Communicating Through Life and Death, and the Personal Example of Steve Jobs

By [http://ezinearticles.com/?expert=Claire_Montanaro]Claire Montanaro
When an entity is hovering between life and death, the opportunities for healing and growth are enormous, and as importantly new channels of communication are opened up.
I am talking about life and death in the human sense, as it is generally understood to be, but life and death is symbolic also and applicable far beyond our mortal world. The process can be energetic and inter-dimensional, affecting Gaia and that which lies far beyond our planet, it can be emotional, mental, part of a spiritual initiation or the death of a culture. Life and death is part of everything and occurs all the time, even in ways as small as the death of a hair on your head: in its way it too, like everything, has had its choice of living or dying.
If anything or anyone is at the point of this ultimate surrender, one way or another, the soul of the being is in an exalted state of spiritual limitlessness. The soul knows this and so, of course, does Spirit, but often those who are observers or indirect participants do not understand that this is a point in time where they too can be involved - the souls being willing - through communication of the profound and powerful. Soul may talk with soul and the human beings which are their vessels can be involved also; the veil is allowed to drop.
Choices about life and death are visible all around us now as the old ways begin to drop away, and people are at the point of determining if and how they will be a part of the new epoch. If someone close to you is confronting death or life, remember that even if the individual is far distant, this is a time when you can communicate everything you wish to say effortlessly, through heart and soul, and s/he will hear you and will respond, and you will hear also: you may even see them with you, bright and vibrant and in joy in the gift of life and of death that they have been given. Do not attempt to direct their choice for it is theirs alone to make, but know your love and your wisdom will do much to help them, whatever they choose to do. It will, most certainly, help you too.
As he faced the prospect of dying from cancer, Steve Jobs made a speech about life and death, saying, "Death is the destination we all share... it is the single best invention of life."
As he confronted his own mortality he was acknowledging his fears and, perhaps, writing his own epitaph while giving to the world one of the most important gifts of learning. He was saying that to be fearful as death approaches is understandable, but to remember that death is inevitable and is necessary - he called it a clearing out, but I would call it a new beginning.
The key message of his address was that, in the knowledge that life is finite, we should do all we can to find and live our joy in this life which we have been given. We must not settle for second best but must love our work and our life, for thereby comes fulfilment and achievement. He was right.
He was speaking to university students when he spoke, young men and women looking forward to a successful professional life, his energy and passion surely inspirational to them. His words apply not just to people in the corporate world, however, but to everyone, for joy comes in many forms, often simple - the joy of a shepherd watching new-born lambs playing on a wind-swept mountain, of a mother committing herself to the welfare of her children, of a monk praying in the fastness of a remote monastery, of a music-lover hearing wonderful music. Even birds and animals know how to live in joy.
Steve Jobs has been described as a visionary, but he had a vision that went far beyond state of the art technology. He was an example of limitless thinking and self-belief, nothing was impossible and he wanted to share his gifts with the world. As he realised his destination with death yesterday, I suspect there was little fear in him, after all, but immense joy in his new beginning.
Claire Montanaro is a skilled and sought after spiritual teacher, speaker, lecturer and author, with a reputation for inspiring and empowering her clients, students and audience. Based in Wales, her heartfelt desire is to assist people to actualise their total connectedness to all that is. Additionally, she offers a global philosophy for living and being in the new age for all seekers of truth. Seven simple yet intensely profound Principles form the core of her teaching, the practice of which embodies the New Consciousness and is a catalyst for One-ness. Her book "Spiritual Wisdom" is published by Piatkus Books. Her website can be found at http://www.inluminoglobal.co.uk where you can read more articles like this in her regularly updated Thoughts for the Day (blog).
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