Good thought Sandy. I would say: 'yes'. Death too comes only when you are ready. And when death comes when you are ready for it, death too will become a pleasure.
When anything comes to us before we are ready, we don't even realize it arrived. It's like taking a baby to a Shakespeare play before even she learns the language. The play comes to the baby, but the baby never will realize or remember it had.
In another sense, everything is there within us. When we are ready to absorb it, it surfaces from our very being and gives us the experience. Till then, how much ever one tries, one may come to it, but will fail to see it.
You have a point... when you give something to someone when they are not ready for it, then they'll miss it. If you are aware of the Bhagavad Gita: it starts with a question from Arjuna to Lord Krishna. It's not a coincidence it starts with a question. It shows that Arjuna has arrived at the point where he is ready to get it. The question conveys his readiness. Till then, all knowing Lord Krishna holds back all the wisdom. The moment the question is raised, he starts giving away a lot of wisdom that has flowered as what we read as The Gita now.
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When anything comes to us before we are ready, we don't even realize it arrived. It's like taking a baby to a Shakespeare play before even she learns the language. The play comes to the baby, but the baby never will realize or remember it had.
In another sense, everything is there within us. When we are ready to absorb it, it surfaces from our very being and gives us the experience. Till then, how much ever one tries, one may come to it, but will fail to see it.
If you are aware of the Bhagavad Gita: it starts with a question from Arjuna to Lord Krishna. It's not a coincidence it starts with a question. It shows that Arjuna has arrived at the point where he is ready to get it. The question conveys his readiness. Till then, all knowing Lord Krishna holds back all the wisdom. The moment the question is raised, he starts giving away a lot of wisdom that has flowered as what we read as The Gita now.