A Course in Miracles tells us repeatedly that death is not real. There is only life; death exists only at the surface level of forms and appearances. Death is the universe’s way of clearing out what has served its purpose, to make way for the next act of purpose. When the body has completed its mission, it will gently be laid aside (W-294.1:7). Death forces us to confront the mortality of the body and inquire more deeply as to who we truly are and what we are here for.
