Brian Waters

Q: What is the state just before death? M: When a person gasps for breath, it indicates unconsciousness of the body; while gasping the person is in something like a dream, and not aware of the present environment. Q: Does the mind state at that time reveal the next reincarnation of the person? M: Yes, in this case, but in other cases there may be a period between births. While you were asleep did you ask any question regarding your birth or where you go after death? Why think about all these now in the waking state? Let what is born think of its birth and remedy, its cause and ultimate fate. What is birth? Is it of the ‘I’-thought or of the body? Is ‘I’ separate from the body or identical? How did this ‘I’-thought arise? Is the ‘I’-thought your nature? Or, is anything else your nature? Objects that you observe will come to an end. That which is created has a destruction or end. That which is not created has no end. That which exists cannot be observed. Find out what it is that appears; the destruction of that which appears is the end. That which exists, exists forever; that which appears is lost when realized. What is it that had birth? Whom do you call a human being? If, instead of seeking explanations for birth, death and after-death, the question is raised as to who and how you are now, these questions will not arise. You are the same while deeply asleep, in dream and in the waking state. Is the 'I'­ thought jiva, or the body jiva? Is this thought our nature? It is the body that feels pain; there is no pain in the Self. ~~ CONSCIOUS IMMORTALITY @anusuresh160666 @indira_hyd @swamieaswara