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Chapter 12
The Distance Makes the Difference
3 August 1970 pm in Bombay, India
Question 1
IN ORDER FOR ONE TO STAY AWAKE AT THE TIME OF DEATH, OR IN ORDER FOR ONE TO SUCCESSFULLY EXPERIENCE A CONSCIOUS DEATH IN MEDITATION, PLEASE EXPLAIN IN DETAIL HOW A SEEKER SHOULD WORK ON THE FOLLOWING: THE BODY SYSTEM, THE BREATHING SYSTEM, THE STATE OF BREATHING, THE STATE OF ONES BEING, CELIBACY, THE STATE OF ONES MIND.
Before one can remain conscious in the moment of death, first one needs to prepare to stay conscious in pain and suffering.
Ordinarily, it is not possible for one who becomes unconscious even in misery to stay awake at the time of death.
One needs to understand what it means to become unconscious when in misery.
That will make one understand what it means to be conscious in misery too.
Becoming unconscious when one is in misery means one has identified oneself with the misery.
When you have a headache, you dont feel any distance between the headache and yourself; you dont remain just a distant watcher.
Rather, you feel as if you are in pain.
When you have a fever, it doesnt feel as though the body is hot, somewhere at a distance from you, instead you feel as if you have become hot.
This is identification.
When your foot is hurt and wounded, you dont feel just the affected foot; rather, you feel as if you are hurt and wounded.