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Feeling
of Death
Once when Rama said "Can you feel that? That is Death." It was a highly charged
feeling, like dry-ice, headachy strong, almost like an overhead energy field had
descended on the place...he said we should not go as planned, but wait until it
passed. I guess it could have been ill intentions being cast his way - or something
else...since then I think I have felt the same energy a few times...and wondered
about Carlos Casteneda's interpretation of Death an arm's length behind us to
the left - this was definitely not our own Death - how do we get located by things
of this nature?
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Things
are not separate. All is part of eternity-awareness-god-consciousness.
But in terms of perception or objective reality, there are physical
beings and subtle physical beings or entities that exist. Death
is not an entity. It is more a dissolutive energy or consciousness.
Rama pointed this out so that you would recognize it easier.
Don Juan was just messing with Carlos's fear to loosen him up!!!!
Intent
draws things to us. Intent drives the creative and dissolutive
and other aspects of our energy. Our ability to align our
intent into resonance with eternity determines the level to
which we become aware of and thereby more in control of this
process. Karma yoga is a good way to align your intent with
the Dharmic consciousness and thereby become more aware of
how to draw things to you or manifest things or simply living
life catching the lines of Dharma that you are supposed to
catch.
It's
good to look at our opponents as worthy adversaries, as our
teachers, and
Death as the ultimate teacher. Carlos Castaneda referred
to death as
an "advisor". Death is the last opponent,
which we are never going to defeat
forever, but that doesn't mean we shouldn't try impeccably.
We know we
are going to die--along with taxes, death is the one certainty
in life--and presumably
we know where we want to be spiritually when we die-- enlightened.
So we can work back from there and decide how to live our
lives
to get there. Since we don't know when we are going
to die, we need to
live each day as though it is going to be our last.
I don't recall Rama making
the statement that you mention, but it sounds like it
may have been on a desert trip. Many of the students in Rama's lineage will
be making another trip into the desert to celebrate Rama's birthday on Feb
9, 2001. There's something about the desert which makes it an ideal opportunity
to face death. This doesn't mean that one physically dies out in the
desert, but the person who comes back won't be the same person who went
into the desert. You know how when people die they like to put their affairs
in order? A similar etiquette applies to the desert, and in that way the
desert, too, is our
teacher. And a similar etiquette should apply in our daily
lives--in our meditation, in our sex lives (that's why the French call it the
"little death"), and in our work lives. It's just a bit easier
to see in the desert,
and that's why Rama liked to take us there.
So I'd highly recommend
that if possible, you join us on the upcoming desert trip--I
believe details will be posted on this site shortly--and in the time between
now and then, that
you make every effort to make all aspects of your personal and
professional life as impeccable as possible. That's what it means to use
death as an advisor.
Death is something to be
treated with respect--not with either fear or morbid
obsession--but with respect.
I think Rama gave you a teaching to help you
"type" the energy and to know that
when you feel that feeling to wait until it passes before proceeding. Certain
moments are more dangerous than others...the "how" of that is probably
a bit complicated and if Rama wanted to give you a technical explanation he would
have...what he gave you was a survival training tip. Does it matter WHY some
snakes are poisonous or does it matter to know to avoid them when they show up?
Rama told us many, many times that Carlos was weird, the one to pay attention
to was Don Juan or Don Genaro. Meantime, I would pay more attention to whatever
the rest of the adventure with Rama involved. Is your focus on "stop at the
red light" or on the adventure/purpose of the magical journey?
In
the words of Carlos Castaneda, "Death is a watcher. She is watching our every
move, and one day, she will take us away…"
I don’t think there
is a way to avoid death. We should be ready to die at every moment. Death is an
old friend that comes looking for us. She knows where we are.
How do we get located
by death? Microtechnology. We all have a small chip embedded in our being. In
Buddhism, it is called samskara. Samskara keeps track of our tendencies, sum total
of awareness, and location within the Universe. That’s why we cannot escape the
consequences of our actions. Our deeds are being recorded by this microchip, and
at the end of our days, the microchip will reveal all information and determine
our next rebirth.
Without
self-realization you are in the dark. You can't see the reality. i can explain
about death, but what is the use unless you can see it for yourself? When you
are self-realized then you can ask your own enlightened awareness for the answer.
So self-realization is what you need.
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