# Death And The Afterlife > Death is awakening from physical reality into expanded consciousness; lives are simultaneous incarnations rather than sequential rebirths. - Canonical: https://sassani.app/topic/death-and-the-afterlife # Death And The Afterlife What you call death is not an ending, but waking up from the dream of physical reality into the vaster experience of who you truly are. Physical reality suddenly seems like a dream you're waking up from, and this is who you really are. > — Youre Not Done (qa-1), [Source](https://sassani.app/source-transmissions/youre-not-done) You become more of who you actually are, awakening into expanded consciousness rather than fading into nothingness. ## Consciousness and Memory After Death You retain your consciousness because everything is conscious, and you retain your memories — actually, you have more access to more of them. > — Youre Not Done (qa-2), [Source](https://sassani.app/source-transmissions/youre-not-done) Death does not erase awareness; it expands it. The dream of physicality ends, but the dreamer awakens with fuller recollection of who they have always been. ## Simultaneous Incarnations, Not Sequential Rebirth *Four distinct Essassani shoreline vignettes face one shared pool with no sequence between them* Lives are not sequential rebirths but simultaneous extensions of one oversoul, each its own distinct person coexisting at the same time. There is no such thing, exactly, literally, as re-incarnation — it is multiple simultaneous incarnations all existing at the same time. > — Youre Not Done (qa-3), [Source](https://sassani.app/source-transmissions/youre-not-done) Each life is a discrete, distinct person experiencing itself as the "you" in question, yet all are connected to the same oversoul. When you make what seems like a "past life" connection, you are actually cross-connecting in the present moment to a simultaneously existing life. That life brings its memories and experiences to you, just as you bring yours to it, from what you might call a future perspective — but that is an illusion. > — Youre Not Done (qa-5), [Source](https://sassani.app/source-transmissions/youre-not-done) The connection serves a present purpose: bringing information from that life that you need to apply in this one. ## How Information Cross-Connects You receive inspired information from your simultaneous incarnations all the time. You don't always need to know where it comes from, and sometimes knowing actually slows you down. > — Youre Not Done (qa-6), [Source](https://sassani.app/source-transmissions/youre-not-done) When you have an inspiration, it may be based on an experience another life is having, but chasing the origin can cause you to forget the insight itself. Use the information as it comes; the source reveals itself when necessary. ## Choice and Control in the Transition *Three equal unmarked water channels begin beside one low Essassani delta shelf and disappear separately into mist* Even physical death does not remove your choice. Many of you have actually died but chosen to continue the physical life. > — Youre Not Done (qa-10), [Source](https://sassani.app/source-transmissions/youre-not-done) Sometimes you create what you call a close call — "I don't know how I got out of that alive" — when in truth you may have died, been given the choice to go on or continue, and chose to continue in a parallel reality. You wake up not remembering the choice because it doesn't serve you to remember it, but you remain in control. If you can still open your eyes, you are not done. You chose to stay. > — Youre Not Done (qa-8), [Source](https://sassani.app/source-transmissions/youre-not-done) Lie down, close your eyes, repeat "I am done with this life," and if you can still open them, you're not done. Your planned exploration continues. ## Why You Remain in Physical Form If you are still here, you must have made a choice that continuing to experience this physical reality is part of how you wanted to evolve. > — Youre Not Done (qa-9), [Source](https://sassani.app/source-transmissions/youre-not-done) There is something here you're excited about doing that the non-physical cannot give you — some surprise, some encounter, some acceleration that requires physical form to experience. Otherwise, you would leave. It is that simple. > — Youre Not Done (qa-11), [Source](https://sassani.app/source-transmissions/youre-not-done) ## Evolution Through Form *One clear current passes through three differently shaped frosted crystal channels* Your species is evolving, and you may eventually choose to change form. You can continue as human, become similar to human, become completely non-human physical beings, or remain as energy, spirit, or higher-dimensional consciousness — it is all your choice. > — Youre Not Done (qa-7), [Source](https://sassani.app/source-transmissions/youre-not-done) Expansion never erases the self; even if you become all that is, you experience it as yourself. > — Youre Not Done (qa-4), [Source](https://sassani.app/source-transmissions/youre-not-done) ## Practical Implications Understanding death as awakening changes how you live. If you're here, you want to be — trust that your life will show you what you came for. > — Youre Not Done (qa-11), [Source](https://sassani.app/source-transmissions/youre-not-done) There are surprises you planned for yourself that can only unfold through physical experience. Chase your highest excitement, for that is the path to what you came to explore. When "past life" material arises, recognize it as a present-time cross-connection offering relevant information for this life. And remember: you are always in control, even in the moment of transition. ## Representative Passages You become more of who you actually are. You wake up in much the same way that you, as a physical being, wake up from a dream and go, oh, that seemed very real while I was dreaming it, but now that I'm awake, I know this is who I really am. It's very much like that. Physical reality suddenly seems like a dream you're waking up from, and this is who you really are.— Bashar, You can, but it's not a reappearance. Remember, all things exist simultaneously. There is no such thing, exactly, literally, as re-incarnation. It is multiple simultaneous incarnations all existing at the same time. So you are always you. You never become another version; another version, another life, is them, but you both coexist and are connected to the same what might euphemistically be called oversoul.— Bashar, Even when someone dies physically, you are actually still given a choice to continue the physical life. Many of you have actually died, but have chosen to continue to live that physical life. Sometimes you don't know it. You don't remember it, because it doesn't serve you to remember that moment of choice. Sometimes you create for yourself the idea of what you call a close call. Oh, I don't know how I got out of that alive. But I seemingly did. Well, the truth is you may not have. You may have actually died.— Bashar, If you can still open your eyes, you must have made a choice that says that continuing to experience this physical reality in the way you're experiencing it is actually part of the way you wanted to evolve. There's something that's going to happen that will add to you in a way that simply going into the non-physical won't give you. Otherwise, you would leave.— Bashar, ## Related Markdown twin of https://sassani.app/topic/death-and-the-afterlife. The HTML page is the source of truth.