Question: What happens when we die? What does the person who dies experience? Answer: Avatar Adi Da tells us that death is not an ending, but is a living process and a very profound transformation. He has also described death as a “benign psycho-physical process.” You will not know exactly what will follow your own Read More
Author: Judy
Emotions While Serving the Dying
On our last webinar, February 11, we answered the following question: What is the best way to “keep it together” while serving a dying person? How do you not let your emotions get in the way? Answer: You don’t necessarily need to “keep it together” at all. Please realize that both you and the dying Read More
Faith and the Dying Person
Question: What do we do if the dying person has no faith in God or anything else? Answer: Basically, we avoid trying to convince the person to become an instant believer. Instead, we try to find out what, if not God or other religious symbols, moves the dying person beyond him or herself into a Read More
Denial and the Death Process
On our last webinar, February 11, we answered the following question: I have a friend who is clearly in the dying process. She has cancer and has been getting progressively weaker despite all sorts of treatments. But she refuses to consider that she will not recover. How can I break through her denial? Answer: The Read More
What does “entering into retreat mode” mean?
Question: What does it mean to enter into retreat mode, as it says in the Death and Dying Check List? Answer: Avatar Adi Da has said that if someone is dying and their condition is clearly terminal, they should use their time intensively for real preparation and not just be busy being socially and conventionally Read More