There seems to be a tremendous rise in suicide statistics, as well as self-injury, which has become a sort of fashion among the young. Can you give us some answers during this interview to firstly understand death, and secondly, to comprehend why death is not the answer?

The place to start might be to understand what death is and where you go when you die. The dream world is entered when the dream body — which is the same as the soul — leaves the physical body to have experiences in a parallel reality, the soul world. During dreaming, it is attached by a cord to the physical body. During death, that cord breaks and awareness is drawn away from the physical body, which then decays.

Not many teachers have spoken about the dream world and the soul world, or place of death, as the same.

Yes, it eluded me for years as well, until I did an intense study for a week with five students in my home, following them into their dream worlds.