Our
brain and our mind have become fixed into some negative thinking
patterns, and we have not had enough time to escape from or to repair
those patterns. But we can do so during the time that we sojourn
on this planet. This is the easiest way. Because if we have not
prepared for that day, if we have not learned about what we are
doing and where we are going, then at the time of death we will
be overwhelmed by different dimensional karmas. Karma is the Sanskrit
term for the law of cause and effect. Whatever we do in this lifetime
will be ingrained as impressions in our thinking, and when we die
we will bring those impressions with us. So if we want to erase
that, we must do some deep contemplation and purification. We can
call it meditation, contemplation or deep prayer. But we must do
it correctly. There is a very easy way to do it, but it must be
correct. Just like everything else, there's a correct way. And if
we know that way, it's very easy.
At the
time of departure, we all hope to go to Heaven. We normally should;
every average citizen in the world will go to Heaven. But there
are different degrees of enjoyment of Heaven, just like there are
different houses in Cape Town. Some houses are cheaper, while others
are more expensive, with more equipment, more comforts, a swimming
pool, everything. The extent of our developed consciousness is the
extent to which we will enjoy Heaven after we leave this physical
world. That is, if we have trained ourselves sufficiently, we can
ascend to Heaven immediately after death. If not, we will sometimes
hover around for a while until we realize that we really are gone,
that we no longer have a physical instrument to work with, that
our speech will not be heard by our loved ones, or that our wife
or our husband is bringing another person in front of our nose every
day to our bed. And there's nothing we can do about it. It doesn't
matter how much we complain or how many tantrums we throw. No one
understands anything, and nobody cares.
At that
time, it creates great suffering for us. Also, we will be overwhelmed
by the results of our thinking during the lifetime while we were
in the physical body. During the time we are living, if we keep
thinking negatively, then when we die, that's what we get. So if
we die without preparing, without meditation on positive power,
without connecting to God's power, the negative thinking that we
had during the lifetime will overwhelm us and take us to unpleasant
places. And that's why people say there is hell. We could escape
from that hell if we are conscious enough at the time to walk out
of our own prison. But most of the time, we have not prepared, so
we are weak. We are not strong enough to walk out, so we have to
stay in the negative atmosphere for a while until it dies down.
There
is also another kind of pressure for us, not just our own individually--created
sphere of negativity or pressure. We also have the collectively
created consequences of the people on this planet, as well as that
of our relatives and friends. Because we haven't learned the art
of mastering our own destiny or how to walk the correct way to Heaven,
we will stray here and there; we will be pulled apart in different
directions or pushed into the unpleasant scenery of an illusionary
planet, which to us at that moment seems absolutely real. And that's
how people say they enter hell, and they suffer.
But
it must not be like that. Even if you don't want to practice vegetarian
compassion or practice meditation with us, you should always tell
yourself and remember that God is merciful. That is the only thought
you should remember at the time of death. Then you will be clear
enough to see that Jesus is standing by, that Heaven is opening
its gates, that angels are greeting you with the music of the Celestial
Realms. You must remember something noble like that--that we are
the sons and daughters of God, that we can never be anything lower
than that and that nothing at all can harm us. These thoughts should
be ingrained in your mind. If you think like this, you will not
fear the Angel of Death because he doesn't really exist. He exists
because we created him by believing in him during our lifetime,
so he manifests. Whatever you wish shall be given unto you. Knock,
and it shall be opened; ask, and it shall be given.
Because
on this planet, sometimes we ask for something and when it doesn't
come immediately, we think it doesn't work. But it works all the
time. It's just that because we are hindered by this physical body,
we might not see a result immediately. Sometimes it comes a little
bit later, and we have forgotten. We forget that we wanted it. We
think, "Oh, this is just luck!" or, "This is just
bad fortune that these things happen to me." But nothing really
happened without us wanting it in the first place. Also, if we are
not strong enough in our will, then of course the karma, the negative
or positive collective consciousness will affect our daily life
as well as our time of departure.
In
our daily life, we are more or less shielded by this physical ignorance.
At
least we don't know when something bad is coming. But when we leave
this physical protection, we will see everything. Everything will
affect us immediately. If we die, and the loved ones are crying
and lingering and missing us so much, and they cry and they suffer,
we feel it exactly as if we are suffering. That's why during the
time of the loved one's departure, maybe the best thing is that
we should just pray for them to go to Heaven, to enjoy and be liberated.
Maybe we shouldn't be praying, crying, lamenting and missing them
so much, because that will make them feel very miserable and delay
their departure to a higher dimension. Death should be celebrated,
not mourned, because that is our final liberation. Nothing can touch
us anymore; nothing can harm us. Nothing can cover us anymore. We
will know everything, and we will be a part of everything. We can
be anywhere in a fraction of a second. Everything that we wish for
will come true immediately.
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