Death is never easy, but it is easier than life. Life is difficult. Death is over in a moment; life takes a lifetime to elapse. A lifetime of more dips than peaks, a lifetime of more tears than smiles. Life is difficult! And yet it is death, that brings the pain, the grief, the tears.  Life is Light Is Forever Eternity. That is life! An eternity of Light. Death is but a short pause, in illusion. And yet that short pause is so difficult and painful to go through.

But it is necessary to speak of it today because even one with such high vibrations as this child was unable to withstand ‘death’, and all truth and all knowledge was forgotten when she looked at what she found the ‘ugliness’ of death. And yet it was not ‘death’ that she found difficult. It is ‘life’. She questions ‘why; why such a futile death when life would have been more productive?’ Why? You, like this beloved child see only ONE small tiny piece of the large beautiful picture. And when you look at this picture, all you see is this small fraction that you are able to envision with your physicality. And you forget that this is only a fraction that you see. And that is why ‘Life’ is difficult. If you could see the entire picture, you would see that it is so beautiful. That Light is truly for ever eternal. Then why ‘death’? Why such pain? Sometimes what you consider a futile death is futile when you see only the fraction; it is necessary when you see the beautiful picture in all entirety.

Why is pain so deep and always associated then with death? What pain is this,
that comes up ? Is it pain for the loss of a dear one? Is it pain for a friend whom you will ever see? Is it the pain that you have locked, suppressed over the years which wells up in a small moment of weakness? Or is this pain - the pain of ignorance?  And often it is pain of your own inability to accept what you consider is a loss. There is no loss. Loss signifies the word ‘never’ and you all are wise enough to know that this is not true. Is it true that you will ‘never’ see your loved one again? Is it true that you will never experience the love that you shared? Is it true that you will never find another to take the place of the loved one?  And you know that all these questions are answered with ‘No’. So there is no loss.

And yet there is a very real loss that you feel. And that loss is the loss of a part of your self that will never return. With every death, a small part of ‘illusion’ dies for ever. And it is this pain that you experience. Life is difficult because life means looking at truth. And truth is never easy. And often truth brings with it a compelling need to accept without question. Why? Because not all truths can be understood by the limited capacity of physical consciousness. And so some truths, however hard, must be accepted without question. And when a small part of your illusion is snatched away from you, you must permit the tears to fall. You must permit the anger to be expressed; you must permit the doubts to play in your consciousness. Because it is only through this path of ‘physical reaction’ that you can completely let go of that small part of illusion.

When the tears are suppressed, when the anger is unexpressed, and when the doubts are not voiced, a second experience of the same kind will be even more painful to experience. It is essential to ‘give in’ to human frailties. It is ESSENTIAL. It is when you give in to human frailties, that you give them up and divine strength then has a place to enter into. This little one has not understood this. Human frailties she will not acknowledge and so in moments like this, she will bury that small bit of her illusion and in that burial then, she does not allow that small part of her illusion to die forever. It is only burial. And what is buried WILL ‘unearth’. And so the tears must be shed, the angry words must be spoken. The doubts and questions that come must be asked, however irrelevant and however foolish they may sound to your ears. It is with this expression, when the tears and the anger and the doubt see the light of day that the Light converts them into reality, into the truth of the illusion. And that small bit of illusion is lost. And that place that was occupied by illusion now is occupied by Divinity. But you run, you escape, but how far will you run. Because that which you run away from is ‘with you’.

How many dark alleys will you enter and turn back from, before you realise that death is not chasing you, that it is LIFE that you are escaping from. How many brick walls will you collide with before the knowledge seeps into your consciousness, that it is “Only when I acknowledge the human frailties that I truly acknowledge my divine strength”. You live in a world of illusion and you are learning the ways of truth. But how often, little ones, have we told you never to suppress. Suppression widens the illusion, gives it more and more strength. It is NOT WRONG for you to question the words of Masters when death faces you and you shout and say ‘Why’?  It is not wrong when death faces you, to forget momentarily that there is no death. And to allow the tears, that well up deep within you (that you know are tears for yourself) to allow them to flow. It is not wrong to say ‘I miss a friend’ knowing that your friend is still alive. That is why ‘life’ is difficult. Because you do not allow yourself to live. To live completely as human beings.  Following our guidelines and knowing that truth does NOT mean that you have to force yourself not to live in illusion. At present, that is the only way to know. And the more you force yourself to run away from the illusion that is you, the more and more difficult will life be.

How can anything in this Universe be futile? A young father died today and you call it futile. Futile because you cannot see beyond the small misshapen piece of the puzzle. Go home today and take out the jigsaw puzzle of your children. Remove one misshapen piece of the puzzle and look at it. Does it seem ‘beautiful’? Does it seem complete? It does not. But place it in its right place in the picture and suddenly that small piece begins to look ‘just right’. It begins to make sense. The blue patch in that corner that seemed so useless a dot suddenly becomes the bright blue sky. And that tiny white line that streaks across and almost splits the picture into half, suddenly becomes one feather of the white dove flying in that bright blue sky. But you didn’t know that, did you? You didn’t know that till you put that small piece into the very large picture. It is then that you do not question why.

Yes, there will come a time when each one of you will see clearly the large picture. But till such time as you do, my beloved ones, it is FINE to see the small picture. It is OKAY not to understand. It is OKAY to hate what you see.  But you must see it. Till as long as you do not permit yourself to do that, you will want to hide from that misshapen piece and you will squeeze it tightly in your fist, not wanting to look at it, hoping it will disappear! And maybe for a while you might even fool yourself into believing that it is gone. But one day, when death again knocks, in a fraction, when your self-control has been momentarily loosened, that fist will open up and the piece will fall and you will have to look at that piece again. How many times will you pick up that piece and shut your fist? How many times?

