Good 2 Go, But Glad to Stay
~ Ron’s Memoirs

“In order to know through experience what happens beyond death,
 you must go deep within yourself.

In meditation, the truth will come to you.”

~ Shri Dhyanyogi Madhusudandas

“Birth and death are virtual,
 but Life is perpetual.”

~ Ron Rattner, Sutra Sayings

“As we lose our fear of leaving life,

we gain the art of living life.”

~ Ron Rattner, Sutra Sayings

“Love blesses the world; 
fear afflicts it.”

~ Ron Rattner, Sutra Sayings


“Our deepest fears 
hide our highest potentials.”

~ Ron Rattner, Sutra Sayings

“To be afraid of dying is like being afraid
of discarding an old worn-out garment.”

~ Mahatma Gandhi

“And it is in dying [to ego life]
that we are reborn to eternal life.”

~ St. Francis of Assisi, peace prayer, edited by Ron Rattner

“Death is truly part of life … ‘what we called death is merely a concept’.”

“This happens at the gross level of the mind.
But neither death nor birth exist at the subtle level of consciousness that we call ‘clear light.’”

~ H.H. Dalai Lama, citing Tibetan Book of the Dead.

“The soul never takes birth and never dies at any time, nor does it come into being again when the body is created. The soul is birthless, eternal, imperishable and timeless and is never destroyed when the body is destroyed. Just as a man giving up old worn out garments accepts other new apparel, in the same way the embodied soul giving up old and worn out bodies verily accepts new bodies.” “The soul is eternal, all-pervading, unmodifiable, immovable and primordial.”

~ Bhagavad Gita, Chapter 2, Krishna to Arjuna

“Reality transcends both birth and death.”

“There is no birth, there is no death;
. . . . We only think there is.”
~ Thich Nhat Hanh



“The heart of the matter is always
our oneness with divine spirit,
our union with all life.”

“The greatest of all miracles is to be alive.”
~ Thich Nhat Hanh

Ron Rattner on 5/24/22
Good 2 Go, But Glad to Stay

Good 2 Go, But Glad to Stay ~ Ron’s Memoirs

Dear Friends,

Some years ago, while taking a (then) daily walk by San Francisco Bay, I was invited to use a ‘a pay to poop’ antiseptic toilet then being promoted for people reluctant to access often dirty or unsafe public toilets. As part of that marketing promotion I was offered (and gladly accepted) a green cap with the slogan “Good2Go”.

Since then I have often worn that cap, and recently its “Good2Go” logo has epitomized a newly fearless state of mind about death rather any fearful bowel movements.

At almost age ninety, this memoirs chapter summarizes and explains my present (and previously unimagined) inner psychological state about death, despite diminished physical health from advanced age and prior traumas – especially June, 2014 near-death taxicab rundown injuries.

Although age and injuries have noticeably diminished my physical health, they have karmically blessed me with greater psychological happiness than ever before imagined or experienced. Beginning with my midlife awakening I’ve gradually become convinced (by out of body and near death experiences) that there is no death; that our true Reality is immortal and transcends death, which is only an illusory mental concept.

Therefore, I no longer self-identify with only my physical body, its thoughts and story, and I no longer fear leaving that precious human body. So psychologically I’ve become “Good2Go”. Yet, because I’m happier than ever before imagined, I’m very “Glad to Stay” while enjoying health.

So I sanctify and dedicate every day of what’s left of this precious human lifetime, with the deep aspiration and constant prayer, to bless all Life as LOVE.

From my unique perspective, being part of a “critical mass” that is helping others energetically transcend their fears and sufferings is especially important during the current extraordinary era of warfare, deprivation, turmoil, and polarized violence affecting most humans.

Invocation

May these teachings
help us live ever happier lives,
both individually and societally,
as we lose our fear of leaving life,
and gain the art of living life.

And so may it be!

Namasté!

Ron Rattner

Ron Rattner in May 2022
Good 2 Go, But Glad to Stay