Easy Death: Spiritual Wisdom on the Ultimate Transcending of Death and Everything Else
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In 1983, the first edition of Easy Death appeared to wide acclaim. Many people in the professions associated with death and dying expressed their immense appreciation, and the book was hailed by death-and-dying pioneer Elizabeth Kübler-Ross as a “masterpiece.” The second edition of the book was published in 1991, bringing together more of Avatar Adi Da’s remarkable Wisdom about death given in the years since the first edition. As Adi Da Samraj essentially retired from active verbal Instruction in April 2000, this third edition of Easy Death stands as a summary communication of His Teaching on matters of life and death. The contents of this new edition draw from both previous editions, from new Talks and Writings, and from the remarkable stories of Avatar Adi Da’s Spiritual Work with the living and the dying that has continued without cease since the second edition. The volume also contains several excerpts from Avatar Adi Da’s principal “Source-Text,” The Dawn Horse Testament Of The Ruchira Avatar, on the question of death. And perhaps the most significant additions to the third edition are the sections describing Avatar Adi Da’s own direct “consideration” and experience relative of the esoteric process of death and Realization. If you are open to the Blessing that flows through the pages of Easy Death, you will find yourself drawn into a heart-conversation as alive and intimate as any secret exchange between Guru and disciple in ancient times. –from the Editor’s Preface to the Third Edition Review: KNOWLEDGE OF DEATH AS REAL KNOWLEDGE FOR THE LIVING - Perhaps the prospect of having an easy death might be appealing to someone casually curious, but just to get a glimpse of that possibility in this book, one would have to turn one’s attention directly to death itself and truly accept death as the inevitable outcome of life and consider that fact before approaching what an “easy death” might entail. That is a lot for any book to ask of a reader. This is not a philosophy book. We as a culture do everything we can to avoid death, indeed, not even to think about it, except during illness, or in movies or TV dramas. Of course, movie deaths are not real deaths, are they? Not like a family member or a friend, or a beloved public figure. Collectively we treat death as the ultimate enemy, which our medical system, on our behalf, unabashedly seeks to conquer, and we are rightfully skeptical about any discussion that claims to know what death is beyond the obvious—it is the ultimate mystery of human existence. It is clear that some reviewers of Easy Death have been turned off by Adi Da Samraj as a guru having devotees, to whom he is addressing much of what is said here. But truly, all one needs to know about Adi Da Samraj, without being part of the group, one can learn by engaging just a few of the astonishing statements he makes in this book. The short chapter, “The Truth About Death” (pp. 14-16) would be a quick entryway into the book’s major themes, or just click on “Look Inside” and read through the Table of Contents, or some of the sample passages, which are rich with subtle implications that might take a moment or two to fully absorb. About my sense of Adi Da specifically, I will just say this: When I read this book the first time, I got the irrefutable sense that the stark and terrible boundary that separates life from death for all human beings simply does not exist in him, however that may be. It isn’t just that he knows more information from somewhere, perhaps from the voluminous esoteric teachings about death and other dimensions of existence; no, he is a different kind of being than the rest of us. That’s what it feels like to me. If one gets that realization alone, directly, without signing up to join anything, and gets nothing else when this reading this book—that just might be a startling, possibly life-changing revelation. Now, try this passages for a few moments of in-depth consideration about what an “easy death” might be like: "You should fully consent to die at the moment of death, and so be released toward what is new and awaiting you (above and beyond the “realities” of the present body-mind). Your ability to do this will be either enhanced or limited to the same degree that you are able to surrender while alive in the Divine Love-Bliss-Consciousness That Is Real God. Therefore, in order for death to be an ecstatic transition for you, you must not only study and prepare for the specific and terminal process of death itself, but (while alive) you must also devote yourself to an ecstatic (or ego-transcending) way of life." (p 16). Reading Easy Death is not about getting a special kind of information for the mind to process and for the heart to find its ease. It is about preparing the reader for a deep down acceptance of the human condition and the futility of searching in the manifold varieties of sensory, intellectual, emotional, and even aesthetic experiences, not to mention tribal associations, in order to find relief for the heart’s fear of what it faces. The sense of being awake to death as the ultimate frontier is here. The dilemma which human beings face in their little worlds scratching in the dirt is here. And finally, there is in Easy Death a stream of profundity, and of truth, and indeed of hope, that comes into the psyche, the part which is not the thinking mind, from some otherwhere in existence. If we have courage enough to stand alert to its presence, and with enough exposure to these pages, that stream of living knowledge about death just may fade the boundary between the life we can only pretend is real, and the astonishing recognition of Existence itself as it is, Consciousness itself as it is, Reality itself as it is. Review: A must read book on death! - The first deaths I experienced were those of my grandparents. At 11 years old, I felt a blanket of solemn sadness. I heard hushed cries from my mom and her siblings, out of sight from us kids. We were to be shielded. All I knew was that I’d never see my grandparents again, I hoped they were in heaven and that I didn’t want to die myself and disappear. 8 years later, the death of my 2 year younger brother in a Labor Day drowning accident upended my denial of reality and mortality. The question became, how to live with the death of loved ones and my own impending death? Easy Death answered these questions, and the most fundamental questions: how to live and how to die! Like many, I suffered the illusion that death was a terminal event, rather than a process to be cooperated with. Death is natural and not to be feared irrationally. This fear of death is based on a misapprehension of Reality, as Avatar Adi Da Samraj teaches and reveals. Our true nature is Consciousness, One, Eternal. In Easy Death, I learned about the process of death and how it can be used as a tool of spiritual growth. Anyone reading Easy Death with an open mind and heart, discernment, will be gifted with the imploding of the fear of death. A profound gift! Avatar Adi Da Samraj, in Easy Death, discusses with profound spiritual wisdom and insight, the afterlife, immortality, how to die with freedom. The freedom that comes from true understanding of life and death. “Reality Intelligence” as Adi Da terms it. In Easy Death, Avatar Adi Da Samraj, makes the argument for the necessity of, the pricelessness of, having a Spiritual Master or Guru to help navigate the stream of life and death, and What, comes afterwards. Having come to this book with an ignorance and deep fear of death, I have been equipped to face death and serve my loved ones in the midst of inconsolable grief. For one who would live life to the fullest, and face death heroically, Easy Death is your guide.
