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Theo. \u2013 How is it that you have never been afraid of death?<\/p>\n

The Elder \u2013 I don’t know. It was just the way I felt.<\/p>\n

Theo. \u2013 You must have thought about it, though?<\/p>\n

The Elder \u2013 For me, death is a fact, just like the fact that God exists. I believe it. It is by no means to my credit. You could as well ask me: “Do you believe oxygen exists?”<\/p>\n

Theo. \u2013 It is all a question of Faith then, isn’t it?<\/p>\n

The Elder \u2013 It not even that. It is just a fact; it is obvious.<\/p>\n

Theo. \u2013 Then why do you have to seek the Divine? What does your lifelong quest for God mean then?<\/p>\n

The Elder \u2013 Today, I’d rather say that God was looking for His own Self, and that He found It back.<\/p>\n

Theo. \u2013 Don’t you find it strange?<\/p>\n

The Elder \u2013 It is. But how could I explain it? God is Self-seeking in each one of His creatures, and He is bound to find His Self back.<\/p>\n

Theo. \u2013 There is nothing special there, then, isn’t there?<\/p>\n

The Elder \u2013 It is an all-pervasive divine process.<\/p>\n

Theo. \u2013 And what does His creature feel once He found Himself within it?<\/p>\n

The Elder \u2013 It is like a supernova explosion, though there is no exploding. Only an eternal Silence remains, which holds all life and bliss.<\/p>\n

Theo. \u2013 Is it the ‘All-Nothing’, the Infinite Zero you evoke time and time again?<\/p>\n

The Elder \u2013 There are no proper words to describe it. Let’s resort to our usual process, if you please.<\/p>\n

Immediately, Theo put himself in a position to receive by quietly closing his eyes. As his breathing calmed down, he plunged into meditation under the soothing guidance of the Elder’s soft voice:<\/p>\n

Imagine the supernova is happily exploding within your self … Silence\u00a0<\/em>\u2026<\/span>
\nRemove it … Silence …
\n<\/em>It remains the simple Presence … Silence …<\/em><\/span>
\nRemove the Presence and the sweet bliss it generates … Silence …
\n<\/em>What is left could be your so-called Infinite Zero …<\/span>
\nRemove it too… Silence …<\/em><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

This is the most sensuous perception of God a human being can have.<\/p>\n

After a moment of silence, Theo asked:
\n\u2013 So, we can erase the Infinite, just like that!<\/p>\n

The Elder (amused<\/em>):
\n\u2013 We certainly can!<\/p>\n

Theo. \u2013 Now let’s come back to the Death issue. What was your response when you had to face such a possibility in 2007? Hearing of your disease and of your possible ensuing death must have been a real shock for you.<\/p>\n

The Elder \u2013 It made no difference to me, do not doubt it. When my doctor and friend announced the diagnosis, I just thought: “Well! I probably won’t see my sixtieth birthday”. But within me, it was all perfectly balanced. I didn’t mind being either here or beyond. I enjoyed being with my family down here, but the brighter world was also ‘my home’. Sooner or later, we have to die, which comes as no surprise. Then, why shouldn’t we integrate the fact and live a full life, while realizing our destiny?<\/p>\n

Theo. \u2013 I can’t understand very well what you really mean.<\/p>\n

The Elder \u2013 When you live through your soul, the atman<\/em>, death is no longer the matter. You just contemplate the end of the precious vehicle your shining soul had borrowed for a while.<\/p>\n

Theo. \u2013 Aren’t you attached to life?<\/p>\n

The Elder \u2013 I like life very much, and I appreciate it all the more as I have danced with death for a moment. Life is a precious gift God bestows on a human being for him or her to realize fantastic deeds.<\/p>\n

Theo. \u2013 What happens later, in the other dimensions?<\/p>\n

The Elder \u2013 You’ll see for yourself when the time has come.<\/p>\n

Then the Elder kept quiet for a long moment. Theo knew it was best not to insist further and he decided to approach the topic in a different manner:
\n\u2013 What should I do in order to no longer be afraid of death?<\/p>\n

The Elder \u2013 Know yourself, discriminate what is ephemeral, bound to personality, and bear no attachment to it. Identify yourself to what belongs to your eternity, which is in fact the being’s permanent reality.<\/p>\n

