Lessons this Week – the Art of Dying
I have learnt quite a bit this week with the issues my
family has been passing through. So here are the lessons.
You know what? There is an art to dying, that is an art to
die both physically and psychologically. That art consists in making our death
whether it be physical or psychological a beautiful one, a harmonious one and a
happy one.
There are some people that know this art quite well and there
are others that are yet to learn it.
In perfecting this art there are many things that can be
done within and without.
Heart and Mind Like Crystal
When it is time to die physically the best thing for ourselves
and others is to be like crystal. That is, be clear and transparent within and
without.
For those Left Behind
Leaving one’s affairs hanging is not at all a good policy
for those who are left behind.
If our estate and affairs are left all clearly organised and
distributed, all the better. This makes the circumstances and events that follow
our death harmonious and smooth.
If one is transparent in organising one’s affairs and estate,
one avoids the problems of unfairness.
Unfairness is always the culprit behind family rifts,
grudges, resentments and conflict. It is always the way, unfairness is what
hurts and creates all the problems.
Sometimes things are unfair but the impact on others of
these things being unfair is reduced when there is transparency.
To leave your affairs and estate all clearly assigned and done
so in a transparent manner is an immense favour to those whom survive you!
If we want to keep our family together after our death do
the above! Make your affairs clearly organised and the logic why they are
organised that way transparent.
Doing this = no problems!
For Ourselves
In a way the same applies: heart and mind as clear and
radiant as crystal shining in the sun.
Clear Mind
If we are clear in ourselves in relation to our debts we can
be at peace. If we know what we have left in the way of debts we shine. We are
prepared for our next life.
If we know how much of the ego we have left we are also
clear in our mind. If we are awakened, that is the light predominates in our
mind we are clear. If we know what happens after death, if we know we are the consciousness
we are clear in our mind and our mind shines.
Clear Heart
If we have cleared the debts we had with others our heart is
transparent and we are at peace. There is little karma and then there is little
to worry us. What worries us is the unknown karma. The clearer we are about our
karma the less we fear or worry.
If we have no regrets, no resentments, no hatred our heart is
like crystal.
A Fearless Death
A fearless and a death with less worry is when we are in the
knowledge that we have paid a lot of karma and we have done our best to pay it.
Suffering
Master Samael said we have to know how to suffer. To make a
lot of drama, exaggerate, scream and cry is not really the way. The pain maybe
intense and so one has to know how to cry. Hysteria and drama is a sign that
one does not know how to suffer as yet.
Death Bed
The death bed is a moment for profound life lessons to be
apprehended! It is the moment where the eternal is opening and the
consciousness is naturally realising all that it has lived through in this life
and the synthesis of one’s life appears and in the synthesis, are the lessons
that were learnt or should have been learnt. The regrets are those lessons that
were not learnt and the gratitude are things that were learnt.
If we can be there for a moment to hear some of these profound
lessons from life, we maybe blessed.
End (1840).
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