| | interesting Jeff. Thanks, i feel like i am already part of the light if that makes any sense. Hard to explain, i guess you either get it or you don't. Some things don't lend themselves to explanation well. Mother and Son, yes Ocean and Drop, Buddha nature, yes all of the above. I have a strong urge to live at present, but at the time of my death I am completely comfortable with my own dissolution into said light. No problem there. I have never felt such intense incredible love in my life, nor bliss.
i ask because i had an NDE and actually put my arm (my ethereal arm) into the light up the elbow, and it jolted me from the reverie of nirvakalpa samadhi back to dualistic consciousness and i realized i didnt actually want to die right then. I guess you could say it wasn't my time.
that jolt awakened my kundalini, so i relate to the Shaiva understanding of it in that way. It destroyed my fear of death too. It was a really profound experience and i am still trying to sort it out and my feelings about it 15 years later
i am going to have to re-read the Bardo Thodol for myself, so hopefully this thread will serve to provide some insights into the matter and some inspiration to dig up my copy from the archives or buy a new one. |