If you want to retain your sense of self-awareness beyond this life, it is necessary to use the tried and true techniques of consciousness-raising while still in this world. These ancient methods include meditation, breathing, chanting, diet and living habits. Seek and you will find. The attainment of Divine Light is not, as some religions promise, an award that is granted to everyone simply for the act of dying – like some schools today give every kid in the class a prize just for showing up.
            The reason you don’t recall your previous lives is that you have probably anchored your consciousness to the physical brain. As we mentioned last week, when your body dies, so does the physical brain. If you want to retain the awareness of “ME” that you currently experience, you’ll have to connect your consciousness to your higher self – or Overself.
            Some will tell tell you that you have to shed your ego. In fact, you don’t have to shed anything that is truly part of “You.” Each human is a little trinity. You are here to “redeem” the lower self. The way to do that is to bring light into any parts of yourself where there is darkness. A single candle can expel the darkness of a large chamber.