B: Blue Eagle, many wise people tell us that all that happens in life has a meaning, a logic and a reason, that everything follows the laws of the Universe. They affirm that all can be understood from a spiritual point of view and that every event contains in itself the seed of a meaningful lesson meant to help us grow in wisdom and understanding. But when one considers for example what happened a few days ago in the Atlantic, that airplane crashing with about 228 persons on it and none surviving, it seems quite hard to find a meaning for such an event. Maybe for some persons that destiny was right, even if it sounds quite indecent to say, but how could we take it that it was right for all the passengers? How are we to make sense of this?

BE: Karma… is not a very original answer but the only one that fits here. This calls to mind a story about Buddha. One day the Buddha got a headache that lasted for a few hours. His disciples were curious about this, how could an illumined master get a headache? He explained that thousands of years in the past he had been at the head of an army that had killed a great many people. He explained that the karma had just ripened and that all his reincarnated companions of that time had perished on this day in another armed conflict. Because of his spiritual accomplishments Buddha did not need to suffer death but did pay for his karma with a headache.

Many awakened teachers also teach that it is possible to neutralise karma. Many techniques and prayers exist with this intention. A more profound teaching explains that we can neutralise all karma through our conscious awareness, that unity with the Divine within eliminates all need to suffer negative circumstances because of our past actions. Dzochen Tibetan Buddhist teachings, some Cherokee masters and the teachings of Daniel Zekkoute all affirm this. This is very important and significant. We are not victims of our past lives doomed to always suffer through life because of our errors. The path to awakening to the Divine within is there in every moment and we are free to embrace that ultimate and pure reality. Therein lies bliss and freedom from all karmic hindrances.

Peace and light

B: Thank you for this reply, but when I read this, I cannot help wondering what is the meaning of paying for one’s karma in such circomstances, if the people on this plane had no chance to reach awareness in this process. What did such a destiny bring to them, what lesson could they learn, since they died in probably a few minutes or hours, and if they had no connection to the spiritual notions you evoke, they could no relate their fate to anything meaningful? Nor will probably most of their desperate families?

BE: The soul is eternal and immortal and has the potential to be all knowing naturally without any need for teachings or training. Many people have spoken of the moment of death when our whole life flashes before our eyes in a instant of penetrating awareness. In that moment lies the opportunity for enlightenment. Always available at any moment, at the specific moment of abandoning the physical envelope to the earth and flying to other dimensions of being, Man (both mal and female) has a special, very powerful opportunity to reach liberation.

The idea that we need exterior teachings and training, a master or a gourou, or any other outside influence to attain wisdom, knowledge and enlightenment, is erroneous. We have been created perfect from the very beginning and we always have access to the Divine light that offers that wisdom at any and every moment. Of course, teaching and teachers can be useful and then again they sometimes mask the path to truth in an effort to enlist our devotion and financial support. Sad as that might be we have seen that again and again, the enslavement of human consciousness to the occult (hidden) motives of religious groups or supposedly spiritual masters.

So, that opportunity for liberation and enlightenement is always there and we can access it at any time. That is why there is no need to feel distress or sadness at the moment of death. On the contrary, an incredible window of transformation and liberation is at hand. Native people all over the earth have always cultivated an awareness of the courage and fearlessness that are important at the moment of death. Most will approach that time with joy, singing their death chant.

This is a very important question, thank you, hopefully my answer will be clear enough to inspire inner understanding and peace.

Blue Eagle