Within the ancient Tibetan tradition, existence is viewed as
being subject to the continuous movement of creation, existence and destruction. This
ongoing movement not only refers to the extremes of life in the form of birth and death,
but also to existence itself in any instant of time.
Fear arises whenever that with which one identifies is threatened. Basically all fears are
therefore connected with the fear of change and ultimately with the fear of death. If one
identifies with what is subject to change, fear naturally arises. Whereas if one succeeds
in contacting a more subtle energy of oneself – the basic energy which continues
throughout the process of change – one remains part of the natural process of
transformation, and fear does not arise.
In this course we will be using a series of practices dealing with change, imaginary death
and dying, to explore and allow ourselves to experience being part of the process of
change instead of stepping outside the process. We learn to transform the fear of change
and death and to strengthen our natural dynamic being.
Being closely connected with nature the Tibetans have understood how to use all natural
states in order to further the subtlety of being. They have found the death state to be
the most profound and the most uniting of our natural states. The final point of the death
process, the clear light experience, is seen as the actual key to the beyond. Thus, the
Tibetans have developed practices for consciously going into a death-like state, using
this particular state’s uniting potential in order to pursue the goal of going beyond
compounded and transitory reality or dualistic existence.
This course is not so much concerned with going beyond dualistic existence as with using
the psychotherapeutic methods which Tarab Tulku has developed - on the basis of the
essence of the original methods dealing with death - for dealing with our basic mental
problems. The essence of any mental problem is to be found in its specific connection to
self-identity. By using the ancient Tibetan tradition of transformation through the dying
experience, we can go through the dying process of this problematic ego-identity
formation. We hereby transcend the interconnected mental structures which are part and
parcel of the weak self, in order once again to gain the genuine strength of one-self.
The course furthermore gives the opportunity to acquaint oneself with aspects of the very
profound original Tibetan death practice in order to promote a sound and creative life in
harmony with our nature.
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