On life and death - I

 

***On life and death - I

Let’s say we are to live for 100yrs. You can even believe yourself to live for 400 years and yet with every year passed are we not getting closer to death?

We celebrate reaching 25 years – good! But, it also means we’ve lost1/4^th of our lifespan. And what happened till now? Nothing much! It goes only to playing and growing. Isn’t it same for any age? I am not driving you towards pessimism or depression. Don’t be disheartened. I am just saying we place our happiness on the condition of our perception. And so, we look at every event in life with rosy glasses. Why do we do that?

We do so, so that we can avoid ‘seeing the Truth!’

Now instead we take courage to see the complete picture we understand that it is life! It moves forward. We can’t slow down time or hide from it. But, by participating in life with openness we can live 100yrs in one second.

Jeene waale ek pal mein hazarron saal jee lethe hai,

Warna aksar log hazarron salon mein bhi ek pal jee nahi pathe hai…

जीने वाले एक पल में हज़ारों साल जी लेते हैं ,

वरना अक्सर लोग हज़ारों सालों में भी एक पल जी नहीं पाते है। 

People who live for 1000 years may not end up living even for a moment! And blessed are the souls that live 1000 years in a second!

Contd....

# on life and death, celebrating life, understanding death and life, long life, 

*** (This would be a series on life and death where we would directly look into what life and death means to us! the purpose is to learn and appreciate life while becoming ‘free’ of ‘fear of death’. Hope this addresses its agenda the right way and strikes the chord as required!)

also read previous post on similar topic : https://kantipadam.blogspot.com/search?q=Agreed+death+gives+a+heartache+that+no+one+can+repair

Questions to be raised and answers to be sought : 

• Why are we afraid of talking, discussing or expecting death?
• Is death separate from life?
• Are life and death part of each other? If yes, then why do we see them as separate? If no, what role does death has in life?
• What part of death are we afraid of?

Even you may have some questions - long pending...write them down in your journal. Or ask them here....wait for the answers to unfold and be brave to seek them....

let's free ourselves from this fear of death........

any thoughts???