Death should Inspire us to Live

[AiR]

Why does death create sorrow? What happens when somebody dies? We become sad; sorrow fills the air. We become miserable. Why do we become miserable when we know that everything that is born has to die? When we know that we come alone and we go alone and that death is a reality that nobody can escape, then why do we become sad when somebody dies?

We become sad when somebody dies because we are attached to that person. We start believing that, that is my mother, my father, my wife, my son and daughter. We start believing in these relationships which we create on earth, when in reality there are no such relationships. We are arrangements on planet earth as per God's plan. We are born alone and we die alone and death is a reality that is part of God's plan in this world, in this drama.

Therefore, instead of feeling sad at death, one must let death trigger the reality of who we are. Death is the best proof of neti neti - that we are not this body, this dead body. Death is the proof that makes us realize who we are; we are the divine spirit, the soul. We have God himself inside us, but because death creates sorrow and death creates pain and attachments, instead of death being a trigger for truth, death becomes a moment of sorrow and sadness.

This must change. We must understand the meaning of death and let it inspire us to live.

AiR

[Dalek Prime]

Inspired living doesn't prevent death. But sure, enjoy it while you can.

[Walker]

When death is on the line all actions are choiceless. Determining why they are choiceless with thought does not alter that fact. The lungs breathe. The liver filters. The stomach digests. The brain thinks. The best that thought can come up with is, how do I want to die? The mind will believe anything you tell it, so watch what you say. So tell it how you want to die and it will believe you, and in order to make that so, you will need to live that way. If you want to die bravely, with courage and good humor, then you must live that way. If you want to die close to God then live with God ever on your lips, as did Ghandi. If you want to die cursing existence and thinking that people shouldn't even be alive, then live by cursing existence. When death is on the line we die as we live, it takes us now or waits awhile.

I was listening to the radio and a fellow was talking about the early days of HIV in SF. NPR station. He said they all thought they were going to die. Those who didn't, surprise! Time to pay off the credit card.

[Dalek Prime]

When death is on the line all actions are choiceless. Determining why they are choiceless with thought does not alter that fact. The lungs breathe. The liver filters. The stomach digests. The brain thinks. The best that thought can come up with is, how do I want to die? The mind will believe anything you tell it, so watch what you say. So tell it how you want to die and it will believe you, and in order to make that so, you will need to live that way. If you want to die bravely, with courage and good humor, then you must live that way. If you want to die close to God then live with God ever on your lips, as did Ghandi. If you want to die cursing existence and thinking that people shouldn't even be alive, then live by cursing existence. When death is on the line we die as we live, it takes us now or waits awhile.

I was listening to the radio and a fellow was talking about the early days of HIV in SF. NPR station. He said they all thought they were going to die. Those who didn't, surprise! Time to pay off the credit card.

Birth eg. coming into this world, to die, is choiceless. Birth is the sine qua non of death.

[Dubious]

Death is the proof that makes us realize who we are; we are the divine spirit, the soul. We have God himself inside us, but because death creates sorrow and death creates pain and attachments, instead of death being a trigger for truth, death becomes a moment of sorrow and sadness.

Formalities first! There's usually a hell of a lot of poop to get rid of prior to being ready for the great revelation.