be real or unreal. Is death the termination of our life which in every practical way consists of carbon and a mixture of molecules and oxygen? Do we just live for a while and then rot into the earth as ashes to ashes, dust to dust says we do?

Is death composed of space and time? It seems so if we believe the natural laws we learned. Can the properties of our bodies change with space and time? It seems to be logical as we age and lose much of what we had in our younger days. Is there life after death but life as an altered state rather than what we are used to or been taught? Is it possible the laws of nature, the forces that act upon us and the constants unknown of the universe can create another form or existence of life?

It seems until we recognize and understand everything in our universe and change the thinking inside our heads we could begin to understand the reality that life does not end at death but continues a road to somewhere or nowhere.

Do we see what we really see? Can we change what we see by teaching ourselves to think different and over time convince ourselves the sky is not really blue but red? Can you genetically alter the way we do things or perceive things as they are or how we want them to be? Can you brain handle such extremist thought that it too can be altered and made to think different than before?

After all is said we all conclude the truth is inside your head. The truth is how your brain sees things and makes you believe what is false and what is truth. Your brain circuits are programmed to recall memories but it can also be reprogrammed to think differently. Whether this happens in the conscious or unconscious is yet to be determined by we know the brain can change.

We can use our brain effectively but it depends on our senses. The brain can’t see so it depends on our eyes. It cannot hear so it depends on our ears. It cannot feel so it depends on our electronic sensors on our skin to feel. Space and time are all factors in this perception. Change the space and time and you may see, feel or hear things differently than before. It is a strong possibility isn’t it?

The answer is simple, reality is a process that involves your consciousness or awareness of those things around you. If you believe in death then you must admit that time and space no longer matter. Death has no time and space does not exist. You are dead. Unless you believe that death does not exist in a timeless and spaceless world and that changes who we perceive the immortality of man for it doesn’t mean a perpetual existence is time but resides or exists outside of time and space altogether. One could possible believe that we live in two world. The first we know as mortals and the second we know as immortals. The difference being time and space and the reality that one resides outside the other.

The Code – Honor

The Code – Honor

 

Everybody who seeks honor knows they must have a code to abide by. No person can possess honor unless they know the expectations of such a reputation or legacy since it has been engraved in history by those who have fought valiantly and with gallantry war after war and died for the cause or lived to tell their story. Regardless, they all have a code in their personal and professional lives to live by.

Some are warriors while others were scholars. Some are doctors while others were first responders. There are no rules for what you have to do to attain honor but there are rules how to maintain such extra-ordinary recognition as those qualities possessed determine your own character or behaviors. Recognizing such traits will keep you on track and allow you to be confident you are on the right road to building your own skills that work in conjunction with compassion, benevolence and other true qualities of mortality.

First there must be “justice or rectitude” in your mindset. It must be your strongest virtue or possession. This is the power that persuades you how to decide to take a course of action or conduct. This must be your divine motivator without wavering your thoughts. This will decide when to die and whether to die is the right thing to do. Rectitude or justice is your bone or skeleton system that keeps you upright and gives you firmness and stature. To stand tall on principle and to know when to strike is the right time to strike.

You must have courage and know the difference between bravery and courage. Courage is worthy of knowing your virtues if exercised in righteousness or justice is the right thing to do. In other words, courage is doing what is right. Confucius said “Perceiving what is right and doing it not reveals a lack of courage.”

A person who is invested with the power to command and the balance of life or death is expected to demonstrate an extra-ordinary amount of benevolence and mercy for mankind. Love, affection and even those controversial qualities of sympathy and pity are traits of benevolence and is the highest attribute of the human heart and soul.

One quality that is rooted in benevolence is politeness. A true human must possess the trait of courtesy and know the difference between flattery and politeness. This focuses on the feelings of others. It cannot be motivated by fear and offends good taste of judgment if done so.

Another form of poor taste is to exercise a greed for money. A person must grudge money for richness hinders wisdom. One should focus on honesty and sincerity and know the difference between ignorance and wisdom to encourage thrift and abstinence for the taste of luxury or richness. This is a simplistic rule to live by and honored by many as it reflects the inner soul more than the lust for money.

Man must have honor in the sense of maintaining a consciousness of personal dignity and self-worth. This does not limit man to any calling but rather provides a continuum which may be applied to any profession or occupation chosen. He or she must value the duties and privileges of such profession. There should never be a fear of disgrace or ridicule for having honor means to have the patience to bear the unbearable.

One virtue or quality that can or may destroy any organization is loyalty. True loyalty is to remain standing alongside of those to whom they are indebted to support and follow. This is a most distinctive rule to live by. Personal fidelity can be measured by the quality of acts that follow. In the code of honor, loyalty assumes a paramount importance.

Putting this all together, mankind should behave according to an absolute moral standard. The difference between good and evil and between right and wrong are givens and not up for negotiations. There are no arguments or matters subject to discussions or justifications. A person should know the difference.

Thus we are focusing on character and self-control. This is done by building your character. Character that includes such traits as prudence, intelligence and values. Knowing the difference between what is important and choosing compassion over confrontation and benevolence over belligerence.

These are the qualities to remember when you speak of a code of honor for any man, woman regardless of their profession. Finally, there is the ultimate obligation to teach your children the same moral standards you have lived by and modeled through your own behaviors. The focus is on educating our children to make them worthy of achieving a level of honor as they grow up.

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