Greetings, and “The Other Side”

First of all, hello. I haven’t blogged in a while, namely because I’ve been working on the book. Also, I’ve reverted to the free site on Wix. https://deseitz09.wixsite.com/the-deeper-self is the site location.

I’ve had a difficult weekend. I dreamt of my grandmother Friday morning. She seemed nervous to see me, and she gave me a gift. It was great to see her, but I got the sense that she was sad, because she was finally leaving this world. I could tell that she was stressed over “final judgment,“ which brings me to the purpose for this blog post. Let’s not fear eternity. The longer we tarry and cling to this world, the harder it becomes to finally let it go. This is not to say to leave this world before your time, but when you’re on the other side transition quickly. Accept your karma, and move on.

I know, from periods of deep meditation, that this is not our only go-around. And it’s highly likely that we’ve had many beforehand. You don’t have to get it all right now. So when you transition, leave it up to Divine Providence, and fear not. My grandmother died 15 years ago, and I knew that she was still with us. I did not, however, know that she was holding onto this mortal life, especially out of fear. She was an angel to me, but even good people do bad things. She must’ve had some rough times that I never knew of. I guess, the unknown is sometimes scarier than just staying stuck.

Some religious doctrines can have us afraid, instead of joyful. We have to be careful. If a teaching or a doctrine makes us afraid, feel shamed, or unworthy, it’s surely true that it was not instituted by loving kindness. I assure you, the angels, and the Divine, are full of loving kindness. Fear is a tool of evil; do your best to ignore it.

The Tao is sometimes called “an unknown within an unknown.” In Taoism, we return to this “unknown” after death. This can be frightening if we don’t have the experience of Divine kindness beforehand. This is why I preach meditation, or silent prayer, so often. If we don’t ever touch that kindness, we won’t have the faith necessary to take that next step. Whether you’re a Buddhist, a Christian, or something else, it’s important to practice silence and stillness to enable yourself to let go. If God is living through us, then how can we truly perish? God makes us life and being itself. To me the only way to truly perish, is to choose death over and over and over again. When we take steps to better our lives, we are choosing life. A good tool for choosing life is what I call taking “Zen moments.“ you can do this in just a few moments of breathing. Recenter yourself in peace and kindness, it’s a great way to find the depth of you, and to know your true nature.

Peace, kindness, and patience, my friends…