Marilyn Barry

This beautiful and empowering book tells the story of Vivian King, a psychosynthesis teacher and student of Alice Bailey who struggled to recover after a near fatal car crash, passing over some two years later. Marilyn gives the background of her friend's life and work, chronicling her journey and friendship in the process. There are some moving letters on important principles of life, and one to her physicians explaining how the car crash that left her physical vehicle disabled and beside the road: 'the headlights didn't focus, the horn didn't honk, and the wheels didn't turn.' After almost 2 years, the car is still spluttering and doesn't move - she had very little physical capacity, and eventually decides that it is time to move on. She contributes some wonderful insights to her own funeral (pp. 83-5) including that all of our experiences are opportunities to develop particular qualities, so our reaction is more important than the circumstances themselves. Interestingly, she refers to internalising the external world between birth and death, then, after death, externalising what we have internalised so that our inner world becomes our outer world (p. 103). Marilyn and her fellow triangle meditators report many fascinating experiences connecting with Vivian's post-mortem state as a teacher gradually moving towards a more formless realm. As a group, they constitute one of many world servers dedicated to the transformation of human consciousness. This work in itself conveys an inspiring message.