“If consciousness can function independently of the body during one's lifetime, it could be able to do the same after death.”
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At a time when unbridled greed, malignant aggression, and existence of weapons of mass destruction threatens the survival of humanity, we should seriously consider any avenue that offers some hope.
Dying before dying has two important consequences: It liberates the individual from the fear of death and influences the actual experience of dying at the time of biological demise.
A radical inner transformation and rise to a new level of consciousness might be the only real hope we have in the current global crisis brought on by the dominance of the Western mechanistic paradigm.
There is no fundamental difference between the preparation for death and the practice of dying, and spiritual practice leading to enlightenment.