Death is something that we all fear and yet can’t escape it. There is no one in the world who wants to die but still death is the common destination that we all share. Because of uncertainty surrounding it, the subject of death evokes fear, avoidance, and superstition in people’s mind. However in complete contrast to these feelings of fear , the ancient Yogi’s & Saints were totally above it. As a result of this, there has been a deep curiosity among scientists to know more about the dying process, especially the one experienced by Yogi’s because to understand the dying process, we must first understand who is undergoing the experience. It is said that before death, Yogi’s get to know that their time has come. Such awareness gives one the opportunity to finish off all remaining attachments so that nothing can pull the mind back to the world at this delicate moment when the soul comes out of body. Stabilized in soul-consciousness and in the loveful remembrance of Almighty Supreme, the Yogi feels numbness starting at the toes & then soul rises toward the forehead.
There is the feeling of burning up the final remaining karmic accounts & the soul which is completely detached, experiences neither physical pain nor emotional confusion and just flies out from the forehead to the angelic regions. There, the purified soul comes face to face with Supreme Almighty in His form of effulgent light. But! what about those who have no access to such preparation or who are not so elevated or spiritually aware? Such a person would have a different experience altogether. The moment he/she realizes that my time is up, a collage of images consisting relatives, friends, unfinished business, unfulfilled desires, a vision of the entire life of actions, good and bad comes before his/her mind’s eye . There is often a feeling of confusion or regret, and in such an unstable state the soul comes out from the body. Hence, the more one understands the process from a spiritual perspective, the easier it is to prepare self.
