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(To Rachel after break:) Now, your husband had a horror of old age. Now, give us a moment—he much preferred leaving his body when he did. He was particularly frightened at the idea of living to an old age. He feared mental disability in old age. He wanted to be free of the body before that time was reached. Now in the two lives immediately previous he stayed with the body at one time until he was 87 and at another to the age of 92 and at a time when such age was quite unusual. He determined that in this life he would leave at the height of his powers and so he did. This was not pre-determined. It was a decision that he made.
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Give us time here. You have never gone alone. The two of you, together in three lives, lived together until old age. The independence which you have been learning you chose as a challenge and he chose it out of love for you. You decided upon the course ahead of time. Now it is easy for me to say this, but you can be aware of it in your experience if you choose, but he has been watching out for you and many of the decisions you have made, including the purchase of your house, have been overseen by him though he encouraged you to make the decision on your own. There are other decisions you will also make and he will acquiesce in them and do not be so limiting in your ideas, he does not want that either. Peace.
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