The experience of death is unique and much can be done to prepare for this unavoidable event. Here we present a serious of meditations and approaches related to what can be done when encountering death.

Overcoming Karma at the Time of Death

Dedication to a single thought can change the dying person's karmic destiny in the afterlife

The Luminous Ribbon of Road to the Sun

The "luminous road to the sun" meditation can be a powerful visualization that draws down the spiritual light at the time of death and provides a way to connect to it and move into the spiritual world

Practicing Meditation Repetitively Creates a Strong Memory which may be Accessible in the Bardo

The power of memory can break through the chaos and bring conscious awareness to the Bardo

Meditating on a "Circle of Grace" at the Time of Death

God's grace is like a tidal flow that carries the soul into the world at birth and back to its home in the spiritual worlds at death

Dedication to a single thought can change the dying person's karmic destiny in the afterlife

The Luminous Ribbon of Road to the Sun

The "luminous road to the sun" meditation can be a powerful visualization that draws down the spiritual light at the time of death and provides a way to connect to it and move into the spiritual world

Practicing Meditation Repetitively Creates a Strong Memory which may be Accessible in the Bardo

The power of memory can break through the chaos and bring conscious awareness to the Bardo

Meditating on a "Circle of Grace" at the Time of Death

God's grace is like a tidal flow that carries the soul into the world at birth and back to its home in the spiritual worlds at death

Contemplating The Greatness of Those Encountered in Life Prior to One's Death

Remembering the greatness of those one has met can lead one to fully appreciate the gifts one has received in life prior to death

Music to Die By

Using Harmonious Music to Ease the Transition Into the Afterlife Aides the Individual in the Process of Dying

Many Negative Experiences in the Bardo Arise from the Unconscious Mind

The negative aspects of the Bardo arise when the conscious mind dissolves

Passionate Atheism or Materialism and Its associated Pride Can Limit Opportunities for Learning in the Bardo

Rejecting both offers for help and transcendent experience can be a trap for materialists

The Heaviness of Karma Affects the Soul's Opportunities in the Bardo world

Light karma creates a kind of spiritual buoyancy

The Complexity of Karma

The processing of karma leading to rebirth

Introduction | The Geography of Spiritual Travel | The "Travel" Analogy | Leaving the Body in Spiritual Travel | Spiritual Travel Versus Dreams | Sacred Light | Sacred Sound | Psychic States | Spiritual Travel in Western Religious Scripture | The Self in Spiritual Travel | Returning to the Physical Body | Near-Death Experience | Navigation During Spiritual Travel | Spiritual Matter | Method and Techniques To Induce Spiritual Travel | Shamanism and Spiritual Travel | After-Death Experience | Spiritual Travel as a Rehearsal for Physical Death | Beyond Spiritual Travel | Conclusion