Death Is a Celebration - Vol 1

WHAT IS THAT MAKES DEATH SO FRIGHTENING, FEARFUL?

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It is cleaning of all the memory. There is only one thing in the death, actually happening which you are not seeing during the life; that is you forgetting the whole memory, cleaning of all memories, that is the beauty of death, never try to demystify that because just like once in a while you need stomach cleansing, stomach washing, once in a while you need all the memories getting cleansed. You get the fresh slate, you get the fresh life, you get the fresh energy, you get the fresh space.

A Small Story:

Once, in USA, a young lady asked the great Indian monk Swami Vivekananda

‘What is life?’ Swami Vivekananda said, ‘Come with me to India. I will teach you.’

She asked,

‘What will you teach me?’ He said, ‘I will teach you how to die.’

The question is about life but the answer is about death! It seems strange! What Swami Vivekananda is saying is that if you know the secret of death, the quality of your life will be different. Your very understanding and attitude towards everything will change. We can actually use our lives to prepare for death. We do not have to wait for the pain of seeing someone's death or the shock of being faced with a critical illness to force us to look into the meaning of life.

DEATH IS NOT A MERE INCIDENT AT THE END OF YOUR LIFE. IT IS A PROFOUND KNOWING. IF YOU KNOW HOW TO DIE, YOU KNOW HOW TO LIVE. LIVING AND LEAVING ARE TWO SIDES OF THE SAME THING. YOUR LIFE WILL BE TOTALLY DIFFERENT ONCE YOU UNDERSTAND DEATH.