My Dear Companion on the Way ~
I died some twenty-three years ago. My experience on the other side of death opened my eyes to many things, foremost among them an affirmation that the preceding thirty years’ studies had not been in vain: I did indeed exist without my body.
Although I had not consciously set it out as a life goal, I had, by following some simple and straightforward ways of feeling and thinking, stumbled into immortality.
I was never much drawn to conventional teachings. But during my twenties I did have the good luck to find two teachers, both of whom embodied that last generation fortunate enough to inherit traditions dating back to the time before the world was overgrown by a technological wasteland.
In truth, I address this matter of realizing immortality only because I recognize that the underlying human concern, although often repressed, is the unconscious distress of our mortality. Although spiritually-minded people will often say they do not fear death, it is generally their conscious mind speaking, as the uncertainty of what happens after death continues to haunt their unconscious thoughts, emotions and dreams.
For myself, before I had first-hand experience of the immortal body, I could only trust that others who had had that experience were able to point me to the path of realizing it for myself. I have done my best to convey those teachings I found useful and include them here.
So, I am taking the opportunity to write this little book in the form of an informal letter that might serve as a reminder of the transcendent path of worldly life and the ease and simplicity with which we may travel its full length to our common destination. It does not make for a long book, as the practice is entirely internal and uncomplicated, hearkening back to ancient times. It is my heartfelt desire that you come to find it useful.
