An engrossing well written article about one man’s relationship with death & dying and with a text that we talk a lot about around here. Artocratic: American Book of the Dead.
From the article: “The stated goal is for the reader to have the sincerity and conviction of one who is delivering instruction, not simply reciting. This is the most important thing we, the living, can do for the voyager, the dead; so you have to read it like you mean it, says the book.”
This is the kind of information that is going to become more and more frequently discussed in the alternative press in the upcoming year. Quantum physics is opening up new realms of possibilities to which we don’t have to automatically subscribe but which we can use to open our minds and imaginations to a richer life and deeper questioning of the status quo…and there aint nothin wrong with that!
Parallel worlds exist and interact with our world, say physicists | MNN – Mother Nature Network.
This is called taichi qigong. It is a very good warmup for doing tai chi and also stands on its own as a relatively simple yet very effective qigong workout. I have done some research on this and trust me, this is one of the best workout videos to watch and practice with. The tempo is not too slow or too fast. The teacher I study with, Kwan Sai Hung does a few of the movements differently, but that is often the case with a traditional form, taking on individual variations as it gets passed down through the generations.
Here is a good article which might give you some ideas to help with your long distance caregiving.
Caring for elderly parents from afar? Here are some ideas for making it easier.
The Tibetan Book of the Dead – original translation – online and free access. A gem. This text and the instructions about doing the readings of it are the basis of the Labyrinth Readers Society.
We have just updated things a bit.
AN ALL PURPOSE PRAYER
‘Alas! when the Uncertain Experiencing of Reality is dawning upon me here,
With every thought of fear or terror or awe for all [apparitional appearances] set aside,
May I recognize whatever [visions] appear, as the reflections of mine own consciousness;
May I know them to be of the nature of apparitions in the Bardo:
When at this all-important moment [of opportunity] of achieving a great end, May I not fear the bands of Peaceful and Wrathful [Deities], mine own thought-forms.’
Repeat thou these [verses] clearly, and remembering their significance as thou repeatest them, go forwards, [O nobly-born]. Thereby, whatever visions of awe or terror appear, recognition is certain; and forget not this vital secret art lying therein.
O nobly-born, when thy body and mind were separating, thou must have experienced a glimpse of the Pure Truth, subtle, sparkling, bright, dazzling, glorious, and radiantly awesome, in appearance like a mirage moving across a landscape in spring-time in one continuous stream of vibrations. Be not daunted thereby, nor terrified, nor awed. That is the radiance of thine own true nature.
Recognize it.
From the midst of that radiance, the natural sound of Reality, reverberating like a thousand thunders simultaneously sounding, will come. That is the natural sound of thine own real self. Be not daunted thereby, nor terrified, nor awed.
The body which thou hast now is called the thought-body of propensities. Since thou hast not a material body of flesh and blood, whatever may come — sounds, lights, or rays — are, all three, unable to harm thee: thou art incapable of dying. It is quite sufficient for thee to know that these apparitions are thine own thought-forms.
Recognize this to be the Bardo.
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