On death: As far as I’m concerned, the only thing that thinks and lives, goes with death, and I cannot imagine anything going beyond death. You either die slowly with age or illness or rapidly in an accident. When you’re eaten by a hungry crocodile, you actually become that crocodile.
OF COURSE, THE PERSONALITY DREADS THE DISCONTINUITY OF PHYSICAL LIFE, FOR WHEN THE ORGANISM DIES, YES, THAT PERSONALITY DIES ALSO, BUT MORE OF THAT WHICH IS ESSENTIALLY YOU SURVIVES BEYOND THE GRAVE. THIS YOU WILL UNDERSTAND MORE FULLY WHEN YOU PROGRESS. THE LAYERS WILL GRADUALLY PEEL AWAY TO GIVE YOU A GLIMPSE OF THAT WHICH LIVES ETERNALLY AND DOES NOT DEPEND UPON THE ORGANISM FOR EXPRESSION. MANY FACETS OF YOUR LIFE NOW ARE COMING FROM THAT IN ESSENCE. THE TASK IS TO RECOGNIZE THEM AND CAPITALIZE ON THEM RATHER THAN THE NEGATIVE ASPECTS OF THE PERSONALITY. THE PERSONALITY IS JUDGMENTAL AND ARGUMENTATIVE. THE PERSONALITY BASES ITS ACTIONS ON THE CULTURAL MORES IN WHICH IT MOVES. THE SOUL OR ESSENCE DOES NONE OF THESE, AND FEELS THE FREEDOM. PERCEPTION IS PURPOSELY BLURRED BY THE PERSONALITY, FOR IT COULD NOT SURVIVE IF THE ESSENCE TOOK COMMAND, BUT THE ESSENCE PERCEIVES ON ITS OWN — AND THE LESSONS LEARNED BY THE SOUL ARE SOMETIMES QUIT DIFFERENT THAN WHAT YOU WOULD SUSPECT BY RECOUNTING YOUR “CONSCIOUS” EXPERIENCE. THE SOUL SEES BEYOND THE BRAIN BARRIERS SET UP BY THE ORGANISM IN ORDER TO CUSHION THE SHOCKS. IN OTHER WORDS, THE REWARD WOULD NOT SEEM GREAT ENOUGH FOR THE ORGANISM TO CONTINUE WITH THE “ABSURDITY”. YOU HAVE BEGUN TO PEEL THE LAYERS AWAY, AND SO WE WOULD SAY THAT YOU ARE PERCEIVING FAR MORE THAN YOU GIVE YOURSELF CREDIT FOR. THE PAIN THE BODY ENDURES WHILE BEING MUNCHED UPON BY A CROCODILE IS SECONDS ONLY COMPARED TO THE CYCLE OF THE SOUL.
Is the date of death predetermined?
THERE IS OFTEN MANY YEARS LEFT TO THE BODY, THOUGH AFTER THE PARTICULAR LIFE TASK IS DONE WITH THESE CHILDREN THAT WAS THE INIATIAN POSSIBLE AMOUNT WHICH THEY COULD ACCOMPLISH CERTAIN SEQUENCES [sic]. MOST SUICIDES HAVE “COPPED OUT” ON ASTRAL CONTRACTS.
Is the date of death known?
NO. ONE OF THE STUDENTS IN THIS ROOM, FOR INSTANCE, HAS THE GENETIC POTENTIAL FOR LIVING TO OVER ONE HUNDRED YEARS, BUT THERE ARE MANY SPOKES ON THAT STUDENTS’ WHEEL.
What does Michael mean by “spokes”?
BY “SPOKES” WE SPEAK OF THE MANY CHOICES YET TO BE MADE BY THIS RELATIVELY YOUNG PERSON, AND THE MYRIAD ALTERNATIVE COURSES THE LIFE MAY TAKE.
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