If we have suffered some great loss in early life such as the death of a parent, we may have an excessive fear of dying. Then we hesitate to make this consent. Moreover, if we have not made the previous consents, this one is more difficult. The fourth consent is the consent to be transformed. We might think that everybody would be eager to make this one, but even the holiest people are inclined to say, “Let’s not rush into this.” The transforming union requires consent to the death of the false self,