Life Beyond Death
The purpose of death
The nature of life beyond death
How we can prepare for death
How we can assist the dying
The Paradox of Life and Death
You say I am going away. But where can I go? I am always here.
From time immemorial, the great sages have told us there is no death; that all beings are linked together in a great spiritual reality, which is eternal and unchanging. They have described this spiritual reality in terms of infinite Being, Intelligence and Love. It's been called by many names: God, Brahman, Allah, Tao, and Yahweh, to name a few. In the pages that follow, I call it Divine Consciousness.
All that is real is Divine Consciousness. The essence of every thing and every one is Divine Consciousness. In truth, all there is, is Divine Consciousness.
Divine Consciousness is not some great Being, existing "out there" in space. It's our very own presence; the ever-shining light behind the mind, which makes it possible to read and understand these words, right now. This is the light which shines in the heart of all beings as our sense of presence, or "I". This "I" Consciousness never dies because it was never born. It remains as the pure light of Self, through countless experiences of birth and death.
This is the paradox of life, death and the afterlife. On one hand, we are these separate bodies, which are born and eventually die. On the other hand, we are Divine Consciousness, which is transcendental and beyond space/time limitations. To understand our lives on Earth, we must include both aspects. Then death takes on a new meaning. Not as the end of life, but as a change in our continuing experience from one life form to another.
