To be aware of life is to be consciously awake to the process of life, which is continuously unfolding. This applies whether we are incarnate or not. One moment, we are conscious on the physical plane, and a little while later, we move to another plane, where our consciousness is located. As long as our state of consciousness remains limited to forms, death will always hold terrors for us. As soon as we are convinced of our existence as souls and that we can transfer our consciousness or awareness to any plane, into any form, and in any direction within God’s creation, we will no longer recognize death as such.

This article aims to illuminate our old, familiar teacher – Death. The text is based on the works of the Tibetan teacher, Master D.K.^[1][2]

Most people perceive death as the end of everything. According to this view, it concludes friendship and human relationships. An individual’s activities cease entirely. The bonds of love and respect are severed, and a journey into an unknown, frightening world begins. It is akin to leaving a bright, warm, comfortable room where one’s family is gathered and venturing alone into a cold night, terrified, perhaps optimistic, but insecure.

In most people, the terror of death is based on one or more of the following factors:

• Fear of the actual moment of death.
• Fear of the unknown and undefined.
• Doubts about immortality.
• Unhappiness at the thought of leaving loved ones or being left by them.
• Primitive, deeply ingrained subconscious reactions to a violent death.
• The attachment of our state of consciousness to form.
• Ancient heretical doctrines regarding Heaven and Hell.

These people seem to forget that every night, during sleep, we die in the physical plane and are alive and active elsewhere. They overlook that they practice leaving their earthly working vehicle because they cannot summon to their consciousness the memory of their consciousness transition and their activities on another plane. This is the main reason for people’s fear of death. Death is merely a more extended version of life (consciousness period) outside the physical plane than what is known as sleep.  Death and sleep are aspects of the same process. The only difference is that the magnetized life thread, connected to the physical body, breaks in death but not sleep. When the line breaks, the unit of consciousness cannot return to its earthly working vehicle, and the body begins to dissolve into its constituent elements. From this, it is clear that death does not exist as the ordinary person thinks. Instead, it is merely the entrance to a fuller life and freedom from the material weight of the physical body.

For the spiritually undeveloped person, death is merely sleep and forgetfulness because their mind is not sufficiently awake, and their experience is so limited.

For the ordinary citizen, death is merely the continuation of the life process within his consciousness, and his awareness remains unchanged. He perceives little change and, in some cases, no difference.

For self-centered people, in whom cruelty and criminal tendencies reign, and those sometimes called “earth-bound,” previous incarnations bind them firmly. They continually attempt in every way possible to contact the physical plane and return to it. A similar condition prevails in a few cases involving personal love directed towards those still alive or where the departed have not managed to discharge urgent duties.

For aspirants and spiritually advanced individuals, death represents an immediate entry into the realm of service to humanity, where everything feels familiar. During sleep, they have laid the groundwork for their service and pursuit of knowledge. Now, they can fully dedicate themselves to their service work, instead of merely utilizing the hours

of sleep as before.