Birth is generally considered a joyful event. Since every death is also a birth there should be some joy in death, too, no? And since every birth is also a death, births can be painful and fearful, too. Birth can actually be more of a traumatic event than death. Imagine dying to your life in spiritual then entering a helpless little body and shooting out of birth canal. And then you're stuck in that little helpless body and all your memory is gone.

Dying in spiritual dimensions is similar to dying in physical. First, you lose your body then you go through some kind of tunnel-like thing, and then voila! you're in a different dimension. Death and birth are same thing! They are very same thing!

Death and birth are two sides of very same coin. This polarity is ubiquitous in our reality. Birth/death is going on all time. The person we were five minutes ago is already dead. They no longer exist! Every single minute of every day we are dying and being born. We birth a new self with each passing minute. All we have to do is look to nature to see endless birth/death cycles. We cannot birth something unless we die to something. Death is important.

It is human tendency, however, to think of phsyical deaths of our bodies when we think about death. This brings up fear, so we start trying to mentally block out death. We no longer see importance of and beauty of death in its integral part of ongoing life. When we shift our focus away from death, we no longer give it energy it needs and what happens is we stop birthing as much. Any diminishment in our level of dying leads to a diminishment of birthing. For instance, in order to birth new ideas, we must let some old ideas die.

Birth/death, birth/death, birth/death. They go together. If you try to do without one, then eventually you start doing without other.

So let's change focus and talk about joys of death excluding death of physical body. Let's talk about joys of death that happen on a daily basis; little deaths that happen continually. How many times do you die on a daily basis?

You can put them in your bath, rub them on candles, use them in a diffuser, or anoint yourself with them. The most traditional areas to anoint are center of forehead and crown. But you can also benefit from anointing your psychic centers, your chakras, your wrists, throat, ankles and back of your neck.

Here are some of most "essential" essential oils and their psychic and spiritual properties:

Cinnamon: Purifying, healing, empowering, protective. Stimulates visions, strengthens focus, attracts wealth, love and harmony. Opens root chakra, aids in connecting with guides. Associated with Element of Fire. Can be an irritant.

Frankincense: Uplifting, balancing, purifying, protective. Good for meditation and connecting with guides. Promotes enlightenment, multidimensional awareness, transcendence. Dispels negativity. Associated with Element of Fire.

Jasmine: Balancing, inspiring, sensual. Attracts love, romance and sex. Stimulates psychic dreams, astral projection, creativity and visions. Encourages compassion and transcendence. Aids meditation. Associated with Element of Water.

Lavender: Integrating, balancing, healing, protective, purifying. Aids meditation, stimulates dream recall and clairvoyance. Opens third-eye chakra. Associated with element of Air. Can be toxic in large doses.

Mugwort: Psychic stimulant. Opens root chakra. Promotes visions, prophetic dreams, astral projection. Can be an irritant.