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J**Z
KNOWLEDGE OF DEATH AS REAL KNOWLEDGE FOR THE LIVING
Perhaps the prospect of having an easy death might be appealing to someone casually curious, but just to get a glimpse of that possibility in this book, one would have to turn one’s attention directly to death itself and truly accept death as the inevitable outcome of life and consider that fact before approaching what an “easy death” might entail. That is a lot for any book to ask of a reader. This is not a philosophy book. We as a culture do everything we can to avoid death, indeed, not even to think about it, except during illness, or in movies or TV dramas. Of course, movie deaths are not real deaths, are they? Not like a family member or a friend, or a beloved public figure. Collectively we treat death as the ultimate enemy, which our medical system, on our behalf, unabashedly seeks to conquer, and we are rightfully skeptical about any discussion that claims to know what death is beyond the obvious—it is the ultimate mystery of human existence. It is clear that some reviewers of Easy Death have been turned off by Adi Da Samraj as a guru having devotees, to whom he is addressing much of what is said here. But truly, all one needs to know about Adi Da Samraj, without being part of the group, one can learn by engaging just a few of the astonishing statements he makes in this book. The short chapter, “The Truth About Death” (pp. 14-16) would be a quick entryway into the book’s major themes, or just click on “Look Inside” and read through the Table of Contents, or some of the sample passages, which are rich with subtle implications that might take a moment or two to fully absorb. About my sense of Adi Da specifically, I will just say this: When I read this book the first time, I got the irrefutable sense that the stark and terrible boundary that separates life from death for all human beings simply does not exist in him, however that may be. It isn’t just that he knows more information from somewhere, perhaps from the voluminous esoteric teachings about death and other dimensions of existence; no, he is a different kind of being than the rest of us. That’s what it feels like to me. If one gets that realization alone, directly, without signing up to join anything, and gets nothing else when this reading this book—that just might be a startling, possibly life-changing revelation. Now, try this passages for a few moments of in-depth consideration about what an “easy death” might be like: "You should fully consent to die at the moment of death, and so be released toward what is new and awaiting you (above and beyond the “realities” of the present body-mind). Your ability to do this will be either enhanced or limited to the same degree that you are able to surrender while alive in the Divine Love-Bliss-Consciousness That Is Real God. Therefore, in order for death to be an ecstatic transition for you, you must not only study and prepare for the specific and terminal process of death itself, but (while alive) you must also devote yourself to an ecstatic (or ego-transcending) way of life." (p 16). Reading Easy Death is not about getting a special kind of information for the mind to process and for the heart to find its ease. It is about preparing the reader for a deep down acceptance of the human condition and the futility of searching in the manifold varieties of sensory, intellectual, emotional, and even aesthetic experiences, not to mention tribal associations, in order to find relief for the heart’s fear of what it faces. The sense of being awake to death as the ultimate frontier is here. The dilemma which human beings face in their little worlds scratching in the dirt is here. And finally, there is in Easy Death a stream of profundity, and of truth, and indeed of hope, that comes into the psyche, the part which is not the thinking mind, from some otherwhere in existence. If we have courage enough to stand alert to its presence, and with enough exposure to these pages, that stream of living knowledge about death just may fade the boundary between the life we can only pretend is real, and the astonishing recognition of Existence itself as it is, Consciousness itself as it is, Reality itself as it is.
W**S
A must read book on death!
