"Dying Process"

Until relatively recently stating that death does not end life would have been considered religious doctrine. However, with the maturation of the science of quantum physics we now know that our entire (physical) universe is something of an illusion really... a manifestation of what physicists call "unified consciousness." Albert Einstein stated, "Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one." However, the thoughts of Einstein and his modern-day colleagues are clearly out in front of the consensus. Consensus thinking patterns are rather more mundane.

How we utilize certain words provides clues into what we actually think. Typically, we use the word "life" to reference our body. In view of current cutting-edge science however, we are now faced with the task of shifting our paradigm. The word "life" is no longer synonymous with words like "body" or "biology." It is more scientifically accurate to say that "life" is "consciousness," and it is scientifically demonstrable that consciousness is not necessarily confined to or limited by a body, or even by time and space for that matter. On a practical level, what hospice calls "end of life care" is technically incorrect. It would be accurate to describe hospice's work as "end of body care," but not "end of life care."

It is now evident that biology is a by-product of consciousness and not the other way around. What's more, our entire universe is living. This paradigm shift is no small thing... it is, in fact, a complete reversal of what we have been taught all of our lives. However, the old thinking pattern still predominates... it is still the default, consensus thinking pattern.

Consensus thinking patterns can be changed, but it is a slow process. Right now, as we speak, cutting-edge science has determined that what we have been thinking for the last couple of hundred years or so is flat wrong... yet the general public seems oblivious. For the most part, John & Jane Doe think of these latest scientific pronouncements (if they are aware of them at all) as something rather vague and largely irrelevant to daily existence.

"So reality is an illusion huh? That's nice, but what does it have to do with the price of gasoline?"

When the general public (consensus) finally starts to grasp the significance of what quantum physicists are telling us the consequences will be enormous. We have just a few basic, foundational beliefs. All our other belief systems are constructed on top of these few foundational beliefs. If you change a foundational belief, everything built on top of it will necessarily be affected. Well, don't look now but quantum physicists just changed the foundations of western thought. The long-term effects of this profound change in thinking are difficult to imagine from our current perspective, but it is safe to assume that the effects, whatever they are, will be profound. We do not know where we are going, we only know that we are going there.

Which is a pretty good description of transitions in general (one of which is death.) We do not know where we are going, we only know that we are going there.

Think of it this way... what if you had been present when Ben Franklin flew his kite in a thunderstorm? Do you suppose that glimpse of insight into the wonders of electricity would have filled your head with images of microwave ovens, computer chips and iPhones? Probably not.

The foundations of our world have changed and my books follow this new path. We are consciousness.

It is difficult to grasp what might happen if people stopped thinking of themselves as bodies and started thinking of themselves as consciousness. What would change?

We don't really know... yet. But what we can safely assume is that changes will occur, and they will be significant.

Think of bodies as training wheels. They serve a valuable purpose but at some point we ought to become sufficiently skilled at "living" so as to not need them any more. From this perspective, dying is not a terrible invention of a mischievous God with a twisted sense of humor, it is a transition to bigger and better things. Dying process is not a punishment or a failure, it is life itself, pressing on.

It is quite impossible to understand dying process without first understanding that death does not end life.

Michael Holmes

author: Crossing The Creek et al.

This website is about dying process and has always been about dying process. In fact, it was this website that introduced the term "dying process" back in late 1999 – early 2000. All of the major internet extensions (.com - .net - .org - .biz - .info) with the prefix “dyingprocess” are owned by Michael Holmes, R.N., author of Crossing The Creek, Key Elements Of Transitions and Dying To Know. That is because when Michael Holmes, R.N. registered those extensions, no one else was even interested.
Unfortunately, now that Michael Holmes, R.N. has popularized the term "dying process," some large hospices and medical companies have decided to try and take it over. However, most of them do not even understand what the term (dying process) actually means… but they have sufficiently deep pockets to command higher Google ratings and thus, have managed to create a great deal of confusion for people in need of good information on dying process.
Michael Holmes, R.N. wrote Crossing The Creek in the first place to dispel the pervasive confusion surrounding dying process, but when there is money to be made large companies are seldom inclined to let scruples stand in their way. As Gen. Butler once remarked when referring to an individual with a similar lack of integrity, “He was rarely accused of having principles that went much deeper than self-interest required.”
“Dying process” refers to the comprehensive and distinct series of events surrounding the transition from this physical state to what lies beyond. This process (dying process) is predictable and purposeful. Dying process is NOT (as pretenders would have you believe) just the biological deterioration that precedes the death of a body. That point of view is simplistic and worse, it is harmful to dying people… which includes us all.