The Truth About Dying Process

by Michael Holmes, RN

According to consensus and dictionary definition, dying process portends the "end of life."  According to physicists however, this is not correct.

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, RN

author: Crossing The Creek et al.