Dith Pran - following the road less travelled

Dith Pran died today.

I remember watching The Killing Fields and realising how brave and committed he was in showing the world what was really going on in his homeland.

It made me think of other people who have taken something on, something so big it seems (to everyone else an even to themselves) overwhelming, and certainly puts them within the reach of death.

I think there is a distinction we can make here about choice. About some obvious factors in our own heart/mind that we may always worry about. Would we do it? Would we put our life on the line for a great cause?

I think I would. But sometimes I also think I am missing the point - If I can commit to something with all my being (as Dith Pran did), how do I bring that into intense commitment for my own awakening? A cause that has at its core, the ultimate sense to embrace the connectedness of all things. Which in the 'absolute' realm, is what Dith Pran wanted too. Like us all.

We seem to overcome fear when it involves some greater good for others, but boy, thats a hard task for the individuation process!

(thanks to insideowl)