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The
Truth About Dying Process
by
Michael Holmes
According to consensus and
dictionary definition, dying process portends the "end of life." According
to physicists however, this is not correct.
Until relatively recently stating
that death does not end life would have been considered religious
doctrine. However, with the maturation of the science of quantum physics
we now know that our entire (physical) universe is something of an illusion
really... a manifestation of what physicists call "unified consciousness."
Albert Einstein stated, "Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very
persistent one."
However, the thoughts of Einstein and his modern-day colleagues are clearly
out in front of the consensus. Consensus thinking patterns
are rather more mundane.
How we utilize certain words provides clues into what we actually think.
Typically, we use the word "life" to reference our body. In view of
current cutting-edge science however, we are now faced with the task of shifting
our paradigm. The word "life" is no longer synonymous with words like
"body" or "biology." It is more scientifically accurate to say that "life"
is "consciousness," and it is scientifically demonstrable that consciousness is
not necessarily confined to or limited by a body, or even by time and space for
that matter. On a practical level, what hospice calls "end of life care"
is technically incorrect. It would be accurate to describe hospice's work
as "end of body care," but not "end of life care."
It is now evident that biology is a
by-product of consciousness and not the other way around. What's more, our
entire universe is living. This paradigm shift is no small thing... it is,
in fact, a complete reversal of what we have been taught all of our lives.
However, the old thinking pattern still predominates... it is still the default,
consensus thinking pattern.
Consensus thinking patterns can be
changed, but it is a slow process. Right now, as we speak, cutting-edge
science has determined that what we have been thinking for the last couple of
hundred years or so is flat wrong... yet the general public seems oblivious.
For the most part, John & Jane Doe think of these latest scientific
pronouncements (if they are aware of them at all) as something rather vague and
largely irrelevant to daily existence.
"So reality is an illusion huh?
That's nice, but what does it have to do with the price of gasoline?"
When the general public (consensus)
finally starts to grasp the significance of what quantum physicists are telling
us the consequences will be enormous. We have just a few basic,
foundational beliefs. All our other belief systems are constructed on top
of these few foundational beliefs. If you change a foundational belief,
everything built on top of it will necessarily be affected. Well, don't
look now but quantum physicists just changed the foundations of western thought.
The long-term effects of this profound change in thinking are difficult to
imagine from our current perspective, but it is safe to assume that the effects,
whatever they are, will be profound. We do not know where we are going, we
only know that we are going there.
Which is a pretty good description
of transitions in general (one of which is death.) We do not know
where we are going, we only know that we are going there.
Think of it this way... what if you
had been present when Ben Franklin flew his kite in a thunderstorm? Do you
suppose that glimpse of insight into the wonders of electricity would have
filled your head with images of microwave ovens, computer chips and iPhones?
Probably not.
The foundations of our world have
changed and my books follow this new path. We are consciousness.
It is difficult to grasp what might
happen if people stopped thinking of themselves as bodies and started thinking
of themselves as consciousness. What would change?
We don't really know... yet.
But what we can safely assume is that changes will occur, and they will be
significant.
Think of
bodies as training wheels. They serve a valuable purpose but at some point
we ought to become sufficiently skilled at "living" so as to not need them any
more. From this perspective, dying is not a terrible invention of a
mischievous God with a twisted sense of humor, it is a transition to bigger and
better things. Dying process is not a punishment or a failure, it is life
itself, pressing on.
It is quite impossible to understand
dying process without first understanding that death does not end life.
Michael Holmes
author: Crossing The Creek et
al.
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