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You would think that this common phrase, dust to dust, is obvious in our daily activities, our goals, our decision making, and the foundation to our civilization.  Unfortunately it is not.  For example, at almost all the funerals I have attended and seen on the media, this phrase has been uttered at the grave site, but almost never at the beginning of the funeral.

Funerals have become a place to celebrate the life and accomplishments of the deceased.  But, who cares?  The person is dead.  It is celebrated not for the deceased, but for us to continue with the same conditioning.  To keep it going.  To continue it with our own lives.  

The dust is of course your physical body, all your accomplishments, all your goals, all your dreams, all your wealth, all your prestige, and all your physical  future.  The dust is what you are.  The , “to”, is who you are.  Have you noticed that when you speak the entire phrase, the word, “dust” is spoken longer than the word, “to”?  We emphasize the dust more than the to.  

The “to” is what continues?  When you are quietly laying in bed and can focus on the sensations of your body’s weight against the bed, what happens when the sensation disappears? The “sensation” is your brain’s interpretation to what it is conditioned from countless experiences with gravity!  These “sensations” shape your day-to-day interactions with the physical world.  For example, when you can remember your dreams, have you ever had a dream that you were flying? During these dreams, you are not having these “sensations” of gravity. Your brain is not interpreting your physical world as it has been conditioned and trained to do since the day you were born!