Monday, January 21, 2008

Celebrating Ken Tilden

“Most of us are frightened of dying because we don't know what it means to live. We don't know how to live, therefore we don't know how to die. As long as we are frightened of life we shall be frightened of death. The man who is not frightened of life is not frightened of being completely insecure for he understands that inwardly, psychologically, there is no security. When there is no security there is an endless movement and then life and death are the same. The man who lives without conflict, who lives with beauty and love, is not frightened of death because to love is to die.”
--Jiddu Krishnamurti, Freedom From the Known

Ken, you understood there is no security. You lived life at the edge. You experienced the pain and suffering of life at your deepest inner core, but you also lived with beauty and love. You let me open my heart to you, let me be more myself than ever. You accepted me and loved me exactly as I am. Never any strings. Thank you for almost twenty years of profound friendship and unconditional love. I feel you all around me, the deepest part of who you are that can never die. I miss you.

Love forever,

Kathleen

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