Just as all cycles within a lifetime are brought into manifestation, arrive at fruition, and achieve a point of synthesis which signals completion of the current cycle and soul-initiated transition into a new cycle at an expanded level of consciousness, so too does a complete lifetime. In lifetimes which are lived into old age it is usual for this pattern to be consciously completed by the individual, and obvious to those sharing his or her experience.

We have often assumed that in cases of sudden death the cycle had not been permitted to reach synthesis and completion, hence the outrage. However, this would appear not to be the case, particularly with more evolved individuals. Ends are tied up, resolution is achieved, the cycle is completed, and relinquishment occurs in a dramatic way. The process is simply carried out far more rapidly and at a much more subtle level which may not be obviously or consciously apparent at the time even to those most intimately involved.

Let us take my sister's transition as an example. There is evidence, from her afternoon spent talking with me and from an audio tape made by her four months prior to her death, that she had, in the months and weeks leading up to that moment:

Resolved many issues involving abuse - particularly those regarding sexual abuse and abuse of power

Resolved many other long-standing issues

Given a great deal of time and commitment to the mutual healing of herself and her new husband

Learned to forgive

Learned to accept and value herself

Cleared out the Solar Plexus and moved the energy to the Heart chakra

Put an end to living out the expectations of others or attempting to model herself on others

Ended both her own dependency, and the sense that she must be there for others who may be dependent on her

Learned to let go of them

Reclaimed her identity and autonomy

Come to the point where she could move on in a cohesive and aligned manner, and without parts of her invested in everybody else

Taken up her own power

Begun to detach

Achieved a sense, at some deep level, that the life purpose was clear and complete