FW: He never had his moment of “..oh poor why me?” He took an inner approach, of working on the cancer, putting attention on it and working on it. He was matter of fact, “ ..we all are going to die, you, I ; it is all about god”. In the last few moments there was a type of concentration, he was awake and that alertness came more to as it progressed. This is common, as the awareness opens, as the veil drops, they start to look, casting looking eyes wide open, casting back and forth, unblinking open, transfixed, looking through what was in front, then this energy coming off of him. The only other person feeling that kind of source, the tremendous force like this was Hada (Potts). Godfry was awake, but the force of the thing happening off of James’ head was almost painful to touch and assess. , Hada too. These were prepared and cultivated people. Wow. It is such an exciting thing. Thrilling, you can only smile, it is so good. At that time i have no fear, there is no part of me that in anyway wants to hold them back or call them back or detract them, think only of the divine, only god, at that time. I have absolutely no emotion at the time. Everything gets matter of fact, it is just focus on god as an observation. I felt or am allowed to have a taste of the spiritual power of this person, it was breathtaking, really breathtaking, and it took his breath away too. And then the interview between what looks like the last breath and the heart beating usually is short. With James this went on and on. Standing between, I am measuring in sense of time the body working, but the soul, the jivan has this time of final incarnational life is there. What impression that is being made in the jivan, this personality, and this moving into this light body is made. Some incredible transcendent is happening, a suspension of time, there is not breath there, some expansion is there, and yet this expansion is happening. That is the last moksha to shed the illusion, all the story, giving the jivan the opportunity to be in both worlds, all dimensions, the inner life beyond time and space. Once the heart stops, because to the change in this is this tower of power out his head, right here, when the heart stops this narrows down, the chakras are done (pinning the jivan to the body) and they wind down. The energy shifts, their job is complete and then there is the phenomenal silence. There is nothing more silent than a dead body, so silent , inert, utterly silent. That it happens at all that we incarnate at all is a miracle that we can get our minds around, that we live it in, that we get around in this body, All that we learn, all the intelligence we are all, the story of all of it the connected story fades. It is like the Christmas tree loaded with all this glory and then you turn out the lights, it doesn’t carry any memory and then you turn out the lights. No sorrow. How could one weep in the force of this, it all fades away and you go back to the fullness of the divine, the love. He had a little written sign in his room, “it is all about god, see you soon”. The heart is humble, mental is arrogance. He was a very bright person thinking deeply and subtly about things in a large and vital mental life that was developed, the beauty in the last weeks where his mental function became more compromised this heart thing of simplicity, gratitude, the force of humility and tenderness and his willingness to show it was breathtakingly beautiful. Holding their hands, kissing their hands saying “you know how special you are”. It was saintly, it was everybody. Telling, “I feel someething really beautiful about people”. That was a fruition of the heart on fast track. The ability and then the willingness to be innocently openly loving. There was nothing afftected about it ,of just a kindness , it was genuine expression of appreciation that he was perceiving of the intimate goodness of people, in people. Even in moment of his body hurt , great physical suffering, and he would get relief from the distraction of the body, he would grasp people’s hand and thank them and tell them, that was the default.
Without our modern pain drugs in the end we leave with the terror of death, horrific death. Painful. Here now we can blunt that. Awareness is not something that we ‘do’, removing the distraction of the body then the awareness is undimmed. If spend a lifetime exploring this subtle aspect life and you sustain that in spite of the body, what a (modern) blessing. Yes, the body has all these subtle aspects in it, stars and planets and such, but James was on an accelerated course of the heart nature of our being. He literally lit up the place, that hospital, that nursing home, even when wildly hurting and the horrific discomfort of the body. But he would come out in this incredible,, and they would say “what a lovely person”, Elevated. -Jennifer # ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <dhamiltony...