Constant-Expanding In Possibilities


In the conclusion of a talk he gave on July 15, 2004, Ishvara speaks of what occurs in death, and in birth. I have transcribed and edited his words. - TG.

Ishvara:

Seeing death is like seeing a beautiful wave in the ocean. After the wave hits the shore, it goes back into the ocean, and it is gone, although you know it is still part of the ocean. That is not satisfying to the intellect, the personal, but if you can move more into the impersonal, you realize that there is no loss; it is bigger, it has taken on a bigger arena, a bigger form. Bits and pieces of it may come back as another wave, but not as the same individual wave that was before. The individual doesn't come back.

The belief in the permanent individual was created by human beings because they could not see the bigger picture, and therefore death was a dreadful thing to the brain. The brain would work hard, gain experience and knowledge, and then be done; that was discouraging to the brain. For the un-evolved brain, there was no way to know more, so the brain established the permanent "other" out of an ego need for survival, but that has clouded the actuality of experience.

As I have watched people die, I recognize that the essence of the Life Force that they are goes into the big bank of Life Force, bringing all of its experiences, and merging with everything, becoming everything. It is not lost; it is just bigger; it is hard for the brain to recognize it after that point. There is such a strong program about death, with a lot of fear around it, and so beliefs were made up to comfort people. But I have recognized that there is a greater comfort.

People say, "But I need him, I want him!" And I reply, "He is no longer what you recognize, but you can attune, you can have a relationship with the Life Force and realize that he has contributed to a part of this, and is there, and is not lost." In death, the familiarity of the form is lost.

Each of us is the Life Force manifesting as this. By its nature, the manifestation is limited to a certain time--not of necessity, but that is the way it has been. I foresee that, as a new species, we will have a longer life span, and we may not even need to "exit" in the traditional way. We could just expand and accelerate into everything. For the time being, however, a practice of tuning oneself to the lost one (not bringing the lost one to you but going to that one in the greater whole) can be comforting and beneficial.

What about birth?

In birth, The Consciousness is expressing a unique aspect of itself. Birth is The Consciousness taking birth. When that happens, often The Consciousness will birth itself with certain potentials that need to be worked out in intelligence. Sometimes there is a question left from some past experience--"What does that mean?"--so one's birth as a unique expression of The Consciousness comes with that question, that potential. It is not something separate; it is not a separate "soul" taking birth again to have an experience. It is The Consciousness itself.

When you look at The Consciousness as intelligence that is evolving, it is always moving into opportunities and possibilities for expression. It is wonderful when The Consciousness moves to express itself in some way, and that should be celebrated. The same is true when The Consciousness is finished with an expression--that should be celebrated too, not grieved. It is the same at each end. Life comes from the ocean of intelligence, The Consciousness, manifests as corporeal existence, expresses whatever potential is there, whatever connections and possibilities can be realized, and then moves back into the ocean of forever.

When you do not have an attachment to the individual, to separation, you can see the beauty of Life, and how it is so peaceful, so harmonious, creative, so possible, and so forgiving; it doesn't hold grudges, doesn't get mad, doesn't seek retribution. There is no "God" out there who is going to punish people because they did something wrong; each expression is simply part of the experience.

It can take a while to be with this awareness, because it is so different from beliefs and concepts, from what has been taught. When the belief in the "other" is let go, you begin to realize that Life is benevolent, Life is compassion, Life is love. When you start to connect with those attributes, you begin to experience more of them. There comes an unconditional acceptance of what-is, but it is not a limitation. It is constant-expanding in possibilities.

Written and transcribed by Terry Grant


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