The Gift of Death

​Recently I participated in a channelled workshop on death and dreamwalking (the act of guiding a dying person to the other realms). 
 
Grief and loss are incredibly transformative experiences, as they strip us away from our attachments and force us to go beyond our comfort zone. Every attachment we lose brings us closer to our own sovereignty and inner oneness – though it may take some time to arrive at this realization. When we surrender to loss, we ironically become more aware of our soul essence. This is why death and loss are some of the most common catalysts for spiritual awakening and self-realization. 
 
I experienced my self-realization shortly after what felt like a soul-shattering heartbreak. In hindsight it’s easy to recognize that what shattered wasn’t my soul or even my heart, but the limited fears and beliefs of the human identity. Of course, this insight only came after I fully released control. The emotional pain forced me to reach deep within for the only permanent element in my reality: my divine essence.
 
As Adamus Saint-Germain said in the workshop, you can die while staying in the body. Nothing is as rejuvenating as death.

​Death has always been an intrinsic part of esoteric traditions and mystery schools. After all, you can’t go too far into the topic of death without stumbling upon some profound existential and spiritual questions, like: Who am I? What happens to consciousness upon death? What is the relationship between consciousness and energy? What is life?
 
While these questions are not new, there is great value in reflecting on the topic of death. The most literal and common definition of death is when consciousness releases itself from the biological form called the body. But a type of death also occurs when we let go of a psychological form, such as an identity or a story that we’ve been attached to. This has also been called ‘aspect integration’.
 
With this in mind, here’s my new definition of death: “Death is the release of consciousness from a specific form.”

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Consciousness never dies; what ends is the temporary story that you are embodying.

​This could mean releasing yourself from a relationship you were involved in. Or, it could mean releasing yourself from certain patterns or habits that were part of your routine. When we perceive death in this more expanded way, it becomes obvious that death is a natural part of life. The nature of the soul is to always evolve and transform. Like an actor, we step into an act, experience a story, and then we step out again. Death is not the end of life, it’s simply an opportunity to change your act. 
 
With every death of an old story, I create space for a new future. Not a future based on past experiences, but a future based on present desires and choices. Death births presence by freeing the past. And presence is required for any true creation.  

Death births presence by freeing the past.

One of the gifts of being human is that we learn to dive fully into an experience. We learn how to infuse our consciousness into matter, the densest energy of all. This is done through desire, choice, and imagination. With those three components, a souled being can bring their consciousness into any place, situation or potential. 
 
Infusing our consciousness means bringing something to life. For example, we can create a character through storytelling – writing, painting, singing, or dancing – and then breathe life into that character. There are many characters that have continued to live for years or even centuries after their creator gave them form: Mulan, Hamlet, and Harry Potter are just three examples of characters that were infused with enough consciousness to “bring them to life” in a manner of speaking.  
 
  Just as Desire teaches us how to bring something to life by infusing our consciousness, so Death teaches us how to extract our consciousness from something. Otherwise, we could be very stuck in our own creations. Imagine being stuck on Earth forever, in the same body, without any exit strategy.
 
That is the wisdom of death: You are never stuck. Learning how to infuse our consciousness is a priceless skill, but without the opposite ability of extracting or ‘defusing’ our consciousness, we’d lose our sanity. Death will free you, even when you’re scared of freedom. That’s the gift of death. 


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