The first deaths I experienced were those of my grandparents. At 11 years old, I felt a blanket of solemn sadness. I heard hushed cries from my mom and her siblings, out of sight from us kids. We were to be shielded. All I knew was that I’d never see my grandparents again, I hoped they were in heaven and that I didn’t want to die myself and disappear. 8 years later, the death of my 2 year younger brother in a Labor Day drowning accident upended my denial of reality and mortality. The question became, how to live with the death of loved ones and my own impending death? Easy Death answered these questions, and the most fundamental questions: how to live and how to die! Like many, I suffered the illusion that death was a terminal event, rather than a process to be cooperated with. Death is natural and not to be feared irrationally. This fear of death is based on a misapprehension of Reality, as Avatar Adi Da Samraj teaches and reveals. Our true nature is Consciousness, One, Eternal. In Easy Death, I learned about the process of death and how it can be used as a tool of spiritual growth. Anyone reading Easy Death with an open mind and heart, discernment, will be gifted with the imploding of the fear of death. A profound gift! Avatar Adi Da Samraj, in Easy Death, discusses with profound spiritual wisdom and insight, the afterlife, immortality, how to die with freedom. The freedom that comes from true understanding of life and death. “Reality Intelligence” as Adi Da terms it. In Easy Death, Avatar Adi Da Samraj, makes the argument for the necessity of, the pricelessness of, having a Spiritual Master or Guru to help navigate the stream of life and death, and What, comes afterwards. Having come to this book with an ignorance and deep fear of death, I have been equipped to face death and serve my loved ones in the midst of inconsolable grief. For one who would live life to the fullest, and face death heroically, Easy Death is your guide.
P**L
So useful to serve someone's death
I recently served my mother's death transition using this book. The experience was profound and I felt that it served both of us greatly. I was able to tell her everything I needed to so she could feel free to let go and it helped me to be able to release her onto her journey. I'm so grateful for the wisdom in this book. Even if you don't agree with or understand all of the essays or believe in all the statements, I think this book offers a unique perspective not found anywhere else. Reading Easy Death book and looking back at the profound process we participated in is such a Gift. It frees one up to be able to release someone and it releases the dying person to move on in their journey. Without this, one is either consoling themselves or just coping with their grief or transferring their attachment to someone or something else without any knowledge of the Greater Process - which I believe is necessary for any true sanity in life or death. Take what you can make use of, and leave the rest. See what holds true in your own experience. Try to be open to the ideas and try it out yourself. See if it helps. If you already have your own strong religious belief system, then perhaps this isn't the best book for you. If you can remain open to the wisdom and spiritual guidance the book offers then so be it. You can read excerpts of the book at the Easy Death book website - this may help you decide. Peace to each of you on your journey through life, death and beyond.
K**R
Profound!
This book is a living Transmission. Every sentence, word, letter is filled with Fiery consciousness - force that truly takes one into the Heart of the "Bright". A true gem that explores Death as a way of living and loving Life. A spiritual guidance to die willingly and consciously to that which never dies and is always already the case! Reading through the essays of Avatar Adi Da I'm Profoundly touched!!!
M**A
No one gets out of this world alive
Although we are often reluctant to face the fact, death comes to us all. Have you ever wondered about it? Wondered if death means oblivion, or something more like a transformation into a new state of being? Adi Da brings supernal wisdom and great clarity to this topic. Death is *not* annihilation, he assures us. Adi Da describes the death process and what comes after in stunning detail. There is nothing vague or metaphorical about his descriptions. The after-life, reincarnation, ghosts, and much, MUCH more is to be found between the covers of this book. I urge everyone to read it. Even if you think you're not really interested in death, rest assured that death is very interested in you.
D**.
Understanding death and life.
We all wonder who we are, where we come from and where we go when we seem to leave here (wherever here is ). This book contains much wisdom not only about death but about life, of which death is and intimate part. Adi Da Samraj is a genuine enlightened Spiritual Master who explains in detail the actual processes involved that move life and death as well as just how we all fit in it.
C**Y
Life long learner?
I consider myself a relatively simple person. I don't read alot and I'm very picky about the books I read. Even though I'm a well educated individual, I don't consider myself an academic. Rather, I do consider myself a life long learner. Avatar Adi Da Samraj's book, Easy Death, appealed to me immediately because of its title and my consideration of being a life long learner. I expected something completely different from what I gained in reading his book. I'd have to say it's one of the two books of his, I consider my favorite. In the exploration of life and death, this book helps the reader make sense of both. Does life ever really end? Is death the end of life or another facet/phase of life..... as adolescence and an adult's work life are different phases of human life. Try it, I think you'll find it adds vital information to your life if you're a life long learner as I am.
C**N
so I have not felt a great interest in much of it
One particular essay by this author 'The paradox of reincarnation' drew me to this book. I have been influenced by the critique of the author by the writings of William Patrick Patterson "Adi Da Samrfaj: Realised or and Deluded. so I have not felt a great interest in much of it. I have had in the past the opinion that Adi Da was a truly realised being. I now feel that some of his behaviour was not that of such a person. However the above mentioned essay I believe was the as true an accounto the subject as one is likely to find anywhere.
A**O
Enlightens!
Most amazing eye opener Being!
L**N
everybody should read this book
Sublime help from the heart friend Adi Da Samraj
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