Abraham says that our pets have a shorter lifespan than we do, so it is inevitable that they will often die before we do, and that the death of a loved one, and a beloved fur faced family member is surely a loved one!, is the most likely time for us to get to know who we all REALLY are - eternal and infinite consciousness that is sometimes also focused in the physical.Here's an excerpt from this much longer quote below...But, you see, there is really not much value if someone dies and you suffer deeply, and then you move through time, and as you just get more distance between the tragedy of their death and where you now stand you feel better. Because then the next time you turn around, somebody else is going to die and you have to go through the same horrible experience all over again. The only remedy to this is the acceptance that there is not death. Q: I was just recently listening to a tape, and you were talking about - the lady had said that she had a cat for, like, nine years, and that she always wanted a different kind of, like, a rusty-colored kitten. So she got a kitten, and shortly after that her cat that was nine years old went and ran in front of a car and got hit, and she was feeling like the cat had committed suicide, and you made a statement that there is no suicide....Abe: Well, actually what we said is [all deaths are]....Q: That's right, [all deaths are] suicide. That's right, that's right.Abe: All death is that because everything is self-created.Q: Okay. Well, I had a question - I recently got married and my brother-in-law, he passed away at 39 years old very unexpectedly and two days after Thanksgiving. And it was just a shock to everybody. That day he was going to a concert with his girlfriend, they were going out to dinner. (Very choked up.) He was very happy, talked to everybody. And then he was gone.Abe: Well, not really.Q: Well, yeah. So, you know, I'm part of the family but I'm new to the family, so it's been hard for me to watch everybody else in the family, [and] my wife, deal with it. And I was just wondering, like, I really believe that he is in a better pl-, you know, he chose that, and that he's up there. And actually when I was out running one morning I had a conversation with him (choked up again) and he told me to tell them a few things, and I felt a little resistant at first, but I did tell the parents what he had said, you know, "Don't worry, everything's okay." And it was really some things that he would have said, so I know I was connected to it. And I guess my question is, is there anything I can do to help them with this? Abe: There are so many things that we're wanting to give you around this subject. We're going to go right to the heart of it because we think you're ready for it, and that is: you still believe that death is a bad thing. It feels like something that shouldn't have happened and something that if there had been any way that we could have prevented it we would have, and something that has gone wrong. And part of the reason that powerful teachers that are in conscious concert with others like you, who are other powerful teachers - in other words, the reason that someone this young and this vital does something like that is to assist all of you in understanding that there *is not death*.There are a number of things - it's hard for you to hear, but we're going to really go after this because we think if anyone will hear it you will. We can feel the intensity of your desire and yet you're not in a place of such closeness to it that you can't hear what we're saying. ...physical beings have treated the subject of death as something not wanted and something inappropriate for so long, and yet you have yourselves in an impossible [position] - this is something every single one of you are going to experience. How do you stand pushing so hard against something that is so inevitable? Do you feel the absurdity of that? And the best way that we can... [help you] hear this maybe in a different way is to say to you: in this Universe that has at this basis only well-being, how could something as abhorrent as you think death is even exist...? And what it is, all that what you call death is, is your ultimate pinching yourself off from Source. In other words, it's sort of like every bad dream you've ever had, every negative thought you've ever had, every reason that you've ever used as your excuse to not allow energy to flow in this moment sort of culminates into the great subject that you all call death. That's how big and bad and ugly and awful this subject is to you. And it's an interesting thing for us to get our thoughts around because it is something that doesn't even exist and it is the thing that you all use to not allow yourself to live. In other words, the circle of this complex subject is... (brief pause to search for words) very funny. (Laughter.) It is very funny get a look at it in this way, you see. When you understand that you are eternal beings - in other words, you walk into this room, you all come willingly and yet you have not commited your life to being in this room. In a few hours, you're going to get up and you're going to walk out of here and everybody's going to say that's just fine. And yet when somebody makes their transition, which is no different than that -- they just withdraw their attention from one room and give their attention to another room - you all act like it's the end of the world.Jerry and Esther have a new cat that they kidnapped when they were in Louisiana - well, the cat really kidnapped them. It sort of appeared at their motor home and said, "I want to live with you," and the owner of the park said, "We want you to take this cat," and ultimately they did. And now this cat - Loveable Cat is her name, they call her L.C. - she lives at the office. And Jerry wanted her to have freedom, and so in the beautiful new office building the carpenters cut a door for L.C. to come in and out. And the building is very thick, and the doors are metal so they could not put the cat door in the door. So they put it in the building and built a chute, and so there's about this much distance from outside to inside. At first, she did not like the idea of the door. Jerry said it was like trying to put the toothpaste back in the tube. (Laughter.) And then he watched her, her first emergence, and it was a very interesting thing because here she's standing in the break room, a very beautiful room inside, and then she leaps up onto her shelf that has been build and she pokes herself through the tube and then out into the bright sunlight.Well, death is sort of like that. In other words, it's not a bigger transition than that. It is something that is going from one perspective to another, but there is no sense of having left behind something. Instead, there is the exhilaration about what is on the other side. Now the thing that we're wanting you to understand is that once L.C. goes outside, she is equally free to come back in. So she's in and out and in and out and in and out and in and out, and that is the way it is from the nonphysical perspective. In other words, the conversation that you had was a very real conversation - nonphysical consciousness is here with you all the time. The question is why have those of you who are still remaining in the break room, why have you limited yourself only to that experience? And that really is what these workshops are about. We're wanting to help you consciously reconnect with that broader self that you know you are. And once you gain that awareness of the wholeness of who you are, then you're like the cat that's back and forth and back and forth and back and forth and back and forth, not feeling any big deal about it, having a glorious experience no matter where your consciousness is focused, you see.Physical beings feel so earthbound in the fact that you think you only can stay in the break room. In other words, you don't know you have access to all of that other stuff. And we know that even as we speak about death that you're really not worried about those that have made the transition. You consciously know that they really are doing very, very well. The problem that you are having and the worry that you feel is for those that feel as if they have been left behind. And that's the whole point of our conversation - we want you to understand that you are not left behind, but you have to accept the fullness of who you are in order to understand that. Q: Mm-hm.Abe: And you know, it's an interesting thing, the death experience of someone like this is usually the first catalyst that causes others to open and expand themselves to the awareness that you are not limited only to this brief physical experience, you are so much more. Part of what happens is just the natural desire to feel good causes it to return again. But, you see, there is really not much value if someone dies and you suffer deeply, and then you move through time, and as you just get more distance between the tragedy of their death and where you now stand you feel better. Because then the next time you turn around, somebody else is going to die and you have to go through the same horrible experience all over again. The only remedy to this is the acceptance that there is not death. And so, if we were standing in your physical shoes, we would pursue this relationship. We would reach for conversation and we would relay often what you are receiving, because you can receive it clearly. You are clearly receiving it. And we would do our best to stand where we are and to build a sort of bridge to help others to understand. Last night on television, Jerry and Esther were flashing through and they found a program where there were three people who called themselves psychic in nature, who are tapping in to those who are dead. And it was quite interesting because the three of them were getting different things almost every time. Some of it was agreeable, but they had three different processes and they were getting different things. And as Esther watched it she became increasingly uncomfortable as she thought about all of the millions of people who were watching the program who were seeing a contradiction even in what they were receiving. It's no wonder you are confused about what nonphysical is because many of you have difficulty in separating the thought-form that has been transmitted to the physical realm from the true essence of who the energy is now. And that is part of the reason of so much worry about what the death experience is. There were people on that program last evening [who] actually said there are people who have made their transition who are still earthbound. Well, nothing could be further from the truth. In other words, there are no earthbound spirits. But there are