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May this find you well and happy. ********************************* This is Part 5 of your 6 segment weekly email course which you requested on "Aiding the Dying ". These segments are from the book "The Mystical Circle of Lïfe" which has an abundance of useful information on death and dying and which we suggest you order as an ebook (pdf file) at http:HolisticHarmony.com/ebooks/index.asp. This information is also explained in the book "The Psychology of Happiness" which can be found in your booksores at Amazon.com or for 40% discount at http://www.HolisticHarmony.com/psychofhappiness.html May you enjoy it and benefit from it. ********************************** D) HELPING A PERSON TO FACE DEATH CONSCIOUSLY At the beginning of this chapter we mentioned some general ways in which we can help a dying person regardless of whether he is able to face the reality of his death or not. Summarized, they are: 1) Seeing to his practical needs. 2) Helping him to fulfill his desires and making his environment comfortable. 3) Helping him to learn to relax. 4) Massage, stroking , spiritual healing, therapeutic touch and loving contact. 5) Meditation, prayer and positive projection in which we see him well. 6) To be as cheerful and optimistic as possible (but not falsely so). If the person is psychologically able to consciously face his impending death and use it as a spiritual growth process, then we can proceed even further. 1) We can discuss any changes or practical considerations concerning his last will and testament. 2) We can discuss with him our beliefs about live and death. Let him express his beliefs first and express your own only if they are asked for. In discussing your beliefs, you may also refer to some of the reference material that is available concerning what happens after death. (this material has been presented in the first chapter). If the dying patient seems to be interested in hearing more, or investigating the subject more deeply, then you may bring him some books, or read to him if he is unable to read on his own. You may also bring him recorded lectures or recorded books on such subjects. A word of caution here. Be sure not to force or push a patient beyond his comfortable limit in facing these matters. As you are speaking, be very sensitive to his facial expressions, in deciding whether to continue or not. If he seems interested and relaxed by the conversation then continue, if not, then change the subject. It may also be meaningful to discuss views concerning the purpose of life, and why the spirit takes on this physical body. Needless to say such discussions are a spiritual blessing for all involved. In some cases we may not want to discuss ideas or concepts at all, but simply deal with the emotions we are both feeling. Both he, who is dying, and he, who is being left behind, will have a wide range of feelings. It may be a very healing experience for both to communicate deeply their feelings. The most important point is to be totally natural and sincere. Have no preconceived conceptions as you are going into the room of a «dying person», that you are going to discuss «this» or «that». Let everything flow from the heart, but simply do not be afraid to discuss any issue, and at the same time, do not be attached to discussing some particular issue. You are there to serve, allow the other to guide the flow of the conversation. 3) Another important factor in helping people face death is to help them to face the various relationship problems they might have. Help them to discover where they are holding resentment or bitterness towards anyone. Help them forgive these people and let go of their negative feelings. If they are unable to let go of these feelings, help them to express them first and then let go of them when they are ready. They might like to write a letter to someone with whom they have some repressed message to express. If they are unable to face the other person, then they can work on harmonizing the relationship mentally. They can visualize the person and let go of their negative feelings toward that person and send light and love to that person, wishing him to be well. Such an activity is worthwhile whether or not we are facing death. It opens up a whole new flow of life energy and love in us which was blocked by those negative feelings. 4) We can help the dying patient consciously to let go of this attachments. This can be done through discussion of the various attachments and the realization that one really can continue to exist without them. Often simply by openly discussing one¹s fears and attachments, they are gradually surpassed. One can be encouraged to concentrate more on God or his inner immortal self for this sense of security; thus enabling him to let go of other attachments. 5) Through guided deep relaxation and hypnotism the individual can be helped to develop a greater contact with his inner self and with God. He may also be guided into simulated after-death states, in which he experiences himself free from his physical body. Thus he may gradually experience himself as a spiritual being and not simply as a body. 6) He may want to participate in the sacraments of Confession and Holy Communion from a clergyman of his religion. If not, he may want to have a confessional type of talk in which he can unload his heart of some of his regrets and doubts. In general, the individual must be helped to experience himself more as an immortal spiritual being who is about to undergo a transition in focus of consciousness. He must increase his contact with his inner self and gradually become free from the attachments and relationships that bind him to the physical world which he must now leave. This is a similar process to arranging affairs to move to another country. We must close up our homes and dispose of whatever we cannot take with us. At the same time we will want to have as much information as possible about what to expect in this new place we are going to live in. How wonderful it would be if in the future, we could all face death with dignity, clarity, peace, joy and spiritual awareness. Centers have been created in the U.S.A. and Europe where people can spend their last days consciously using them as an opportunity for personal growth and spiritual development. These centers offer a wonderful opportunity both for those who are dying and those who work there. Perhaps death in the future will be somewhat as Alice Bailey describes it here: «All I plead in a sane approach to death; all I seek to make is a suggestion that when pain has worn itself out and weakness has supervened, the dying person be permitted to prepare himself, even if apparently unconscious, for the great transitionŠ Is it impossible to conceive of a time when the act of dying will be a triumphant finale to life? Is it impossible to vision the time when the hours on the deathbed may be but a glorious prelude to a conscious exit? When the fact that the man is to discard the handicap of the physical sheath may be for him and those around him the long-awaited for and joyous consummation? Can you not visualize the time when, instead of tears and fears and refusal to recognize the inevitable, the dying person and his friends would mutually agree on the hour, and that nothing but happiness would characterize the passing?Š I tell you that before so very long, this will be deeply so for the intelligent of the race and little by little for all». ************************************ If you like what you are reading, you willãdefinetly want to get the book Mystical Circle of Life by Robert Elias Najemy, which can be downloaded as an ebook pdf file or ordered from http://HolisticHarmony.com/ebooks/index.asp ******************************** Membership is free and you can access 600 articles, chapters and ebooks for free.Become a Member********* Our Free ezine Claritygreater health, happiness and harmonious relationships. Click to subscribe/unsubscribe to Clarity E-zine May you be well on all levels of your being. | |