Post by air on Jul 6, 2015 9:05:32 GMT
Have you seen a dead body? Does it seem to you that it is the same person who was alive? It doesn’t! It seems like the person who was in this body has escaped and left the body. Then, who is actually that person - is it the body or is it that which has left the body?
The body is actually just an inert matter; some people burn the body and some bury the body because the body cannot be kept forever. In the past, Pharaohs used to keep the body embalmed, but many people were of the opinion that it is of no use because body is nothing but a piece of inert matter.
What we need to really contemplate on is who we really are. Are we the body, which will die one day or are we that spirit, that soul, that atman, which leaves the body at death? If it leaves the body at death, then the question is where does it go? Where did it come from? When did it enter the body? What is the relationship between the soul and the body? Well, these are the things that need introspection and contemplation, but we are not able to think about these because we are so engrossed in the worldly matters! We neither have the time, nor the intention, the ability to concentrate on these thoughts. In reality, this is what matters! If we don’t know who we are, what we are doing, why we are doing and what is our life all about, then our life becomes a big question mark!
AiR
The body is actually just an inert matter; some people burn the body and some bury the body because the body cannot be kept forever. In the past, Pharaohs used to keep the body embalmed, but many people were of the opinion that it is of no use because body is nothing but a piece of inert matter.
What we need to really contemplate on is who we really are. Are we the body, which will die one day or are we that spirit, that soul, that atman, which leaves the body at death? If it leaves the body at death, then the question is where does it go? Where did it come from? When did it enter the body? What is the relationship between the soul and the body? Well, these are the things that need introspection and contemplation, but we are not able to think about these because we are so engrossed in the worldly matters! We neither have the time, nor the intention, the ability to concentrate on these thoughts. In reality, this is what matters! If we don’t know who we are, what we are doing, why we are doing and what is our life all about, then our life becomes a big question mark!
AiR
