Death and Dying

Fear of death is the greatest fear of the humankind. In pursuit of defeating death man had performed many Yagnas, rites, rituals and sacrifices. Yet, it was of no avail. The essence of "Foreverness" could not be achieved. Just because that is the Law of Nature. The one who is born has to die.

We have become so fearful of death that we see death as terror. There are so many movies on the terror of death. So many movies showing how people can escape death and achieve "The Amar Tatva" or the "Forever Life Element". But they all make human even more fearful of death.

The more fear he or she has of death, more and more he or she moves away from life. Fear of death leads to fear of life.

But death is a beautiful process if one can experience it with full consciousness. Experiencing the "Amrit Tatva" of oneself can be uplifting and you can reach enlightenment.

Death is not an end.

Death is the begining of new life.

Life is death. We are dying every moment.

There have been a custom of celebrating birthdays of people. Some people think that the are grown up so they celebrate it. Others think they are celebrating glorious years of life. But the truth is we all are celebrating the glory of reaching one more year closer to the truth. The truth of life. The onmipresence of change. The death. We celebrate the death of old years gone by, the old memories, pains and hurts, achievements and disppointments, time of love and hate, and all the things that have died. That we have left behind. We celebrate the death of diseased body, old patterns, and death of age we left behind. So we are celebrating death as the process of newness every time. Our body also celebrates the death of old, worn out cells by rejuvinating them with new refreshed, healthy cells. It celebrates with the glow on cheeks, shine in eyes, healthy magnetic individuality etc.

So let us all fill with the gratitude towards the process of dying. Let us know that death is not the destination. Death is the process of rejuvination...

Hey, but don't commit suicide by reading words above. Because it is not a celebration rather is a mourning. So celebrate life. Fill with love towards the feeling of death. You will see that your consciousness has risen and you are alive with life than ever before.

God?

Today while reading the book "The Power of Now", I came through an interesting question in the book. New age master Eckhart Tolle has given the answer beautifully. This was a question about God and Being.

So many people are in search of God. I must say that all the earthlings are in search of God, whereas all of us forgotten our true essence. Thus, giving rise to questions like,

"Who am I? Who is God? Where is God? What is God like? Is my God different from others? Why are there different Gods for different sects of people? What is the difference between all the Gods? If all the religion says God is One, than of all the Gods, which is the true God? How can I know myself? Saints say that they are Gods themselves. How can it be? How can I find the God in me? If all are born from God and merge in God, then why am I separate? Why is everyone separate from God? What can I do to reach God? I have sinned, will God ever accept me? If I find myself, will I find God? ..."

The questions never cease to bubble up. The answers by our religious leaders never satisfy us. Whats the way out? Where can one find such anwers? For sure, religious texts are not helping that much. Neither are the Gurus etc. Yet, there is a way out.

To be continued ...