Post by air on Nov 28, 2015 8:03:41 GMT
What is the difference between one who has realized the truth and one who has not? A simple analogy can explain this difference.
The one who has not realized the truth will look at the road that has nothing beyond and say, “I have reached the end.” But the one who has realized the truth looks at the same road that has nothing beyond and says, “It’s not the end. It’s a bend!”
What is the meaning of this thought? Most of us mortals believe that we live and then we die, that is, after death, the life is over. We are not sure whether there is a heaven or there is a hell, and whether we will be punished or rewarded. We think that may be there is something beyond and maybe there will be an evaluation of our life, but what we really believe is that this is the end of life. That’s why if anyone who we know passes away, our understanding is that he has gone, it’s over, and his life is finished. In general, we all think that many of the famous personalities, who lived in the past, are not alive anymore. For instance, Akbar the Great is no more. According to most of us, the lives of Christopher Columbus – the explorer and Alexander the Great – the conqueror are over. We believe that Mother Teresa lived once upon a time, and now, her life is over. Do any of us believe that their life still continues? No, we don’t.
But the one who has realized the truth doesn’t think this way. He looks at the end and believes that there is a bend and that life doesn’t end. So death is just a bend, not an end, and he understands that after giving up the physical body, his true self – the divine spirit, soul, or Atman – turns and chooses another body, and this other body is not the end, but just a bend in his life.
If we really want to realize the truth, we must learn to understand that life never ends. The life of the body ends. The life of our spirit, our divine spirit, or Atman never ends. It goes on and on. We are immortal!
AiR
The one who has not realized the truth will look at the road that has nothing beyond and say, “I have reached the end.” But the one who has realized the truth looks at the same road that has nothing beyond and says, “It’s not the end. It’s a bend!”
What is the meaning of this thought? Most of us mortals believe that we live and then we die, that is, after death, the life is over. We are not sure whether there is a heaven or there is a hell, and whether we will be punished or rewarded. We think that may be there is something beyond and maybe there will be an evaluation of our life, but what we really believe is that this is the end of life. That’s why if anyone who we know passes away, our understanding is that he has gone, it’s over, and his life is finished. In general, we all think that many of the famous personalities, who lived in the past, are not alive anymore. For instance, Akbar the Great is no more. According to most of us, the lives of Christopher Columbus – the explorer and Alexander the Great – the conqueror are over. We believe that Mother Teresa lived once upon a time, and now, her life is over. Do any of us believe that their life still continues? No, we don’t.
But the one who has realized the truth doesn’t think this way. He looks at the end and believes that there is a bend and that life doesn’t end. So death is just a bend, not an end, and he understands that after giving up the physical body, his true self – the divine spirit, soul, or Atman – turns and chooses another body, and this other body is not the end, but just a bend in his life.
If we really want to realize the truth, we must learn to understand that life never ends. The life of the body ends. The life of our spirit, our divine spirit, or Atman never ends. It goes on and on. We are immortal!
AiR