Theo. \u2013 What we call Atman, I guess?<\/p>\n

The Elder \u2013 Exactly! You pay your soul a visit every time you meditate deep into your heart. You only have to sustain that condition, to raise it to the surface of your being and live your daily life with intensity.<\/p>\n

Theo. \u2013 Then why are people afraid of death?<\/p>\n

The Elder \u2013 It’s a natural fear. It is due to the survival instinct which is included in the program all mammals have inherited. It is the same thing for our natural instinct to protect the smaller ones, who are so fragile and fall easy prey to their predators.<\/p>\n

Theo. \u2013 Do you mean that the Prakriti <\/em>(Nature)’s laws are responsible for that fear? So, Nature has not made life easy for us, has it?<\/p>\n

The Elder \u2013 For human beings only, because it is not the case for animals. Gazelles, for instance, are on the lookout only when the lion is hunting. Then they know that their lives are at risk, and fear bids them to make a start and have a chance to escape. But the rest of the time, they just graze quietly a few metres away from their predator. They know. Animals will fully live their lives in the present moment, whereas men tend to be trapped in their past lives and constantly plan for the future.<\/p>\n

Theo. \u2013 They forget the present. Is that the reason why we meditate? Is it to fully live and savour the moment?<\/p>\n

The Elder \u2013 The eternal present, which gives you access to the inner Infinite and to a sublime Love.<\/p>\n

Theo. \u2013 Then, could we say that man has corrupted his own self?<\/p>\n

The Elder \u2013 I’d rather see it differently; let’s say that man has been endowed with consciousness. Primitive human beings first developed a consciousness of themselves in order to satisfy their basic needs. Then, they became able to conceptualize life, their lives. So they became aware of their capacities, which would soon \u2013 or sometimes much too late \u2013 lead them to reaching a higher consciousness.<\/p>\n

Theo. \u2013 But man is also the first of all predators down here!<\/p>\n

The Elder \u2013 The problem is not his being a predator; the problem raised is that man disturbs the Nature’s balance and harmony. Human beings are not properly attuned with either Nature or with their own natures.<\/p>\n

Theo. \u2013 What are the consequences?<\/p>\n

The Elder \u2013 Destruction and misery for themselves and for their environment.<\/p>\n

Theo. \u2013 Hence the need for ecology.<\/p>\n

The Elder \u2013 Ecology is a first step.\u00a0 But above all we should develop an inner ecology and gain access to a higher level of consciousness.<\/p>\n

Theo. \u2013 Animists and Shamans are in tune with Nature. Whenever they have to take an animal’s life, they do it as if they were making a sacrifice and they thank the sacrificed animal for the gift of its life. They kill only for the sake of eating.<\/p>\n

Theo. \u2013 Men have forgotten a lot. Their frantic egocentricity has cut them off from Nature’s higher powers, as well as from other elemental powers.<\/p>\n

Theo. \u2013 Do you mean the Devas, the Elves and any other spirits present in Nature?<\/p>\n

The Elder \u2013 I particularly think of the so-called cosmic higher forces ruling this universe, but I won’t give them any name.<\/p>\n

Theo. \u2013 Do you think of the angelic hierarchies, of the Masters or of the Devas?<\/p>\n

The Elder \u2013 That’s the way they can also be called.<\/p>\n

Theo. \u2013 Then why Did God have to create a world such as ours?<\/p>\n

The Elder \u2013 God has created a world for us, for the best of our abilities, and He has endowed us with a free will. What you see is what we have done with that world, a world that can be turned into either hell or paradise. It all depends on us.<\/p>\n

Theo. \u2013 What is man lacking?<\/p>\n

The Elder \u2013 Awareness of the heart. If only ten per cent, or even one per cent of the human population were aware of their hearts, the Earth would be quite different.<\/p>\n

Hearing his mentor’s statement made Theophile the Younger remain pensive and silent:
\n\u2013\u00a0So, we have to pray for humankind to awaken and finally become Love, he whispered woefully.<\/p>\n

\u2013 It will come. God is infinitely patient, the old sage said to reassure him.<\/p>\n

Theophile the Elder
\nAn excerpt from Dialogs with Theophile the Elder<\/em>
\nTheophile the Younger’s Initiation<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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