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

Acknowledging Past Loves Prior to Death

Making a conscious effort to remember ones loves in life can allow one to more effectively bid them farewell

Many Negative Experiences in the Bardo Arise from the Unconscious Mind

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

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

Light karma creates a kind of spiritual buoyancy

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