Chapter 27 - A Journey into Being
The practice of meditation deeply affects our character. We are slaves to what we do not know; of what we know, we are masters. Whatever vice or weakness we discover within ourselves we can understand the cause and overcome it by the very knowing, as the unconscious dissolves when brought into the conscious. The dissolution of the unconscious releases energy and the mind feels adequate and becomes quiet. — SSSB
I first started meditating at a tender age, and it is not quite possible to
place a specific year to it. In the beginning I did not know it was a communion I was sharing with the Universal One. My first formal introduction to meditation was during my teenage years. A close friend of my parents, who happened to be a practicing yogi at that time, taught me much about eastern philosophy and this wonderful art. As time passed, I gained more enlightenment and understanding in the subject, learning its practices and its benefits. Initially I noticed a great advantage I was gaining from this knowledge and practice. It cleared my mind and improved the clarity of telepathic messages I was receiving from a dimension to which I had been familiar before my most recent birth. Meditation enabled me to more easily reconcile and comprehend a turbulent confusion and conflict I was experiencing within myself.
This battle within me was tumultuous. First, I could not reconcile the religious concept that devout Christians would be the only ones going to this place they called heaven. I was being taught that the rest of the world would be cast in hell and damnation because they were either non-believers or non-practicing Christians. Second, I had a memory of past lives with which I had not really reconciled my Christian teachings, and I found it very confusing. On asking others about similar memories I thought were commonplace for everyone, I discovered they thought I was a mental case or a dreamer; they certainly could not understand the concept. Third, I could not fathom the necessity of being placed in a
physical body once again, having lived previous lives. No one could explain to me what I was doing here in this physical body. What was the point of my having to go through this experience again? What was my purpose in this life? That which has no origin knows no beginning. It was before everything or anything was. There was nothing prior to it. For that reason, it has no end. — SSSB The fact is, I was fascinated with the thought that I would, some day, make the transition we call death. Until I once again faced that experience, I sincerely wanted to discover why human beings were reincarnated or even why people were born in this dimension at all.
In addition, I
needed to get as much clarity as possible about the experience we all go through at the moment of “death.” I have gone through two near-death experiences and had a burning desire to investigate what others, who may have had similar experiences, discovered. This aspiration was magnified when I was exposed to the deaths of people with whom I was acquainted. I had to organize a number of funerals that included those of my parents, other family members, my best friend, other close friends and soldiers during my army career. Apart from those who were killed tragically, I noticed a common factor with those who died from natural causes. A few of them sensed their mortality was imminent and took the necessary steps for their departure, while many others had a premonition a short while before. Those who
were aged or dying from a terminal illness also knew, which could be recognized by their glossy eyes. One may call it synergy, but this curiosity to discover what one goes through with the final breath may have caused me to undergo those two occurrences of near-death and many other close calls. Over the years, incidents in which I came close, but “defied” or “cheated” death compounded my exposure to miracles. A by-product of these remarkable incidents was being led into developing greater faith. This happened with such frequency that I felt “invincible.” I had no fear of death because the outcomes went beyond coincidence, as though a Universal Force wanted me to be alive for some strange purpose. These experiences brought flashbacks of ...
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