To pick up where I left off in the last post. another question my friend asked centered around the interface between the Soul and the “human” parts of me. He wanted to know what the very human parts of us go through—what it feels like–in accepting their imminent demise; and to what extent there is fear, acceptance, resistance, etc.

Related to these questions and maybe summing them up was the following question: “What exactly ARE the feelings of the wave as it increasingly realizes it’s about to rejoin the ocean? Gladness and relief? Fear? All of the above?

These questions reminded me …

Not long ago a friend asked me what it was like to prepare to make the transition from the physical plane to the astral plane, or what some refer to as heaven.

“What does this feel like to you?” he asked. “What are your emotional states about what is beginning? Since you are, via the EA paradigm, in the first stage of the spiritual state of consciousness, and therefore, a “conscious” soul, I’d really like to know what you are feeling as this process progresses.”

He had many more questions, but I thought I’d start with some of the most basic ones …

“There is a road, no simple highway, Between the dawn and the dark of night, And if you go, no one may follow, That path is for your steps alone.” ~ Ripple ~ The Grateful Dead

For the most part, those words refer to the road we take through our entire life. Each of us must live it our own way, learn our own lessons, and evolve in ways that are unique to us, embracing the philosophies, belief systems, and values that best support our earthly sojourn.

But these words also, I think, apply even more so to the final steps along …

Over the last year or so it has become very difficult to meditate in the way that I used to—to sit straight and concentrate deeply—because of the challenges I face with breathing itself. Still, in addition to repeating the hong sau on a regular basis as Tayo instructed me to, I do try when possible to meditate in a more “formal” way. Most of the time now, I have to meditate while lying down, or propped at about a 45-degree angle, but still keeping my spine straight.

One day about a month ago, while I was meditating, very briefly what I …

God and gurus have been preparing me for my transition for many months now, and one of my earlier experiences with this preparation occurred last February. I have has many moments of feeling “spaced out,” but this was totally different, and is still hard to describe. As I was meditating one morning, all of a sudden I felt like my soul, my consciousness, was beginning to separate from by body. It was a feeling that ran along my spine, the chakras, and is analogous to the bonded lining of an overcoat beginning to peel away from the outer shell of …