“The elimination of the fear of death transforms the individual's way of being in the world.”
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Whether or not we believe in survival of consciousness after death, reincarnation, and karma, it has very serious implications for our behavior.
Traditional academic science describes human beings as highly developed animals and biological thinking machines. We appear to be Newtonian objects made of atoms, molecules, cells, tissues, and organs.
A number of cases have been reported in which a dying individual has a vision of a person about whose death he or she did not know.
There is no fundamental difference between the preparation for death and the practice of dying, and spiritual practice leading to enlightenment.
