Nibbana

Dear Mom,

I'm still experiencing my spiritual awakening and feel great!  And I need to share more learnings because I love you most of all in this universe!

Enlightenment can be achieved in your life.  It is a state of being and of thinking.

Nirbbana is death.  Your brain switching off (just like sleep) and then disappearing completely when the body decays.  Then there is nothing left of you.  There is nothing, *no thing,* nothing physical to experience anything.  As such, there is no pain, no happiness.  Just oblivion.

That's why Buddha didn't teach what happens after death.  Because it doesn't matter.  The most important thing you can do in *this life* is to recognize that same spark of life in other beings and know that loving and comforting them is what one should do to other beings.  It makes them happy, feel loved, safe, and accepted. Let other beings love you that same way, too.  And you really should love yourself that way as well.  Unconditional love.  In fact, you should start with yourself if possible.

Maybe something does happen after death.  It's like the History Eraser button from Ren and Stimpy.  "That's just it! {He releases Stimpy and shrugs} We don't know! Maaaaybe something bad... {Stimpy looks shocked. Ren makes a dainty pose} ... maaaaybe something good! {Stimpy purses his lips quizzically as Ren shrugs again} I guess we'll never know!"  You know when you die!  *That's* when you know it.