The next time ‘death’ knocks at your door BE HUMAN. CRY ALOUD. SHOUT if you wish. But courageously look at the picture. Don’t close the fist. When that fist is closed, you will have only one hand open with which to accept the love we give you. If you keep that fist open, we have the whole of you to pour our love into. So BE HUMAN. It is not ‘non-spiritual’. It is not unworthy of you. Which wild horse are you trying to restrain by reining in your ‘human-ness’? Yes, you all know that it is illusion.  And in moments such as these, you do what we have repeatedly asked you NOT to do. You fall into a trap of your own ‘warped’ definition of spirituality. But once, just once, let the ‘human-ness’ overpower the intellect and you will find that in a very short time that which was only intellect has converted itself into the true depth of knowledge and in that moment a small part of your illusion has died forever.

Why fight? Death cannot be escaped. And though it is certainly not understood at all times, it comes from somewhere out of the shadows. And without you being prepared to meet this ‘enemy’, you are trapped. And you fall. But you needn’t. Death is the ‘only certainty’ that you will face in your life. Should you fear it? No. Should you accept it? Yes. But should you suppress the pain that you feel because you are human? NO!

When the larger picture is seen, death is easier. But can you see the larger picture? Can you? Then why chase this wild horse? The wild horse is YOU. The only way to tame this wild horse is not by using the whip of self-restraint and control when death faces you. No wild horse can be thus tamed. A whip only makes the horse ‘wilder’.  When a horse is tamed, it is tamed with love, it is tamed with understanding. And very gently when the horse has quietened down on its own, it is only then that the saddle and the reins and the harness are put upon that horse. But you forget that! When a horse is not still, the only way you can still this horse that runs through you, is to do what every trainer knows. Allow the horse to run till it is tired. Don’t stand in its way.

 

Don’t make life more difficult for you than it should be. Find the true meaning of strength. Not weeping is not strength. Not acknowledging pain is not strength. But weeping the tears, drying them, and then allowing the intellect to be converted into truth, that is strength.

So death is difficult. But even more difficult than death is life. And yet you must live it, because YOU ARE LIGHT. You cannot at present, in the dimension that you are, you cannot at present, accept and acknowledge with anything other than only the intellect, the fact that you are eternal. You cannot. And we do not EXPECT you to. Then why did we give you these truths? Because when this misshapen piece of the puzzle has done its task, and when you choose to become another piece of the larger puzzle, the brightness of the colours of this little piece will come with you when you become another piece. And all these colours will one day join and it is then that you will become complete. But till then, it is OKAY TO BE INCOMPLETE. And yet remember in its incompletion, the piece is complete, the picture is not. But Light is forever eternal. So even though you don’t know it, you are already complete but the camera that you have at present does not have such a wide lens. So the eye that looks through the camera only sees that small part.

Life is not easy, little ones. And you CHOSE THIS. But don’t make it even more difficult for yourselves. Be PROUD to say that ‘I am human’. Be proud that you have human frailties. And the more of them you have, the more opportunities you have to become divine strength.   And when death rears its head and this human frailty wishes to scream, SCREAM! Scream and let go.  CRY a little of your illusion away. Question! Always question. If you didn’t question, you would get no answers. Do you have to accept death calmly? If you did, you would not be sitting here. You would have reached that stage when you and the Masters’ knowledge and expanse would be the same.

Why consider yourself unworthy? It is because you consider yourself unworthy that you fear death. If you considered yourself worthy of everything, death would be easy. And when death becomes easy, then life becomes even easier. You ARE eternal. But in your limited consciousness eternity too is limited. You know otherwise here (pointing to the head) and you try hard. You try hard to make this into the saddle and the harness and the reins for the horse. But you are a bad trainer. You are trying to place that upon the horse while it is still running. Allow the horse to exhaust itself. To exhaust itself of all tears. Allow the horse to completely express whatever anger and rage is present. And then that horse in all its vast wisdom will stand still. And then very easily you place the harness upon that horse.

You are going to see more and more of death. Because the souls who live today have opted to return to spirit state early. And if you consider their death futile, be it so. BE IT SO. But when you have spent your tears, know the truth. That very often harsh deaths are a way to meet several karmic resolutions in one swift stroke. And if this human heart does not accept this, force it not. You don’t have to accept all truths. Truths are not going to change into untruths because you do not accept them. So do not accept them, if you do not wish to. But, my beloved ones do not make life more difficult for yourselves. Acknowledge that you ARE HUMAN. We love you because you are human. Do you think the Masters reached to where they were if they hadn’t been where you are? You are just ‘Masters in training’. Don’t be in such a hurry to complete the training! Ask any student, the harder the student tries, the more difficult the examination becomes. You are ‘Masters in training’.  Enjoy the training period, so that Masterhood is then the sweetest fruit that you will ever reap. But do not resist and clench tight your fist; allow yourself to see the misshapen piece. It doesn’t have to make sense. How many times have you said: ‘I don’t understand myself!’ Look at that. That is you. And you don’t need to understand all of it. Let some of it be a mystery. The mystery will only add colours, richer and more vibrant and when death knocks, what has really happened, is that Spirit has taken that one misshapen piece and placed
it in the correct place and made the picture a little more complete.