This is a great question! Firstly, we need to understand what consciousness is. It is a formless, non-material continuum that perceives, experiences, and engages with phenomena. It doesn’t inherently “think” in the way we understand conceptual thought; rather, thinking arises as an interplay between the mental consciousness and the conceptual imprints stored in the mind. While we are alive, the brain acts as a mediator or tool that shapes how consciousness manifests. However, consciousness itself is not dependent on the brain-it exists independently as a continuum of mental clarity and knowing. The brain ceases at death, but consciousness continues. In the intermediate state, which we call the bardo, consciousness is no longer tethered to the body and brain. Navigation through the bardo is influenced by our karmic imprints-habitual tendencies and actions from previous lives-and the mental states we cultivated while alive. These karmic forces and habitual perceptions determine the experiences and the type of rebirth that follows. Advanced practitioners may use their awareness during the dying process to guide their consciousness skillfully, recognizing the bardo appearances as projections of their own mind rather than reacting with fear or attachment. In the bardo, the mind doesn’t require the physical mechanisms of the brain or sensory organs. Perception at this stage is entirely mental, similar to lucid dreaming but more vivid and unrestricted. The mind creates its own appearances based on karmic seeds, like a dream arising from latent mental impressions. While in life, the brain and senses filter and limit perception; in death, these filters are gone, allowing the mind to perceive directly and subtly. This is why it is so important to prepare for death through practicing ethical behavior and cultivating compassion and wisdom. By familiarizing ourselves with the nature of the mind and working to purify our destructive habits, we can create the causes for positive outcomes during and after the dying process. Advanced practitioners may even use death as an opportunity to attain liberation by recognizing the nature of mind directly!

compassion is such a difficult emotion to cultivate, at least for me. I dont have soft words or thoughts about others

If you have it for you, you are able to have/do/know it. So it is possible to learn/modify to share it with others. Could imagine, the way of the buddha (like the way of christ, many osychological ways and many many other) will show you to cultivate it. You dont need to learn. You are compassion. Loving awareness - not so easy to understand and feel. Someone who is rude to others is not a bad y he's feeling bad. If you rice up the self compassion and little by little heal some wounds, you will become more and more compassionated to others. 100%. Good luck and may you find what you are searching for - but dont search to far.😉 Best wishes dear, a co-walker/-searcher 🙏🏻

Free course online?

@@festechew6468 hello! yes it is!

@@irgend-jemand0815 thank you very much for your time and your gentle responce!! best wishes to you too

You're reborn again & again. Even as animals people like to chop up & eat 😅, therefore people should not eat meat but most people are assho.les who care not for such things.

What about free will? Could we choose to ceast to exist?

@@giovannidibravato5576 Yes, as long as you have attachments to this world, you will never leave. You have to give up all attachments.

@@giovannidibravato5576 You have to have zero karma, neither positive nor negative.