The enlightened Dr. David Hawkins, in his book, "Healing and Recovery," describes a potentially deadly encounter with a large rattlesnake on the doorway to his cabin.
The rattler was coiled, "...his head snapped back, his tongue flickered out, and he was poised to strike..." Understandably, Hawkins dropped into fear, knowing he could die a painful death, now.
Here's where Hawkins and most of the rest of us differ. "I saw that my survival really depended on the excellence with which I let go, surrendered to God, and released and let go of resisting the experience. As I did, the fearful thoughts instantly disappeared, and I felt a profound state of peace settle on both the snake and me...Out of it came a sort of inner joyfulness, and I felt love for the snake arise out of the field from which fear had been removed."
Can we draw on Hawkins' experience and allow ourselves to relax into death, trusting all is well?
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