What If Death is Grace?

“You’ve got to approach your dying the way you live your life, with curiosity, with hope, with fascination, with courage, and with the help of your friends.”

— Timothy Leary

While dying of cancer, Timothy Leary spent his final days surrounded by loved ones, celebrating his life and inviting others to witness death without fear—as simply another transition.

The truth is, many of us struggle to approach life with this same openness.

We respond to both life and death with resistance, missing the profound connection between them.

How we think about death shapes how we live.

When you believe you are only who you think you are, death will always evoke terror because it feels like total annihilation.

But what if death isn't an ending? What if it's a return?

When I journeyed with Bufo in November 2024, I experienced death—and it was the most beautiful memory I carry today.

In that moment, I understood: death is grace.

Our grand return to the formless love from which we came.

This shift changes everything about how I move through daily life.

I care for this body, this physical vessel, with intentional kindness, knowing it houses something eternal while serving my purpose here.

What if your fear of death is actually limiting how fully you live?

I invite you to get curious about your own relationship with mortality.

Not to become reckless, but to explore whether expanding your understanding might open you to the mystical—and to life itself.

Steady in the practice,

xoxo

Rachel