BOOK OF THE DEAD

To die is to retire from this life and to return to the Source. It is a birth into the Ultimate. In this process the layers of personality are peeled off, from the periphery to the center, one by one. It is similar to what happens in meditation. Those who meditate (the right way!), know that to „die and being reborn" is an entirely natural process. While consciously watching, layer after layer is dropped off, to such an extent, that finally only pure awareness is left. Dissolving into the Ultimate appears to be identical to Homecoming, the Unity with THAT which you really are. The layers that are subsequently disappearing are:

1. The first layer: thinking

In the first stage of dying thoughts are slowing down with or without an initial intensifying. Very often the film of life - always in reverse direction - appears in front of you. With great clarity and intensity all memories - from the present to the beginning - reveal themselves for the last time. It is a sign that consciousness has retired itself from the front lobe of the brain, which is a matter of a few seconds only. After that few thoughts are left. They are powerless, like shadows with great space between them.

2. The second layer: emotions

In the general drawback the brain's emotional and unconscious centers come next. Here also a flare-up may manifest itself (but not necessarily!). You may become (very) anxious, fearful or agitated by the feeling of dying. Strong images either ecstatic - celestial music, angels - or horrifying - rats, and devils - may appear in your mind. Energies from the collective unconsciousness may come up. It is the stage in which you may try to resist the inevitable. Of course, trying to stay in tune with the natural process - relaxing, trusting and surrendering - is the answer here.

3. The third layer: the body

In this stage the body will be dropped off, which means that it has disappeared as a „separate entity". You don’t feel it anymore. The flare-up symptoms could be e.g. deep cold, stiffness or „dying of the flesh". At the same time your awareness has retired itself to the beyond, being totally free in itself, unhindered by any „obstruction". It is similar to the situation in which somebody is laying in coma. Although totally aware - more aware than ever before - the control over the body and its functions has been lost. These patients hear everything you say (through direct awareness), but are unable to communicate. What we thus don’t realize, is that these people are enjoying the first stage of paradise.

At this stage you have left your bodymind – your earthly part - behind

4. The fourth layer: identity

Included in the state of total freedom is the loss of sense of identity. All identification with what you thought you were - your old identity - has disappeared. There is nothing left of who you were, your abilities, functions, relationships or worldly situation. You have become pure awareness, your true Self instead.

5. The fifth layer: Satori

Very soon the limitations of awareness will evaporate too. This New Awareness proves to be a timeless and limitless dimension, a space of great clarity, empty of everything that was there before. It is the Realization of Unity in which all contradictions have melted into Oneness. It is both cool and ecstatic, empty and full, serene, peaceful and „at the same time" utterly alive. It is the dimension in which there is only Being.

At this stage your spirit has dissolved into Buddhahood

6. The sixth layer: Enlightenment

The „transcendental flare-up" (...) of Being is Enlightenment. It is the triumph of the Divine in its utmost glory. Being imbued in Eternal Light, THAT which you are is „indescribable". The entire universe has become One with It. Everything - the bed, the candles, the curtains, the room, the people, the sky, the clouds - has become part of it, OF YOU. You are Paradise including everything else as infinite precious shadows. You have become the All-embracing One Itself.

7. The seventh layer: Transparency

Finally The Ultimate becomes so transparent, that it doesn’t have any „Substance of Its Own" anymore. It is the Dimension of the Void. No any transcendental quality nor emotion, neither ecstasy, nor joy is left here. Only an utter serene Nothingness, an Ocean of Eternal Calm is left. Consciousness has become so subtle, „all life has gone out of it". It is the State of Absolute Peace.

At this stage the Transparency disappears and becomes reborn
in The Great Mother

8. The eighth layer: The Great Mother

Now there is only one step left: that into the Abyss, the Great Unknown, a step we will never come to know. I call this The Great Mother as the Ultimate Vacuum in which everything returns, while being reborn in the selfsame Eternal Moment.

The Ultimate Truth has just been revealed to you:
Man is part of the earth, Buddhahood and The Great Mother

CONSOLATION
* In dying everybody without any exception will become Enlightened
* It is the true meaning of "God is love"
* Have no fear: To die is a most natural process in which everything goes by itself
* By unconditional surrender you will facilitate the initial stages
* From the third layer on, nothing can be done anymore:
the Unlimited has taken over
* Everything without exception dies and is reborn
in The Great Mother

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