Dealing with the Issue of Death

I would like to start by dealing with the issue of death. Today, an increasing number of people die in hospitals so the issue of death is gradually becoming part of the doctor’s job, but fundamentally, it is clear that there are limits to what medicine can do. The medical criteria of death and what it means remain in a state of flux, and for someone who knows the truth of the spirit world, the arguments of doctors seem trivial in the extreme. I feel that the most important thing does not enter into their discussions at all and they seem to have no understanding of it.

Key Questions of Life: Why are We Born?

Why are people born? Why do we come into this world? These are questions that cannot be answered clearly by modern common knowledge. As we witness debate among the medical circle concerning the definition of death, whether it occurs when the heart stops or when the brain ceases to function, we also witness discussion over when life begins. Can it be said to start biologically when the sperm reaches the egg? Is it when the embryo takes on a human form inside the mother’s womb? When can it be? The origins of life remain hidden behind a haze of ambiguity.

Human Life is Like the Cycle of Seasons

Human beings are born into this world, grow, have children, die, then leave this world. Considering this, one life can be likened to a single leaf. These leaves eventually fall, but only to let new ones appear, and the new leaves will also fall in turn. Just as the leaves fall from the trees, people all die eventually. From the perspective of this world, it may be sad, but death is inevitable. However, what if we look at death from the perspective of the changing seasons on a tree? In autumn the leaves fall to the ground where they rot to create compost that remains in the earth as a source of nutrition. When spring comes again, the trees absorb this nutrition and use it to create buds and new leaves. In this way, the leaves fall to the ground in order to produce new strength the following year.

We are born, grow, get old and die and will be reborn in this world again in a different time. Life is much more enjoyable this way. All things in this world are meant to go through a cycle, developing in the process.

Be Prepared for Your Inevitable Death

One day, death will come suddenly. On average, people live for about eighty years, but there is a large discrepancy depending on the individual. You never know when you may have to return to the other world. This is why you need to live your life in such a way that when you die, you will be able to say, “My life was of some help to people and the world. I want to do even better next time.” This is the way in which you must think.

The Journey to the Other Side

If they are Japanese, then the first barrier they are faced with is the famous River Styx. People who live in areas where there are no rivers do not have to cross a river after death. For instance, Native Americans are confronted with a swamp, but no river. You may be faced with mountains, lakes or even the sea. When crossing the river, some people wade through the water, while others float over the surface of the water. Sometimes a bridge may appear in front of the person and they are able to cross over that bridge. Different methods are employed for different people. So when a good person approaches the river, a bridge will appear or they will be able to float over the surface of the water, but if a bad person wants to cross, they will have to wade through the water. At the bottom of the river they will see people’s business cards, name tags, money, all kinds of things to which the people who had crossed the river before them had attachment to. They continue to the far bank where they are met by people who died before them. As I mentioned before, in most cases these will be their old school teachers, their grandfather or grandmother, their great grandfather or great grandmother, any children who may have died before them, or their brothers and sisters. Upon meeting, these people say, “Welcome, we have come to guide you.”

Separation from the Physical Body: The Silver Cord

It is when a person crosses the River Styx that the ‘silver cord’ breaks. The mortal body and the spiritual body are connected to each other by a silver cord that comes out of the back of the head and as a person crosses the River Styx, this breaks and falls away. Their consciousness is separated from their body and when this happens, quite a few people experience it as traveling through a dome of light. It can be said to be like passing through a tunnel and then suddenly emerging into the light.

Your Life Review: The Mirror of Truth

Ordinary people go to a place that lies between Heaven and Hell, a sort of extension of this world, where they stay while the record of their thoughts and deeds in life is tallied up. While they are there, they are able to see their past displayed on a screen. When I say screen, I am simply adopting the modern terminology. The word ‘screen’ did not exist in this context until the invention of the cinema or television. In olden times it was referred to as a mirror that shows past deeds. This mirror has the power to show all the evil, all the bad things that a person did while they were alive.

It shows all the main events in the person’s life, each of the turning points. It is like looking at slideshow of their life. It covers everything from the time they were born: their infancy, elementary school, junior high school, university, their graduation, marriage, and jobs, it shows divorce, bankruptcy, their children’s growth and their death, all kinds of things. After the person has seen their entire past, the next step is to decide where they deserve to be placed in the next world.

Live a Wonderful Life with No Regrets

No matter what their situation in this world, be they powerful, clever, rich, beautiful, plain, old or young, when they leave this world, everybody is treated equally under the certain given conditions. This is what is known of as ‘equality in the face of death’ and everything is exposed in the ‘Mirror of Truth’. Considered in this light, I think that it would be best if you were to live the kind of life in this world that you never feel ashamed of.