thoughts that have been launched from the physical perspective that people are picking up on. And so what we are getting at here is there is so much confusion and disagreement about what the death experience is that it is part of the reason that so many of you feel so much resistance even about approaching the subject. We would dive headlong into the subject. If we were a physical being wanting to come into alignment with the reality of death, these are the sorts of things we would begin saying to ourselves until we found comfort within the thought and until we began to allow energy to flow as we hold these thoughts. We would say things like, "Every living thing, animal or human or [plant], experiences that which is called death with no exception." Now, that's not a hard one to grasp. You've all accepted that one a long time ago. "Spirit, which is what we really are, or Source, is eternal. So what death must be is a changing of the perspective of that eternal spirit. If I am standing in my physical body and am consciously connected to that eternal spirit, then I'm eternal in nature and I need not ever again fear any endedness because from that perspective I understand that there is not any of that." "There is evidence of the eternalness of our being everywhere. It is my desire to see more evidence of it. I am wanting the Universe at large, who satisfies every intention that I identify, I am wanting ever more evidence of the eternal nature of my being." And with far less effort than any of you ever even imagined, your fear of death will be gone, because there is no such thing as death.If there is anything for you to fear, it would be the resistance which pinches that off. And what we see around the subject of death is you take, as humans, this nonexistent subject and use it as your excuse to pinch off the life-force. That is the true tragedy, you see, and that's really what you're trying to help these dear people about. You're trying to help them to restore themselves to the vivacious, loving, happy, joyous beings that they are capable of being.We would do our best to provide an opportunity - in other words, we would stay as connected to the Stream as possible so that we are radiating as much light as possible, and serve as an object.... In other words, Esther remembers when the neighbor's dog came into their chicken yard and wounded, mortally, some chickens. It was a sad day because the chickens were pets, they all had names. And in Esther's sadness, she did not quite know what to do. Her despair was very great, and in that moment it felt as great as any tragedy has ever been. Over chickens. She eats them for lunch almost every day. (Laughter.) Not those chickens - strangers' chickens. (More laughter.) Chickens without names. But her tragedy was real, her trauma was real. And we said to her, "Look at that chicken." In other words, give your attention to the chicken that lives as you would like them all to live, and take your attention from the one that does not. And she remembers life-force returning. In other words, in that simple moment, she remembers life-force returning. We know it is not so easy when your son lies dead, but when you turn your attention to something else that lives, life-force must return. It really is that simple.So how do you make someone understand something that you understand? You can't. All you can do is understand it. So your greatest gift to them is just know what you know about death, know that it is nonexistent, know that this man, this being exists eternally, know that he can come through the cat-door either way, know that he is constantly, consistently focused here, know that he has awareness about what all of you are doing, know that his interest in what you are doing has not changed at all, know that you have the ability to interact with him, know that he has the ability to interact with him, and make that a real experience for yourself, and then talk about it as if it is a normal experience - that is the most important thing. Let it be the normal experience that it really is, and let's bring the subject of death out into the light where it belongs and see it for what it really is.Good.The pain you are experiencing is from your judgment that the death of a cat is bad or wrong or a big loss. Abraham says from the cat's perspective, it is just an opportunity to trade one worn out cat suit for a new and improved model - that the cat knows it is consciousness, not a body. And in your not knowing that and grieving its desired release back into nonphysical eternal catness, you are separating yourself from your core/eternal/ connected knowing. And THAT is what hurts - your not seeing your cat as he/she really is, rather than the death per se.I trust everyone is going to remind me of all this when MY cat makes his re-emergence, because as much as we know about eternal life, there is something about physical presence that is special and wonderful. Yet I have found that my having found the etneral nature of my husband who died made it easier to be calm and soothed when my Mom died, and to be around people who are dying. So I trust that I will get through my next cat transition more easily than I have in the past, too.I send you a big hug and have made you a virtual cup of tea and hope there is something in here that is soothing to you.
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