When A Friend Dies:
Focus on the soul, the true Self. Even though separated from the physical body, the Life continues. You can give tremendous aid because you are already linked as souls.
Even though you may be tempted to focus on the physical form — that was used to give this soul a voice and a physical presence — remember that the body and brain were instruments used to work in the material world. Death is only to the physical plane life. This frees the soul from its cramped quarters. In one sense those who release their physical body are more aware of their true identity than we are. They are no longer limited by the brain that tends to recognize only the physical world.
Suggestions to lift and aid friends and family who have "died."
1. First, link with your soul or Higher Self. This becomes easier and more complete as you practice using your imagination to form a closer link with the true Self.
2. Rather than grieve for your personal loss, or spend energy regretting that you did not measure up to all that you wish you had said or done, you can bring forces of light to your friend now.
3. Encourage other members of the family to visualize this loved one pain-free, happy, clear-minded, and delighted with pleasant surprises of this finer world of greater light.
4. Set aside your personal loss and be joyful for your friend's new opportunity! Link with the soul of the person who has been transferred to the other side. They are immediately aware of your presence and inevitably grateful for the light you bring. Unless they have spent many years in meditation and study, they may feel confused and between two worlds.
5. Imagine the source of Universal LOVE, and absorb all that you can. Then share this rich treasure with your friend. LOVE offered freely is incredibly healing. It brings a wholeness to your loved one or friend. When the spiritual substance of love penetrates her/his mind and heart, a kind of integration becomes possible that wasn't possible before
6. Help them to find friends who have preceded them. This happens with a focused thought of the two (or group) of them together.
7. Focus on their raising their eyes toward the "Shining Teachers." All their requests receive a prompt response. Time is not an issue in traveling from here to there. The thought brings them instantly in touch with what and whom they think about.
8. This precious soul will soon begin to plan its next step in its evolution as a human. It will find the right timing, circumstances, and parents for its next journey to the physical plane. The more evolved the soul, the more rapidly it returns with a brand new body (better than the previous one in most all cases.) It returns with its spiritual group to bring more light into the world. The choice is also to wait for many years before returning. The soul always makes a wise decision on when and where to continue its work.
9. As Wordsworth so poignantly wrote "Be careful if you are dancing on your grandfather's grave. It may be your own!" (Paraphrased.)
10. "It is foolish to be afraid of death. JUST THINK!! No more repaired tires on the body vehicle, no more patchwork living." -Paramhansa Yogananda
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