If Biodanza is the dance of life, what about death?
Death is not the opposite of life - it is part of life
This is a fundamental theme. Death is not the opposite of life. Death is part of life. What we do in Biodanza is give meaning to life and add intensity to it. The meaning of life is not outside of life. The meaning of life is life itself. In Biodanza we value life. We want to rescue the intensity of life. The meaning of life is to live intensely, to love, create, have friends, children, create beauty, meet people, experience bliss and ecstasy, write poems and care for others, so that when death comes we are happy because we have lived a lot and we can die happily and experience death as the final vivencia of total surrender. “I’m going. Where to I don't know.”
Contemplating death helps you realise there’s no time to waste
When we live life with intensity, totally in love with life, we’re not afraid to die because we’re too busy living to think about death. However, contemplating death has a very good purpose - it helps us to realise that there’s no time to waste. We stop wasting time intellectualising and start to live, to do things, to tell people we love them, to seek love, make babies, tell our parents we love them, and do our creative work, because there is no time to waste, because time is running out.
Be aware of death but be busy with life
We’re all mortal. We’re all going to end. We’re all closer to death each day. Nobody escapes this. We can create metaphysics, religions, other worlds, other lives, parallel universes, but there is a life waiting to be lived right now. We need to live all that there is to be lived now, with passion and heartfulness. The time is now. Don't wait until tomorrow because death is always around the corner. Be aware of death but be busy with life.