ARS MORIENDI, MEMENTO MORI

“The art of dying, remember that you have to die.”

Interestingly I came across this meme yesterday.

It had not been since my university days that I had recalled studying the topic of ‘Death‘ and the phrase, “Ars Moriendi”.

I have long been a deep thinker and a thief of knowledge. I ingest knowledge like Vlad The Impaler’s Vampirism sucked the life source from his opponents.

Knowledge is power. If used properly. This does not mean that “power” is “knowledge”. In no way whatsoever is this a truth.

To the learned mind knowledge is a tool that opens all other doors of life and our perception of the life we live in this space/time continuum.

A stepping stone to the multiverse and the other 7 quantum space/time continuums.

All of which fall back onto the folds of each other universes contained within the multiverse.

You may think I to be a scientific conspiracy theorist. In many ways I may well be.

Was not Einstein, Aristotle, Benjamin Franklin, Newton and all the “genius” minds we were taught of in school and in life?

Which brings us to the short, simple sentence,

“Memento Mori“

Which teaches us the basic ideal for building our character in a true and godly manner.

This two word sentence reminds us that death is a given. That we are far from being immortal and thus our lives should be lived in an appreciative and peaceful manner. That we should be humble and never try to live with the attitude that any one of us are/is better than someone else.

We are all the same in the eyes of our perceived Creator and according to the laws of quantum physics.

Memento Mori was the basis of the main theory of soon to follow Christian doctrine.

Designed to remind us that life can be lived in many ways, but a successful life has to be lived in a manner that is socially and spiritually correct.

Not asking that we become Monks or Nuns. Simply that we always bear in mind that, yes, we are and shall die eventually.

Which leads us back to,

“Ars Moriendi”

“The Art of Dying”

What a beautiful art it is. For each day all living creatures in all the multiverses add another canvass to the ever growing art collection of life and existence.

I am painting such as we speak.

My present “oil on brain” work in progress is concerning a humbled soul who is battling two cancers combined with the usual medical concerns of a 60 plus year old man blended with the poyls of everyday living, society expectations and the ghost in the machines of life.

It will be a kaleidoscope of paisley patterned hippie shirts and Levis 501 button fly, boot cut, faded jeans attitude mixed with khaki coloured Dickie Brand pressed cargo pants.

I have lived many a lifestyle throughout my six decades upon Earth. I have learned from each day passed.

My greatest lesson learned, you ask?

Well, remember I tell you this,

“Ars Moriendi, Memento Mori”

I kid you not ……

Namaste’ my learned friend.

Be humble.

Love before you hate.

Fear not dying, fear living.

We are all human. One race.

It was those who have no doctrine that developed “races”.

Forgive them their transgressions.

They no not what they do.

For they have no comprehensive ideal of what “Memento Mori” does teach us.

Until we cross paths once again, perhaps in another space/time continuum of our multiverse, I shall remain,

“Dann – just as I am.”

“Humbled and aware”