Death is a systematic process of resolution, completion and relinquishment, and even sudden death can, as has been demonstrated, be preceded by a highly ordered completion overseen by the Higher Self At a conscious level Arette had no knowledge that death was imminent. Yet she had been impelled for some time to work through her major issues. The existence of such ordered and obvious resolution-completion can be seen as very strong evidence for the reality of the Higher Self.

Italian psychiatrist Roberto Assagioli, in outlining the six phase Act of Will (2), clearly states that the process is applicable to both personal and Higher Self, as each in their appropriate time and place impulse the individual to ongoing unfoldment throughout the lifetime. This same Act of Will, slightly modified, can be seen just as clearly in death, where transition is impulsed by the Higher Self and put into place by the personality or personal self.

Stages of the Act of Will

1. Intention of the Higher Self as an aspect of the Universal Self or spirit (in relation to the recognised purpose of the life)

2. Choice and decision

3. Command (or 'recalling Word') of the Higher Self

4. Acceptance or surrender by the aspects of the personal or smaller self

5. Affirmation by the personal self

6. Execution of the transition, comprising resolution, completion and relinquishment, under the direction of the Higher Self In cases of sudden death these stages are evident within a greatly foreshortened time-frame.