@yahoo.com> wrote : FW: Dear friends, We will celebrate James' life this Friday, December 16th at 2pm at Behner's Funeral Home at 203 N Main St in Fairfield. Please bring a few flowers if easy to share in the ceremony. The service will be followed by a reception at the home of Catherine Castle. .. a good friend of James, shared this beautiful tribute: 'Under a full moon and the starkness of winter, my long time friend William 'James' Duke left this earthly abode yesterday. I first met James in 1990, on the Ammachi tour in Pacific Palisades, Ca. And he was the first person I ever came to visit in Iowa; now I've been here 20 years. Along with his wife Lea, we shared the richness of getting to know the very wise and saintly Amma, during our formative years. It was an exciting time and because of it, he will always be etched in my heart. James was very independent and had a pioneering spirit that is matched by few. He took this Self-Realization business very seriously being involved with the TM movement, Ammachi, and Mother Meera in his more recent years. He was an enigma to many people, capable of being somewhat cantankerous one moment but then very charming and gregarious the next. We shared some great moments together on the trail of life and he will be surely missed. Spread your wings my brother and fly free!' <3 Looking forward to being together With love ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <dhamiltony...@yahoo.com> wrote : FW: Our friend and teacher passed yesterday, on the December 13th, 2016 super full moon, in peace and waves of Divine Love. All glory to the Spirit and Truth he dedicated his life to, and the magnificent way he kept teaching and inspiring his whole life, and especially with great courage these last months. Our connection was a shared appreciation of Spirit and love for the brave, independent state of Vermont. In gratitude and love, Rebecca ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <dhamiltony...@yahoo.com> wrote : Thanks, I appreciate your enthusiasm for good health. This is one of these fast onset/growing brain tumors that are becoming more common. On this waxing moon Jim is going to be out of here pretty quick, probably this evening. I'll miss him once he is gone on. I am going to go down to the FF square now and open the door to the no-badge group meditation and then go over to meditate with him. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <jr_...@yahoo.com> wrote : I agree that having friends and good social life can help a person in terms of longevity and good mental health e.g. Kurt Douglas who just celebrated his 100th birthday. But your friend's problem could be solved by a simple solution like eating habits, diet and yoga or tai chi--in addition to meditation and sound therapy. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <dhamiltony2k5@...> wrote : I don’t know in particular but often in the Fairfield meditating community when someone has health troubles and they let people know what is going on there can be quite a lot of support that comes out of the community. This is an incredible thing to be in front of, that shining attention of this community for all the kinds of help that can come out from the meditating community. James has a good team of friends with him that way. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <jr_esq@...> wrote : Has your friend tried TM's sound therapy to eliminate the tumor? ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <dhamiltony2k5@...> wrote : James’ brain tumor conflicted with Parkinsons is fast changing and he was moved by his primary overseeing caretakers recently over to a hospice-specific facility in Ottumwa that evidently is better staffed with nurses, evidently nicer, better integrated with attending physicians and more proactively set up to be reactive to changing circumstance in hospice care than what local skilled nursing facilities (SNF) could provide. Different hospice services can respond at different rates to a fluidity that can happen in the end. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <dhamiltony2k5@...> wrote : Caring, FW: very sweet visit with James (last week). James continues to be pain free and comfortable with his room at Parkview. As you know from your calls and visits, he is in a very conscious state of divine grace and gratitude. He sees our calls and visits as a gift to him and yet I think it's the reverse. We leave those calls or visits feeling loved, cherished and blessed by our time with him.This Sunday, at Parkview there is a special potluck holiday lunch for friends and family from 11-1 It would be fun to have a 'celebrate James' table filled with friends. If you're in Fairfield and can come, even for a little, could you let Marsha know. And whoever sent him the fruit basket, he loves and appreciates it. It was a wonderful surprise but there was no card, so he can't thank you! ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <dhamiltony2k5@...