We're off this Friday night, July 9.

Last week we listened through Meditation 4 on dying and the dying process, through page 122. The homework is to imagine ourselves going through the stages of dying as described, emerging at the state of clear light luminosity. Then:

· Form the intention to be in your life.

· Become who you are ordinarily, and carry the sense of pristine clarity.

· Go about your day as if you are dead and everything you experience is like a dream.

This is a practice of both non-grasping and of actually being in our lives now, not escaping from it.

Next week we'll complete Chapter Four with Meditation 5: After Death.