Thursday, December 06, 2007
Death. It's always suicide - in a manner of speaking
It has been said that if we humans knew how pleasant the death process is we would never execute our worst criminals. So, what is the death process?
If we understand that "we" are spiritual; that "we" each 'have a body', each 'have a mind'; that "we" are the force which enlivens our body, and that as long as we do that, our body is 'alive', it follows that when our body 'dies' it is because we have removed ourselves from our body. Biblically we have cut the "silver cord".
When our body is asleep, we can, and do, go anywhere we choose (It is always about choice - our choice.) and during this time the silver cord keeps us connected to our bodies. That way our bodies are still alive when we return. When they "wake up".
The death process can be simple. We can choose to separate from our bodies in our sleep, in which case our body just doesn't wake up.
The process can be complex. We can inspire a cancer to form in our body and battle it for months or years through remissions and chemotherapy and radiation treatments during which we experience periods of pain and weakness; despair and hope. Yet, ultimately, after we have benefitted enough from the symptoms of the cancer, we will "pull the plug" and let the body die.
Possibly we are in an automobile and another crosses the center line and hits us head on. If we evaluate the condition of our body and find it uninhabitable or unsuited to our continuing use we might decide to pull the plug at that time and be DOA. We might decide that our soul will benefit more from a long recovery with a future in which our motion is restricted. Maybe our caregiver needs some time looking after an invalid. This situation would have been agreed upon beforehand at the Soul level. Although it's not necessarily a conscious choice, it's always a choice.
We choose every event which comes into our life. We choose the means and the time of our "death".
An airplane full of passengers crashes to the ground. All on board die except two. How? Why? All but the two boarded the plane in order to die. Not consciously, of course. Some people who were scheduled to take that flight had to cancel at the last minute. The two needed to be on the flight; needed to experience the crash, but without ending their lives. In every case the ultimate event was the best for the Soul of the person concerned.
It always is.
If we understand that "we" are spiritual; that "we" each 'have a body', each 'have a mind'; that "we" are the force which enlivens our body, and that as long as we do that, our body is 'alive', it follows that when our body 'dies' it is because we have removed ourselves from our body. Biblically we have cut the "silver cord".
When our body is asleep, we can, and do, go anywhere we choose (It is always about choice - our choice.) and during this time the silver cord keeps us connected to our bodies. That way our bodies are still alive when we return. When they "wake up".
The death process can be simple. We can choose to separate from our bodies in our sleep, in which case our body just doesn't wake up.
The process can be complex. We can inspire a cancer to form in our body and battle it for months or years through remissions and chemotherapy and radiation treatments during which we experience periods of pain and weakness; despair and hope. Yet, ultimately, after we have benefitted enough from the symptoms of the cancer, we will "pull the plug" and let the body die.
Possibly we are in an automobile and another crosses the center line and hits us head on. If we evaluate the condition of our body and find it uninhabitable or unsuited to our continuing use we might decide to pull the plug at that time and be DOA. We might decide that our soul will benefit more from a long recovery with a future in which our motion is restricted. Maybe our caregiver needs some time looking after an invalid. This situation would have been agreed upon beforehand at the Soul level. Although it's not necessarily a conscious choice, it's always a choice.
We choose every event which comes into our life. We choose the means and the time of our "death".
An airplane full of passengers crashes to the ground. All on board die except two. How? Why? All but the two boarded the plane in order to die. Not consciously, of course. Some people who were scheduled to take that flight had to cancel at the last minute. The two needed to be on the flight; needed to experience the crash, but without ending their lives. In every case the ultimate event was the best for the Soul of the person concerned.
It always is.
