A Gift of Liberation 23: Protection from Life and Death Meditation 5

This meditation begins with a contemplation on giving away our possessions before death which loosens attachment and prepares the mind for an unrestricted journey. We then move through the dissolution of the elements, the smoke and the sparks, and the appearance of an unmoving flame. Our mind shrinks smaller and smaller until we pass directly into the flame itself, entering into a space of dark red light followed by crystalline awareness where everything appears as pure emptiness. As we sit, we recognize moving into the body of a Buddha as our old identity dissolves.