Dharma Lessons

"And further, monks, as if a monk sees a body thrown in the charnel ground, being eaten by crows, hawks, vultures, dogs, jackals or by different kinds of worms, he then applies this perception to his own body thus: "Verily, also my own body is of the same nature; such it will become and will not escape it."  Buddha ( Satipatthana Sutta)

One day while hiking I stumbled upon a deer caucus.  The vultures were finishing her off . It has apparently been there for a few days. The vultures had broken  through the skull to eat the brain. Flies were swamping in and around the the hole in the skull.  I stayed there and meditated as the Buddha instructed in the Satipatthana Sutta. I could see my own body rotting and smelling.  It is nothing that I can escape. The thought came across my mind that it would be nice if they could dump my dead body in the forest to be eaten by the creatures..My body would be like that of the deer giving life to others. The lesson learned was impermanence.