> wrote : Both these recent cases with these elders in the Fairfield meditating community, friends and folks immediately came out of the community to help. Real quick in the assessment of circumstance that sent these cases to the emergency rooms at hospitals as friends and then some family arrived the questions arose as to who has medical power of attorney for them in either case and then who might be power of attorney for their welfare. It was not clear in either case initially. They both are troubled with things enough that it is being worked out for them with them. That does not always or necessarily happen in these kinds of circumstance. We have a pretty good attending community this way in the Fairfield meditating community. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <dhamiltony2k5@...> wrote : James' 3 hour biopsy surgery: brain tumor, 4th stage. James' nature state of bliss and kindness and exclamations with everyone given what in context is terminal is confusing to some folks there at the U. of Ia hospitals. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <dhamiltony2k5@...> wrote : Hi Friends Amalia is recovering from a bad fall at her home. She is at Jefferson County Hospital and would appreciate visitors! Just check in with the nursing station first. All blessings, [ She has since been moved to a skilled nursing facility (SNF) in Keosauqua, by-passing the SNF's in Fairfield. ] ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <dhamiltony2k5@...> wrote : FW: Dear friends, I think everyone who has talked to or been with James (Bill) the last few days would agree that it's been very special. He radiates love and happiness and declares repeatedly 'God, God, it's all God and don't you forget it!' Whether it's afriend he's known for decades, the nurse arriving to take blood or the man serving him his food, he's expressing his love of God and blessing everyone and they respond with appreciation. He really loves all the calls he's received, they've really meant alot to him. Cody, the therapy dog, visited James today and they became immediate friends. (See pic) James' 3 hour biopsy surgery is scheduled for tomorrow, Friday, at 12:20 pm - will keep you updated With love ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <dhamiltony2k5@...> wrote : Your prayers and healing attention appreciated for our friend, James… From Marsha: Just back from the hospital. Can you let everyone know that James has a brain tumor and they're doing a biopsy surgerytomorrow morning at 11:15 central time so all prayers and blessings during that time is appreciated. This could actually be good news because it could mean that once the tumor is shrunk or removed, it may relieve some of the debilitating symptoms he's been experiencing. Several people visited today and he was really full of gratitude for everyone's love and attention. Lots of love M ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <dhamiltony2k5@...> wrote : Heads-up Practicality, The Power of Attorney, the POA whence someone becomes legally incapacitated if it (POA) is not particularly specified by someone then the legal POA devolves through chain sequence by law first through to a “next of kin”. There was a recent case in FF where an elderly old meditator, an old TM teacher got crossed up with the system as he became more infirm. The guy was highly intuitive, goes way back with Maharishi to early days in California. While surfing as a kid he first met Maharishi on a beach in California. On early meditation courses Maharishi made him an advanced technique teacher/checker a long time ago. Funny, a story-teller, kind of an irascible guy, x-military Navy seal Viet Nam before there were Navy seals, independent personality. Very much part of the Fairfield meditating community A healer he was very much a spiritual ‘number one’ kind of person who had insight he would freely share as part of the Fairfield coffee haus satsang scene. He did not have a power of attorney prepared so as he got crossed up with the system his POA devolved to a brother living out of state who he had a little relationship with. As the guy got crossed up more and more in the system he was sent through the VA hospital system where they did a psych review. The story goes that a psychiatrist up there asks him, “Do you talk with God?” The guy gives one of his answers like he would consult with people here in Fairfield, “Well Doc, do you go to church?” The Doctor says “Well yes I do.” The meditator says, “Do you ask for help, pray to God when you are in church? The Doc says, “Well, yes I do”. Our old meditator says, “Does God hear you when you ask for his help?” The old meditator is chemically suppress now warehoused in a local nursing home here. In the care industry this is called ‘chemically restrained’. His POA is his brother who has little interest in him and as this devolved so nobody else really can take an interest for him either. The guy sits there in a nursing home in chemical stupor now. Sort of the One Flew Over the Coo-Coo Nest story. A moral to the story, plan ahead for how it may end and if you are in fact spiritual be careful who you tell your ‘number one’ spiritual experiences to as you go along. # #
