The Gift of a Dead Body
By Eric ChristopherFirst published on The Edge Magazine
I never thought that a brief encounter with a dying man in India 30 years ago would have shaped the foundation of my career, and lay the groundwork for my spiritual journey. Yet in hindsight, I now see how it was the beginning piece of a beautiful and fascinating puzzle that shaped who I am as a person and a practitioner. How fascinating it is to witness how everything fell into place! “Why don’t you sit with that man over there – he’s dying.” I heard these welcoming words from a man who motioned me to a cot at Mother Theresa’s Home for the Destitute and Dying in Calcutta (now Kolkata). While backpacking in India as an impressionable 24-year old, I decided to volunteer at the shelter. I’d never seen a dying person, and wasn’t sure what to do, so I simply did as I was told. In a stark cement floored room filled with 40 other people lying on their cots, I sat on a wooden stool next to a gaunt man. His eyes opened wide as he gazed into mine. He began speaking to me in Bengali. I tried to explain that I didn’t understand, but he continued talking. Then he reached for my hand and instinctively, I placed his hand in mine. His other arm grabbed my arm and I clutched it. Then he died. The heat and animating force left and his body grew cold and rigid, eyes vacant. He was gone. Where did his energy go? Einstein’s Theory of Conservation flashed through my brain: Energy can never be destroyed, only transformed. For example, if you burn a piece of paper, it changes into carbon and gas. Who or what is he now? Where is his energy? Where did he go? These questions raced through my mind as we carried his lifeless form down a narrow street interrupting a group of children playing soccer. Quietly, the children stopped and inspected his feet, hands and hair poking out from beneath the sheet as we made our way past them. Then they quickly resumed their game as we brought his body to the wood pyre to burn. This is not how children would react to seeing a dead body in America.

Eric Christopher
Eric Christopher is a psychotherapist and hypnotherapist who helps people connect to their Higher Self to heal limiting beliefs and traumas from the body and subconscious mind using present and past life regression. Find out more about Eric and his services at ericjchristopher.com.
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