WHEN I DIED

 

WHEN I DIED, MY PHYSICAL BODY DISAPPEARED. A LITTLE BIT LATER MY NON-PHYSICAL BODY DISAPPEARED. I REALIZED I WAS CONSCIOUS, COULD THINK, WAS AWARE, BUT THERE WAS NOTHING HAPPENING, GOING ON, AND NO VISUALS OR SOUNDS, JUST THE STILLNESS OF SILENCE. I SUPPOSE THERE WAS NOTHING BECAUSE I WAS NOT THINKING OF SOMETHING.

AS I LUXURIATED IN THE STILLNESS OF SILENCE I REALIZED ITS PLEASANTNESS, AND ALSO REALIZED THAT IF I CHOSE TO LEAVE THE STILLNESS OF SILENCE I WOULD BE INVOLVED IN WHATEVER I IMAGINED. I KNEW I COULD IMAGINE ANYTHING I WAS CAPABLE OF IMAGINING FROM MY PAST MEMORIES. I COULD EVEN JOSTLE THOSE MEMORIES TO FORM OTHER IMAGES AND EXPERIENCES AT WILL. I COULD IMAGINE WHAT I COULD IMAGINE.

REALIZING I COULD DO WHATEVER I COULD DO WITH MY INTELLIGENCE, CONSCIOUSNESS AND WILL POWER, I CHECKED TO SEE WHAT I MIGHT WANT TO EXPERIENCE, AND FOR NOW, I HAD NO PARTICULAR WANTS, BUT RATHER, JUST ENJOYED THE PLEASANTNESS OF THE STILLNESS OF SILENCE.

WITHOUT A BODY AND ITS NEEDS, AND WITHOUT A BODY’S MENTAL DEMANDS, AND WITHOUT A BODY’S MIND AND EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENTS, I WAS FREE.