If there is any such thing as an awareness after death of the world you
just left Robin is probably having a very big palms to face moment. He
probably never considered such a reaction as the public has had. Not
exactly a "grand exit."
On 08/13/2014 01:12 PM, TurquoiseBee turquoi...@yahoo.com
[FairfieldLife] wrote:
*From:* azgrey <no_re...@yahoogroups.com>
*To:* FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
*Sent:* Wednesday, August 13, 2014 10:03 PM
*Subject:* [FairfieldLife] Re: Peter Coyote on Robin Williams
Rick, where did you find this?---
I needed to pass this along, too, so I did a Google search and found:
Peter Coyote’s Wisdom Regarding Robin Williams’ Suicide
<http://theaposition.com/robertfagan/golf/personalities/12077/peter-coyotes-wisdom-regarding-robin-williams-suicide>
In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <rick@...> wrote :
Robin William’s Last GiftRobin and I were friends. Not intimate,
because he was very shy when he was not performing. Still, I spent
many birthdays and holidaysat his home with Marsha and the children,
and he showed up at my 70th birthday to say “Hello” and wound up
mesmerizing my relatives with a fifteen minute set that pulverized the
audience.When I heard that he had died, I put my own sorrow aside for
a later time. I’m a Zen Buddhist priest and my vows instruct me to try
to help others. So this little letter is meant in that spirit.Normally
when you are gifted with a huge talent of some kind, it’s like having
a magnificent bicep. People will say, “Wow, that’s fantastic” and they
tell you, truthfully, that it can change your life, take you to
unimaginable realms. It can and often does. The Zen perspective is a
little different. We might say, “Well, that’s a great bicep, you don’t
have to do anything to it. Let’s work at bringing the rest of your
body up to that level.”Robin’s gift could be likened to fastest
thoroughbred race-horse on earth. It had unbeatable endurance,
nimbleness, and a huge heart. However, it had never been fully
trained. Sometimes Robin would ride it like a kayaker tearing down
white-water, skimming on the edge of control. We would marvel at his
courage, his daring, and his brilliance. But at other times, the horse
went where he wanted, and Robin could only hang on for dear life.In
the final analysis, what failed Robin was his greatest gift---his
imagination. Clutching the horse he could no longer think of a single
thing to do to change his life or make himself feel better, and he
stepped off the edge of the saddle. Had the horse been trained, it
might have reminded him that there is always something we can do. We
can take a walk until the feeling passes. We can find someone else
suffering and help them, taking the attention off our own. Or,
finally, we can learn to muster our courage and simply sit still with
what we are thinking are insoluble problems, becoming as intimate with
them as we can, facing them until we get over our fear. They may even
be insoluble, but that does not mean that there is nothing we can
do.Our great-hearted friend will be back as the rain, as the cry of a
Raven as the wind. He, you and I have never for one moment not been a
part of all it. But we would be doing his life and memory a
dis-service if we did not extract some wisdom from his choice, which,
if we ponder deeply enough, will turn out to be his last gift. He
would beg us to pay attention if he could
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<http://theaposition.com/robertfagan/golf/personalities/12077/peter-coyotes-wisdom-regarding-robin-williams-suicide>
Peter Coyote’s Wisdom Regarding Robin Williams’ Suicide
<http://theaposition.com/robertfagan/golf/personalities/12077/peter-coyotes-wisdom-regarding-robin-williams-suicide>
I am still trying to get my arms around ROBIN WILLIAMS taking his own
life.
View on theaposition.com
<http://theaposition.com/robertfagan/golf/personalities/12077/peter-coyotes-wisdom-regarding-robin-williams-suicide>
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