Live and Die Awake
Chapter 20

Consciousness Beyond Form

Julie’s Reflection Pause for this chapter is set out below in full, in her words. 5 questions to sit with, and a journal is all they ask for.

From the book

Reflection Pause: Exploring Continuity

Julie prints this at the end of the chapter. It is here in her words, unedited.

Allow whatever you experienced—sensation, emotion, thought, or stillness—to settle before writing.

Please move gently through the reflections:

  1. What did you notice during the meditation in your body, emotions, or awareness?
    What felt most meaningful or surprising?
  2. When you remembered someone you love, what did you feel in your body?
    What does this suggest about connection beyond physical presence?
  3. What part of you feels unchanged by time, roles, or life circumstances?
    Have you sensed this before?
  4. If consciousness may continue beyond physical death, how might this influence your understanding of life, loss, or fear?
  5. Living and Dying Awake invites presence with impermanence.
    What becomes possible if love and awareness are not limited to the body?

Complete this sentence slowly:

What feels eternal within me is ______________________.

Closing Integration

Place your hand over your heart and repeat slowly allowing the words to settle in your body:

Awareness is here.

I live with presence.

Love is here.
Nothing that is real is ever lost.

I am part of the great unfolding of life.

I walk forward without fear. I am more than my body.

Love continues.
I am part of something larger than I can see.

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