A THUMBNAIL SKETCH OF LIFE AND DEATH

The following is a question asked by a Study Group Member: "Please elaborate on the relationship between a soul and its human self. You have said that we do not need to worry about dying because we are eternal souls. But, I think you have also said that the human personality self, the personality matrix, is self aware for a short time after death, and then merges back into the soul. So, really it would seem that the human personality self does end. Would you please clarify this?"

The Guides' Answer (through Ron Scolastico, Ph.D.):

"If you can understand what we will show you, then all fear of death will vanish .
    The human personality self could be likened to your left thumb as you are sitting in a cathedral where there is beautiful architecture, and colored glass, and holy sounds being made by a choir. If you turned your attention fully to your thumb, you would not notice any of that. You would only notice your thumb.
    As a soul, you are sitting in a cathedral of eternal love, and perfection, and creativity, and beauty, and goodness. And, a certain part of your attention is focusing on your thumb. In other words, what you experience as you-as-a-human is a small portion of the attention, or the awareness, of you-as-an-eternal soul. The rest of the awareness of you-as-an-eternal-soul is blocked out from your human awareness.
    When your body makes death, that 'sliver' of soul consciousness that has been focusing on its thumb is turned back to the full attention in the cathedral. What you experience as you simply stops being small, and it becomes large. It does not vanish. So, your human self does not vanish. It simply wakes up to its existence as an eternal soul. Nothing is lost."