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WHAT IS DEATH LIKE?

A meditation visualisation to help you understand what death is like. Meditating on the question: What Is Death Like? For more information about what death is like read Craig Hamilton-Parker's best-selling books about the Spirit World and developing your powers to become a medium.
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Meditation - WHAT IS DEATH LIKE?

“Philosophy is a rehearsal for death”--Plato

This meditation will help you to familiarize yourself with what happens when you leave your body in preparation for entry to the spirit world. It can be done now, as you read this website, or read aloud for group practice. After you read each segment, pause for awhile, so that you can experience the feelings and images from your unconscious that will help you understand "What is death like?"

APPROACHING THE QUESTION: WHAT IS DEATH LIKE?

This gentle approach will enable you to become more attuned to the dying experiences that are already logged within your unconscious from earlier incarnations. Becoming aware of these things in a gentle and controlled way, you will be more prepared to leave the Earth experience when your time comes. You will be more able to let go of your fear and move towards the light in a spirit of joyful expectation.

The What is Death Like? Meditation

1. This is going to be an enjoyable experience. Relax and breathe deeply. As you breathe in, feel yourself fill with life-giving energy. As you breathe out, feel yourself relax more deeply. Notice how good you feel as you relax. Let go of all worry and stress. Wrap yourself in the soothing warmth of relaxation. Feel the whole body relax from the tips of your toes to the top of your head. Enjoy this feeling for a few moments.
   
   
2. Now, imagine that your body is laid on a bed. Everything around you is peaceful and still as you observe your body. See it from every perspective: from above, from the feet, from the side and from the head. You can hear the lungs breathing and may want to reach out and touch the body with your astral hands. Look at your bodily form and especially the face. The face has a neutral expression. How do you feel about what you see? Is it really you? Would you be prepared to leave it behind? Consider these things for a few moments.
   
   
3. Now imagine that your body is dead. You are still able to look at it. You notice that the breathing has stopped. Knowing that you are the observer of the body, are you concerned that it has ceased functioning? Look at the body again. You touch it and notice that it is cold. There is a pallor to the face. Is it you? What feelings do you have as you clearly see it? Are you prepared to let go? Consider these things for a few moments.
   
   
4. You now move away from the body and become aware of the whole room. You are a disembodied point of consciousness so you can view the room from wherever you like. How does it feel to have no body? You may experience a feeling of joy and release as you realize that you are free of the body’s whims and demands. You may have the sensation of being as light as a soap bubble that floats in the breeze. You are an ex-physical! Observe your feelings and the sensations that come to you.
   
   
5. Now you hear below you the sound of voices. The people that you love are gathered around the body that you have discarded. You realize that you cannot only see and hear them but you can also “hear” their thoughts and “feel” their feelings. You have complete telepathy, but it is only a one-way communication. No matter what you do, your family and friends below remain oblivious to your presence. Their thoughts rise like great white clouds. What do you “hear” from your loved ones? Does their grief make you feel uncomfortable? Perhaps you want to tell them that you are okay. They should not be so concerned because you have only discarded the body. Think also about the time you lost somebody you loved. Did you send them positive thoughts to speed them on their journey, or were the thoughts you sent full of despair and grief?
   
   
6. Clearly this is the most difficult emotional part of the dying experience. We are irrevocably bound by feelings of love to people in this world. To let go of this attachment will inevitably be accompanied by a feeling of severing from what we hold dear. However, at this point our higher self will make us aware that nothing is really lost. We will all be reunited in due course. Imagine now that an angel is with you. This could be your spirit guide or a symbol of your higher self in the guise of a winged being, if you prefer. The angel whispers in your ear. What words of comfort does the angel say to you?
   
   
7. The experience of time in the spirit world is different from earthly time. You will be shown that your separation from the ones you love will seem that no time has passed at all.
   
   
8. Have you ever felt stirred while listening to great music, or been overwhelmed by the magnificent beauty of a landscape? This feeling of inspiration will now fill you as you release yourself from the earthly plane. Simultaneously, you will have a feeling of ineffable love as you move towards the heavenly plane. Remember, the most important feeling of love you had in life and multiply it by a million times. This is the love you will feel. This is divine love. It fills you with an irresistible urge to move towards it. It appears like a light.
   
   
9. You now move towards the light. As you leave the material realm, what feelings do you have? Have you accomplished what you set out to do? Have you made others happy and created empathy and love? Is the world you leave behind a better place for you having been here? Are there things that you would like to have done, or perhaps would like to have done better?
   
   
10. Now let go of all of these feelings and doubts and let them merge with the light. Allow yourself to become at one with this wonderful state that is all around you. Everywhere you look there is light. Light upon light upon light. All is divine love, divine light. Let go, into the light.

This What is Death Like? meditation may have stimulated many emotions and made you think about your life and its objectives. It should help you to see the impermanence of the body and all material things. However, the feelings you received highlight what is most important to you in this life. You may have had the feeling that there is still much remaining undone. Perhaps you felt that the most important things are not the day-to-day cares and material goals, but matters of the heart. Are there ways that you can improve your earthly life so that, when you look back next time, you will feel that you have come closer to completing your earthly life satisfactorily?