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Matter of life and Death
(Discourses
on the Essence of Spirituality)
The
greatest mystery in life is not life itself, but death.
Death is the culmination and "blossoming" of life, it
is the ultimate mystery of life. In death, the whole of one's life
is summed up; in death you complete life's journey. Life is simply
a pilgrimage and journey towards death. From the very moment of
your birth, the process of dying starts; already you are moving
towards death. And the greatest calamity that has happened to human
intelligence is that we are in denial about death. Being in denial
about the reality of death means you will miss life's greatest mystery.
You will miss the whole point of having lived. You will miss the
"true" meaning and purpose of life itself, because life
and death are deeply involved with each other; they are not two
separate phenomena. The journey and the goal are not separate--the
journey has meaning only in relationship to the goal.
Death
has to be understood as the "crescendo" of life.
Only then does a new vision of the meaning and purpose of one's
life arises. Then you are no longer in denial about death, no longer
afraid of dying. Your understanding of death liberates you from
all of your fears and anxiety. Once death has been fully understood,
deeply contemplated and meditated on, nothing can frustrate you.
The whole problem of personal misery and suffering is rooted in
our fear and denial of death. Because we do not accept the inevitability
of our death and dying, there are a thousand and one problems that
go on nagging and disturbing our peace of mind.
In
the West, we are totally unprepared for death.
This is my message
to you: Start learning how to prepare yourself for your death and
the death of your loved ones. Learn how to not be afraid and overwhelmed.
Try to understand that your "existence" renews itself
through the process of death. Just as after each day you need deep
sleep in the night to rejuvenate and renew yourself, to make yourself
fresh and robust again, in the same way after each life you need
a new body, a new mind, a new manifestation of being.
Death is as meaningful as life. They are both different aspects
of the same "divine" process of eternal existence. Death
is as divine as life. They complement and balance each other, and
the whole "mystery" of existence continues because of
them. Understanding this, is to become enlightened.
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