There were several aspects to this reading that I connected to. First of all was the part where it says that nothing really dies, it just becomes something else. Your body disintegrates and fertilizes the soil, which helps produce grass and flowers. When I die, I could become grass and lilies, a lotus or a rose. It's a nice thought. But what happens to your soul? Does my soul also become the lily, lotus grass or rose? Do we entirely become something, a part of the universe that is in a way connected to everything else? When we mourn someones death should we really be mourning them then? I do, I mourn someone because I can never meet them again in that form. Is this telling us that we have no reason to mourn because they are not really gone, that they have just been made into something different? Is it the form that they were that we are really mourning then?
The other part I liked was Burning Our Notions. "No self is the match; it helps to give rise to the fire of the insight of no self. It is the awakened understanding of no self that will burn up the match of no self." We have to see beyond our ideas to understand the real thing. The analogy I thought was perfect and helped me to understand it better.
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I agree with what you said and I might have an answer to some of your questions but they are more guesses to what they might be than an actual answer. The soul I believe becomes all of those things. It becomes a part of the air, atmosphere and universe. In return it allows us to breath, protects us and keeps us all connected. So in other words yes we do become connected to everything else. Yes I morn as well but I morn more for the fact that I will no longer to get to see their face except in memories, or be able to give them a hug. However, whenever I do start to feel sad I just remember that they are all around and most importantly inside of me. I hope that that at least helped answering some of the questions.
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