Finding Peace in Life and Death: A Synopsis of Reality Versus the Human Mind

By Patrick Baxter

Finding Peace in Life and Death clarifies philosophical, spiritual and scientific perspectives to determine the fate of our existence, and helps guide us to the state of mind necessary to find peace and happiness; so we can enjoy life, and accept death.

We dont just experience the world around us We create the world around us Then we experience life from the world we create!

• Language: English
• Publisher: Balboa Press
• Release date: Jul 31, 2015
• ISBN: 9781504336833

Patrick Baxter

Patrick Baxter spent years researching philosophy, spirituality, and physical science. His education and work background is in medical laboratory science; he is also a graduate of the Guitar Institute of Technology in Hollywood, California. He lives on a farm in Ontario, Canada, with his wife, Elena.

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ISBN: 978-1-5043-3681-9 (sc)

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Balboa Press rev. date: 07/29/2015

Contents

Dedication

Introduction

Acknowledgements

PART ONE: The Role of Reality in Life And the Pursuit of Happiness

I   Death: Part I

II   Self-Worth

III   Essence

IV   Interpretation of Reality

V   Bridging the Gap between Conscious Thought and Essence

VI   Happiness

VII   Focus on the Good

VIII   Compassion

IX   Forgiveness

X   The Paradoxical Commandments

XI   Death: Part II

XII   Conclusion

PART TWO: The Second Coming: The I of the Beholder

I   The Miracle of Birth

II   Living in Vibrational Harmony

III   Removing Reality from the Equation

IV   About Time

V   How Do I Make My Life Better?

VI   Stories Behind the Songs

Dedication

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For Tabitha – my sweetheart and best friend for seventeen years. Every day when I got home from work you brought me a pinecone (like in this picture) a stick, a stone, or whatever you could find near the driveway. Occasionally, when I’d forgotten (or I thought you’d forgotten), after we were in the house you’d spit out a small stone onto the kitchen floor for me, a reminder of your persistent love and dedication.

In life you taught me more about love than anyone; and in death you taught me more about grief and loss than anyone.

I know I’ll feel your love again one day; maybe I’m feeling it already.

Introduction

Life is easy: Assume responsibility!

Everything I’ve done, and every road I’ve taken has brought me to where I am today (and since this is where I am, there is no sense in hypothesizing about having made different decisions, or assigning blame). Everything I do and every road I take will deliver me to my future. I can’t mess it up because the destination is irrelevant. Experience life while I have it, the good and the bad, that’s really all I have to do.

In life we fall into the trap of seeing Physical Reality as the foundation of our being, but Physical Reality is not the cornerstone of existence. Reality is born in imagination; that which we see is merely our interpretation of that which is.

Never confuse what is perceived to be with what is.

By continuing to focus our attention on our perception of Physical Reality to the exclusion of the Non-Physical energy that exists in all things everywhere, we are discounting our existence and the purpose of our lives.

In the coming chapters we will explore the traps that our ego sets for us to keep us grounded in Physical Reality based fear and prevents us from achieving the blessings of self-fulfillment, happiness and peace.

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Doors to the Akashic Records

Acknowledgements

Thanks to my wonderful wife Elena for her love and acceptance, as well as the sketches: Essence Reflection, Don’t put the Cart before the Horse, Eye, Development of Love and Compassion, The Flower of Life and Square peg in a round hole.

Thanks to Estela Molina Spiritual Medium and Psychic for the sketches: Doors to the Akashic Records, Fairies in the Forest, Council Elders and Soul Family. Also, thanks Estela for co-writing the Understanding Death pamphlet with me; hopefully we can help bring death out of the closet, so it’s not so terrifying for us all to face when we get there. (Understanding Death is a free pamphlet available at www.patrickbaxter.com. Please pass it on to anyone for whom it may alleviate the fear of death.)

This whole journey started with a lady who came into my bookstore in 2007 and asked for a book on dealing with death. I showed her several books